Helpdesk Support Engineer - (Public Sector)

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Ensure system stability and reliability by monitoring alerts, managing incidents, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives for IT projects supporting government agencies.

At Xtremax, our Helpdesk Support Engineers play a vital role in ensuring system stability and reliability. In this role, you will be responsible for monitoring alerts, managing incidents, and supporting resolution processes to keep our systems running smoothly. You will also contribute to continuous improvement by reviewing scripts and providing feedback, making a direct impact on both operations and service quality. Candidates with public sector experience are preferred, as this role supports IT projects for government agencies.

Responsibility:

System Monitoring and Incident Management

  • Monitor and observe system alerts or unusual system behaviours.
  • Follow incident isolation procedures to identify and verify faults before applying problem resolution scripts or escalating issues.
  • Manage the full lifecycle of incident tickets, from creation and updates to escalation and closure.
  • Perform post-change system health checks to ensure changes do not cause undesirable behaviours.

Reporting and Documentation

  • Consolidate records for reporting, monitoring, analytics, or audit purposes.
  • Maintain accurate documentation of incidents, system changes, and operational procedures.

Operational Improvement

  • Review and verify the accuracy of operational scripts, and suggest improvements.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system reliability and operational efficiency.

Requirements

Must Have

  • A Nitec, Diploma, or Degree, preferably in Engineering or Information Technology.
  • Must have 2–5 years of relevant experience.
  • Willingness to work in 12-hour rotational shifts, including weekends and public holidays.
  • Ability to follow documented work instructions and procedures accurately.
  • Good written and verbal command of English.
  • Basic understanding of IT systems and troubleshooting principles.

Good to Have:

  • Experience with Singapore Government Project will be advantageous.
  • Experience in customer service or a technical support role is preferred.
  • Knowledge of cloud-based environments (e.g., AWS, Azure) is an added advantage.
  • Knowledge handling ticketing system (e.g., JIRA, SNOW) is an added advantage.

Certificate Preferred:

  • Must have ITIL 4 Foundation certification.

Benefits

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Xtremax is an established, award-winning cloud technology company whose work spans multiple segments of the IT industry. Since 2003, Xtremax has grown into a strong strategic business partner with various Singaporean government bodies, large organizations, and educational institutions. As a close working partner of numerous government bodies and enterprises, Xtremax Singapore’s extensive work in providing cloud solutions has culminated in the development of GCC (Government Commercial Cloud), the Singapore Government’s hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure across the 3 main cloud service providers of AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, and the Government’s private cloud; as well as the creation of CWP (Content Website Platform), a common cloud platform that made headlines for making management of the agency websites streamlined and economical, without compromising on security. Today, Xtremax is a large family network of over 600 professionals across the region in Singapore (HQ), Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia.

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