Senior System Infrastructure Engineer

**Responsibilities**:
DSO National Laboratories (DSO) is Singapore’s largest defence research and development (R&D) organisation, with the critical mission to develop technological solutions to sharpen the cutting edge of Singapore's national security. At DSO, you will develop more than just a career. This is where you will make a real impact and shape the future of defence across the spectrum of air, land, sea, space and cyberspace.

The Digital Division leads the digital transformation of DSO through the master planning and policies, delivering digital capabilities through IT infrastructure, and providing one stop service to corporate and R&D Divisions. The Digital Division will transform the way we work, our workplace, and the capabilities we deliver to the MINDEF/SAF and for the security of Singapore.

People are DSO’s greatest asset. You will get to realise your career aspirations and develop your own niche either as a deep technical expert or a leader in the team. With frequent career dialogues and a robust training and development framework, we will provide you with the necessary development tools for you to reach your potential. You will also be recognised and rewarded through competitive remuneration packages and scholarship opportunities.

Senior System Infrastructure Engineer (Backup and Storage)

In this role, you will:

- Be part of the System Infrastructure team to ensure that DSO enterprise IT systems are developed and deployed in an efficient and robust manner towards a high level of maintainability, reliability, and availability
- Optimise IT systems performance and availability that is balanced with the security requirements
- Manage vendors in the development and deploying of IT systems
- Drive IT productivity and improved efficiency through automation/scripting
- Collaborate with other members of the team on design and troubleshooting issues
- Perform diagnosis, troubleshoot, and conduct root-cause analysis for any issues regarding the enterprise IT systems

**Requirements**:

- Degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering or Information Technology or related disciplines
- Preferred 5 years of relevant IT experience in designing, deploying and managing complex IT infrastructure systems and services
- Strong knowledge and technical hands-on experience in IT infrastructure technology infrastructure architecture, including data centres operations, storage infrastructure, backup, disaster recovery and BCP planning, Windows and Linux operating systems
- Experience in planning, design, deploy and operate systems technologies for complex IT infrastructures, and project, contract and vendor management
- Relevant Experience in enterprise storage systems, Windows and Linux server operating systems
- Relevant Experience in backup products like Dell EMC Networker, Veeam or any enterprise backup solutions, backup methodologies, troubleshooting of backup/restoration failures with SQL and exchange, bare metal recovery
- Relevant experience in setting up/managing Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers
- Relevant experience in PowerShell / PowerCLI /other scripting languages, automation tools like Ansible
- Working experience on IT Security (e.g., OS/System hardening, vulnerability remediation)
- Good written and verbal communication and ability to influence and communicate effectively with non-technical audience and senior management
- Strong interpersonal skills, customer orientation, team interaction/effectiveness, proactive, analytical and decision-making skills
- Professional certifications will be an added advantage eg. CompTIA Security+, Microsoft, RHCE (RHEL), VMCE (Veeam), backup, etc