Full Time Senior Data Engineer - Joint Intelligence Command Jobs, in The Digital And Intelligence Service (DIS) - Maukerja

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Senior Data Engineer – Joint Intelligence Command

About Us

The team is a start-up team of Software, DevOps and Data engineers under the Joint Intelligence Command (JIC) of the Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS). Our solutions help application development teams consume data from our data warehouses in an expedient manner and enable our intelligence analysts to perform self-service analytics mission.

What We Offer You

As a Senior Data Engineer in our Data Engineering team, you will have a high level of autonomy to design, build, and optimise the end-to-end data ecosystems that marshal the DIS’s operational data. Your challenge lies in architecting robust data pipelines, scalable data models, and resilient platforms that directly empower our operational users.

Who We Are Looking For

We are seeking for highly motivated and independent individual looking for an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in strengthening Singapore’s national defence through technology, join us on our transformation journey today!

What You Will Do

• Architect and maintain comprehensive data ecosystems across operational and analytical domains, advising on the optimal technologies and design patterns to implement.
• Design and manage cloud-native data platforms deployed in on-premises environments, leveraging Kubernetes operators like Strimzi Kafka, Altinity Operator, and CloudNativePG.
• Develop and automate resilient data pipelines, integration interfaces, and APIs leveraging event-driven architectures.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide the section through technical best practices, code reviews, and architectural design evaluations.

What You Will Bring

• Education in an Engineering or Information Technology or Computer Science related field.
• At least five years of experience in data or platform engineering, with a proven track record of bringing clarity to ambiguous environments by independently selecting and applying appropriate architectural techniques and data design patterns.
• Demonstrated expertise in building robust on-premise data platforms, particularly with Apache Kafka and PostgreSQL, alongside practical experience with stream processing engines, open table formats, and scalable operational and analytical data architectures.
• Extensive hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration in Kubernetes environments, seamlessly integrated with a strong grasp of GitOps workflows and infrastructure-as-code deployment practices.
• Having good interpersonal skills, being user-centric, analytical and meticulous.

Join us in shaping the future of defence technology. Apply today!