Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.
In Singapore, Thales has been a trusted partner since 1973, originally focused on aerospace activities in the Asia-Pacific region. With 2,000 employees across three local sites, we deliver cutting-edge solutions across aerospace (including air traffic management), defence and security, and digital identity and cybersecurity sectors. Together, we’re shaping the future by enabling customers to make pivotal decisions that safeguard communities and power progress.OVERVIEW
We’re inventing the future, right here, right now, at Thales. We design the critical security solutions of tomorrow by combining the curiosity to explore, the intelligence to question and the vision to create. Together we solve complicated problems by combining our experience in the market with our leading research and development capabilities.
Be part of revolutionising our skies for the future of aerospace. A future where all modes of aircrafts piloted or unpiloted, civilian or military move around our skies safer, more efficiently and sustainably for a greener and more harmonised airspace.
OUR CULTURE: YOUR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- Joining Thales means joining a worldwide and well establish company (85 000 headcounts and growing) and navigate your career in the vast different path available
- Joining our program is joining an environment where you can discover engineering best practices to deliver safety critical systems
- Joining the software community and our pillars around Agile and DevSecOps, means being on the critical path of our business challenges, and therefore upskilling our talent is a priority
The story of your journey in this role
You will be a member of the DevOps squad which maintains LORADS3, the current ATM system used operationally by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. As such, you will be supporting the program by ensuring the continuous integration pipelines for the ATMS is efficient and the agile teams are autonomous with using the continuous integration tools in the Thales Cloud. Additionally, you will need to participate in issue investigation as part of the quality engineering process.
KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a DevOps Engineer, you are accountable for:
- Design, implement, and maintain continuous integration pipelines using Jenkins, Gitlab
- Develop and manage Jenkins, Gitlab jobs for build, test, and deployment processes across multiple projects
- Monitor and troubleshoot CI pipeline failures, providing corrective action and root cause analysis
- Collaborate with developers to integrate code quality checks, automated tests, and security scans into the pipeline
- Upgrade, maintain, and scale Jenkins infrastructure, including plugin management and script automation (Groovy, Shell, or Python)
- Write and maintain technical documentation for CI/CD processes and pipeline configurations
- Implement and manage role-based access controls, credential management, and security policies in Jenkins
- Analyze pipeline metrics and logs to optimize speed, reliability, and resource usage
- Collaborate with the DevOps Team Lead/Manager to design and implement DevOps engineering practices and rollout to the Agile teams
- Defining and tailoring the software engineering environment and the process, practices and tools applicable to the project
- Ensuring that the CI solution is developed according to design, schedule, cost and quality expectations
- Identifying risks and proposing effective solutions; executing mitigation actions and reporting on outcomes and residual risks
KEY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
To be successful in your role, you will have demonstrated and/or acquired the following knowledge and experience:
Qualifications
- Relevant bachelor’s degree or recognized engineering Degree
Technical skills
- Must-have
- Proven experience building and managing Jenkins pipelines in production environments
- Strong understanding of source control systems including Git and Bitbucket
- Experience with Azure Cloud platform
- Proficiency in scripting and automation skills using Shell and Python
- Practical experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Proven experience of working in Scrum mode
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Strong understanding and practical application of DevOps principles and CI/CD best practices
- Nice-to-have
- Participated in the software maintenance of the deployed systems and demonstrated proficiency in solving operational IS/IT issues
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and practices using Gitlab
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible
- Knowledge of Air Traffic Management domain
- Experience delivering agile software solutions in a safety-critical environment
At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.
