Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Platform Operations Engineer to support mission-critical infrastructure platforms within a large-scale public sector environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring platform stability, operational excellence, infrastructure governance, and supporting ongoing modernization initiatives across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.
This role requires a strong combination of infrastructure operations, incident management, vendor coordination, technical governance, and project delivery experience. Prior experience working in a Singapore Government or Public Sector environment is mandatory.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Platform Operations
- Oversee day-to-day operational support and maintenance of critical infrastructure platforms across on-premises and hybrid environments.
- Provide technical oversight for compute, virtualization, operating systems, storage, backup, disaster recovery (DR), and high-availability (HA) platforms.
- Lead investigation and resolution of complex incidents, including root cause analysis and recovery planning.
- Monitor platform health, performance, availability, and operational readiness.
Vendor & Service Management
- Coordinate with vendors and support teams to ensure operational tasks, incidents, service requests, and deliverables are completed within agreed timelines.
- Manage escalations and drive issue resolution across multiple stakeholders.
- Review service requests, technical implementations, and operational procedures to ensure quality and supportability.
Technical & Security Governance
- Support infrastructure governance activities, including change reviews, risk assessments, compliance alignment, and operational readiness reviews.
- Ensure infrastructure operations comply with organizational security and architectural standards.
- Review implementation and rollback plans for infrastructure changes.
Infrastructure Refresh & Modernization
- Support infrastructure transformation and technology refresh initiatives while maintaining stable day-to-day operations.
- Coordinate infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and modernization activities across internal teams and vendors.
- Track project risks, dependencies, action items, and milestones to ensure successful delivery.
Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with application, network, cloud, and security teams to resolve platform-related issues.
- Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, SOPs, and governance artefacts.
- Provide regular status updates to project teams, management, and stakeholders.
Mandatory Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Infrastructure Operations, Platform Operations, or Systems Engineering.
- Minimum 2 years of experience working in Singapore Government, Statutory Board, Public Sector, or Government-linked environments.
- Experience supporting production or mission-critical environments.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure operations, including:
- Virtualization
- Operating Systems
- Storage
- Backup & Recovery
- Networking
- High Availability & Disaster Recovery
- Experience managing vendors and outsourced support teams.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting and resolving complex infrastructure issues.
- Experience supporting technical governance, change management, or approval processes.
- Experience coordinating technical projects, tracking risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Technical Skills
Required
- VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, or similar virtualization platforms
- Red Hat Linux and/or Windows Server administration
- Enterprise storage and backup solutions
- Monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting platforms
- Networking fundamentals:
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- Routing
- Firewalls
- Load Balancers
- Network Segmentation
- Hybrid cloud environments (Azure and/or AWS)
Preferred
- Infrastructure automation tools:
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Puppet
- Chef
- Scripting:
- PowerShell
- Python
- Bash
- Container technologies:
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Preferred Certifications
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- Microsoft Windows Server Certifications
- ITIL v4 Foundation
- AWS Associate Certification
- Microsoft Azure Associate Certification
Sobre a Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) é uma construtora de IA e fornecedora de serviços de tecnologia, criando a ponte entre o investimento em IA e o valor para as empresas por meio do desenvolvimento de soluções de IA completas para nossos clientes. Nossa profunda experiência em setores, processos e engenharia nos permite incorporar o contexto único de cada organização em sistemas tecnológicos que potencializam a capacidade humana, geram resultados tangíveis e mantêm empresas globais à frente em um mundo em rápida transformação. Saiba mais em cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.
A Cognizant é uma empregadora que investe em equidade. Sua candidatura não será pautada em raça, cor, gênero, sexualidade, credo, origem, deficiência, gravidez ou qualquer outra característica protegida pelas leis brasileiras.
Informações adicionais de emprego
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Embora nosso sistema permita a candidatura em todos os idiomas, o(s) idioma(s) e o(s) nível(is) de proficiência exigidos para o trabalho variam. No entanto, é necessário um nível básico de inglês para fins de comunicação em toda a empresa.
A Cognizant é uma empregadora que investe em equidade. Sua candidatura não será pautada em raça, cor, gênero, sexualidade, credo, origem, deficiência, gravidez ou qualquer outra característica protegida pelas leis brasileiras.
Se você tem uma deficiência que requer adaptações razoáveis para procurar uma vaga de emprego ou enviar uma candidatura, envie um e-mail para [email protected] com sua solicitação e informações de contato.
