IT Infra System Engineer

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators, are based upon innovative use of radiocommunications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are ground breaking new digital technologies such as 4G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.

Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the last four decades, the company grew from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation and Digital Identity & Security. Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

In anticipation of future bids and projects in Defence and Public Security sectors, Engineering Department requires system engineers who has a track record of building, deploying and maintaining the IT infrastructure in an enterprise environment. Domain knowledge in enterprise data networks and/or cybersecurity is desirable.

The System Engineer is to assist with IT infrastructure solutions according to project requirements and drive transformation for internal/external customers by adopting established platforms. The candidate will be involved with the requirements gathering, preparation of proposals, and conduct of presentations to customers or system owners. Upon confirmation of projects, the candidate is expected to take on an active role in the definition, procurement, deployment and operations of the necessary IT infrastructure covering but not limited to server hardware, virtualisation middleware, operating system and backup solution etc. Where necessary, the candidate may be tasked to support data networking initiatives, cybersecurity implementations and other COTS deployment depending on the candidate’s technical background and interests. Therefore, a good understanding of cybersecurity principles and concepts such as network segmentation, network access controls and 802.1X is desirable.

KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As an IT Infrastructure System Engineer, you are accountable for:

• Assist project or team leads in evaluating and recommending the appropriate IT infrastructure products (commercial or open source) that will meet project or customer requirements
• Take charge or support the deployment of said products, including integration and testing activities at the System-as-a-whole level
• Work with engineers from other disciplines (e.g. software, cybersecurity, integration) in the delivery of turn-key systems or proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives
• Monitor the health of infrastructure services and perform availability management for servers and its services, and assist in the resolution of operational issues
• Create & maintain technical documentation on Operations / Audit Best Practices, troubleshooting & related solutions knowledge base
• Manage the system recovery process (backup/restore of Infrastructure services and critical production server data and image) and assist in preparing incident reports in the event of outages
• Participate in failover or disaster recovery exercises of the IT infrastructure when required
• Deploy security fixes on Infrastructure services in accordance to enterprise vulnerability and patching strategy
• Administer servers, VMware/Hyper-V platforms and domain controllers/LDAP servers.
• Participate in the optimization of system performance and system capacity planning.
• Support deployment/configuration tasks of Cisco switches and network firewalls (Check Point / Fortinet / Palo Alto)

KEY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

To be successful in your role, you will have demonstrated and/or acquired the following knowledge and experience:

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related disciplines
• At least five years of relevant IT experience in designing (not mandatory but preferred), deploying and managing IT infrastructure systems.

• Required knowledge and experience with Windows Server 2k16/2k19, Linux, VMware/Hyper-V virtualization, and Azure Cloud
• Knowledge of infrastructure best practices, system technologies, operation processes and system engineering methodologies
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity technologies will be desirable
• Technical certification in cybersecurity, network or system technologies, such as CCNP, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, VCP (VMware), VMCE (Veeam), OSCP, SSCP etc. will be advantageous.
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Motivated team player with a keen eye for details, but able to work independently as well when required
• Candidate should also be willing to explore new technical domains in order to have a holistic technical view of the digital transformation landscape

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