AVP, Platform Engineer, Technology Group
First seen by Alion on Sep 25, 2026.
GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 locations around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.
Technology Group
We experiment, design, and lead a 24×7 global business where we support core capabilities in asset management, trading, investment operations, and risk management. We deliver secure, reliable, and integrated solutions, and provide insights on new, and emerging technologies.
Enterprise and Data Technology
Enterprise & Data Technology builds and advances the technology that underpins our enterprise and data capabilities. It brings together our core technology and data experts to design and deliver platforms for integration, analytics, and innovation. By combining these strengths into one coordinated group, we create seamless solutions that connect systems, improve data accessibility, and leverage AI at the platform level to enable smarter decision-making. Through modern, scalable, and secure technology, the team empowers the organisation with tools that drive insight, collaboration, and operational excellence.
What impact can you make in this role?
You will be empowered to be at the top of your game by providing technical contributions to achieve data-driven outcomes to power critical investment data & analytics in GIC’s vision of being a tech-driven, global, long-term investment firm.
What will you do as a Platform Engineer?
Be part of an ambitious team that provides data platforms for enterprise activities. You can make a difference in our forward-looking journey to shape our world of investments.
- Design, implement, and maintain data platforms that enables development and deployment of data related use cases
- Monitor, optimise, and ensure high availability and performance of data platforms
- Implement best practices for access control, data protection, and compliance with organisational standards
- Adopt automation to improve productivity and reduce operational risks
- Collaborate with diverse teams to design and implement data architectures that simplify complex business problems
What makes you a successful candidate?
Join us if you have a passion for data and want to be part of a team in building and developing GIC’s data foundation and infrastructure.
- 6 or more years of extensive experience in Technical Solutions Architecture
- Strong understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) across
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Strong understanding of cloud services, architecture, security, and networking
- Strong understanding of platform best practices, including but not limited to, observability, security, reliability, and cost optimisation
- Experience in both leading and hands-on development of projects using Databricks, or similar platforms, to build scalable and high-performance data use cases
- Experience with tools and technologies, including but not limited to, Amazon EKS, GitHub, Terraform, and Python
- Experience in highly regulated enterprises with a focus on security and compliance controls
- A passion for solving complex problems and driving engineering excellence
- Ability to troubleshoot platform issues across cloud and on-premise environments
Work at the Point of Impact
We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious, agile, and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas, share your views, and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence, which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.
Flexibility at GIC
At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection. At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration, but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.
We are an equal opportunity employer
GIC is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
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