Software Engineer (SRE)
What you will be working on
Solution Engineering
- Maintain comprehensive system architecture with deep understanding of integration patterns and dependencies across the technology stack
- Design and implement robust monitoring frameworks, intelligent alerting systems, and streamlined incident response procedures to ensure operational excellence
- Develop and maintain detailed architectural documentation
- Setup, configure and integrate application with middleware components as per the architecture documentation
Security & Site Reliability Engineering
- Partner with infrastructure teams to implement security hardening measures and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards
- Design and execute comprehensive application security testing protocols and vulnerability assessment procedures, ensuring full alignment with MAS framework requirements and organisational processes
- Conduct systematic security reviews, coordinate penetration testing initiatives, and perform thorough threat analysis including risk assessments of identified vulnerabilities and security findings
- Define meaningful SLOs and SLIs, implementing automated monitoring and measurement systems to track service reliability and performance
- Proactively monitor system health through advanced observability tools and execute comprehensive daily operational health assessments
- Build system resilience through chaos engineering practices, comprehensive disaster recovery planning, and continuous performance optimisation initiatives
- Maintain production system stability through participation in on-call rotations, providing expert-level support and rapid incident resolution
[What we are looking for]
- At least 5 years' relevant experience in supporting and/or implementing payments and securities settlement systems with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Application support and operations, or application security, site reliability engineering, or solution architecture
- Strong knowledge of security principles and best practices in software development, security frameworks, vulnerability assessment tools, and penetration testing methodologies
- Understanding of enterprise architecture patterns and integration technologies
- Proficiency in application testing assessment and management, including the ability to analyse test results and propose improvements
- Familiarity with ICT governance policies, standards, and best practices in government agencies
- Knowledge of service design principles and the ability to apply design thinking methods to identify transformation opportunities
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to analyse complex business problems, recommending digitalisation and process changes
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with various internal and external stakeholders
- Understanding of solution engineering principles, including the ability to design application architecture and evaluate hardware and software solutions. Example,
- Experience in designing and implementing java applications, SQL skills, and shell scripting
- Strong understanding of Server-side, Java/microservices, web services, RESTful API
- Experience with RHEL, JBOSS EAP, OpenShift, Openstack, Watermelon, Maven, Oracle Database and fault-tolerant infrastructure concepts
- Experience with cloud platforms and containerisation technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong understanding and experience handling file transfers - interfaces, interfaces resiliency, connectivity protocols e.g., Rest, SFTP, MQ
- Experience with integration of Autosys, designing job scheduling, CI/CD, Datawarehouse, and Document Management System
- Experience with setup, and integration of Observability platforms, monitoring, and alerts (e.g. Grafana, ELK stack)
[Experience and Technical Skillset which would be an advantage]
- Experience with the S.W.I.F.T messaging platform and interfaces
- Certifications in relevant skills (e.g., Java, AWS solution architect, Kubernetes, etc.) will be an advantage
- Experience in government digital projects or in banking and finance sector will be an advantage
- Experience in supporting transactional system will be an advantage
[Who You Are]
- Driven, results and customer oriented and able to work independently
- Organised and comfortable managing multiple workstreams simultaneously and have good interpersonal skills
- Detailed and capable of handling time-sensitive and high-pressure
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