The posting
Role Overview
The IT Infrastructure & Operations Lead will be responsible for the day-to-day management, reliability, and continuous improvement of Client's IT infrastructure and technology operations across its corporate offices, retail/F&B outlets, and supporting environments.
The role will serve as the primary IT point of contact for the client/business, providing hands-on technical leadership while managing and coordinating a team of IT personnel and external vendors.
The ideal candidate should have strong infrastructure and IT operations experience, with prior exposure to multi-site F&B, retail, hospitality, or similar environments where uptime, point-of-sale systems, network connectivity, and rapid incident resolution are critical.
1. IT Infrastructure & Operations
- Working closely with the team and take ownership of day-to-day IT infrastructure and operations across the organisation and retail/F&B outlets.
- Manage and maintain network infrastructure, Wi-Fi, firewalls, switches, servers, endpoints, printers and other IT equipment.
- Ensure reliable connectivity between outlets, headquarters, cloud services and other business systems.
- Monitor IT infrastructure performance, availability, capacity and security.
- Identify recurring infrastructure issues and implement permanent solutions.
- Maintain accurate documentation of IT infrastructure, configurations, network diagrams and asset inventories.
- Perform regular health checks and preventive maintenance across outlets.
2. Retail & F&B Technology Operations
- Provide technical oversight for IT systems supporting retail/F&B outlets, including:
- Internet and Wi-Fi -Back-office systems e.g. Firewall -CCTV/access-control -Ensure new outlets and outlet renovations are IT-ready before opening
- Coordinate IT setup for new outlet openings, relocations and closures.
- Respond quickly to outlet-level incidents that may affect sales or business operations.
- Work closely with operations and outlet managers to minimise downtime and disruption.
3. Team Leadership
- Lead, supervise and coordinate the assigned IT support/infrastructure team.
- Assign tasks, prioritise incidents and monitor resolution progress.
- Provide technical guidance and hands-on support for complex issues.
- Establish clear escalation procedures for outlet and corporate IT issues.
- Coach team members and develop their technical capabilities.
- Ensure appropriate manpower coverage for business-critical periods and outlet operations.
4. Single Point of Contact / Client Management
- Act as the primary IT contact and escalation point for the client/business.
- Understand business requirements and translate them into practical IT solutions.
- Provide regular updates on IT incidents, infrastructure health, projects and outstanding issues.
- Coordinate between business stakeholders, internal IT staff and external vendors.
- Take ownership of issues from identification through to resolution rather than simply passing them between teams.
- Build a strong working relationship with management, operations, finance, HR and outlet teams.
5. Incident & Problem Management
- Take ownership of major IT incidents affecting outlets or business operations.
- Establish appropriate response and escalation procedures for critical incidents.
- Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for recurring problems.
- Maintain incident records and identify opportunities to reduce repeat incidents.
- Ensure appropriate response times for business-critical systems.
- Coordinate with vendors and third-party service providers where required.
6. Vendor & Service Provider Management
- Manage day-to-day relationships with IT vendors, telcos, POS providers, managed service providers and other technology partners.
- Coordinate vendor support and escalation when required.
- Monitor vendor performance against agreed service levels.
- Assist management with vendor evaluation, quotations and technical recommendations.
- Ensure vendor work is properly documented and completed to the required standard.
7. IT Projects & New Outlet Deployment
- Lead or support IT implementation for new outlets, renovations, relocations and technology refreshes.
- Prepare IT requirements, equipment lists and deployment plans.
- Coordinate network, Wi-Fi, POS, printers, endpoints and other technology installations.
- Work with contractors, outlet operations and vendors to ensure IT readiness before opening.
- Conduct site surveys and technical assessments where required.
- Ensure proper handover and documentation after implementation.
8. Security & Compliance
- Implement and maintain basic IT security controls across corporate and outlet environments.
- Manage endpoint security, access controls, user accounts and network security.
- Ensure appropriate patching and firmware updates.
- Monitor and address potential security vulnerabilities.
- Support backup, disaster recovery and business continuity arrangements.
- Ensure IT practices comply with relevant company policies and applicable Singapore requirements.
9. Asset & Lifecycle Management
- Maintain an accurate inventory of IT hardware, software, network equipment and outlet technology assets.
- Manage equipment deployment, replacement, repair and disposal.
- Establish appropriate lifecycle and replacement plans.
- Track warranties, licences, subscriptions and maintenance contracts.
- Identify ageing or unsupported infrastructure and recommend replacement plans.
10. Reporting & Continuous Improvement
- Provide regular management reports covering: IT incidents Outlet downtime Network availability Outstanding issues Infrastructure health Asset status Vendor performance IT projects
- Identify opportunities to improve reliability, standardisation and operational efficiency.
- Develop and maintain SOPs for common IT operations and outlet incidents.
- Establish appropriate monitoring and preventive-maintenance practices.
Suggested Candidate Profile
- 3-5+ years of IT infrastructure/operations experience, depending on seniority.
- Experience supporting multiple physical locations/outlets.
- Prior experience in F&B, retail, hospitality, logistics, or other high-availability operational environments.
- Strong understanding of: LAN/WAN Wi-Fi Firewalls Switching/routing Windows/endpoint environments Microsoft 365 Cloud platforms IT security fundamentals Backup and disaster recovery Hardware and asset management
- Experience supporting POS and payment-related environments would be highly advantageous.
- Experience managing IT vendors and telcos in Singapore.
- Experience managing or leading a small IT support/infrastructure team.
- Comfortable being hands-on, rather than purely managerial.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ability.
- Good communication skills and ability to work directly with business stakeholders and outlet managers.
- Comfortable working in an environment where urgent operational issues can occur outside normal office hours.



