CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

SEPAP SDN BHD; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

SEPAP SDN BHD is seeking a highly experienced technology leader in Kuala Lumpur to own the company’s technology strategy, engineering, and security.

The role combines CTO-level vision with hands-on expertise in infrastructure, SRE, cloud architecture, and multi-cloud initiatives. You will guide product direction, shape architecture standards, and build scalable, secure systems for the business.

Based in Klang Valley, the position expects office presence as the company scales its tech footprint.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience across software engineering, infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, or systems architecture
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering / technology teams
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code
• Proven experience with AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, GCP, Azure, or other major cloud platforms
• Strong knowledge of networking, cybersecurity, Zero Trust, WAF, DDoS protection, DNS, CDN, VPN, and enterprise security
• Strong understanding of backend and application architecture, preferably across Java, Python, Go, PHP, or Node.js
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and strategic decision-making skills
• Comfortable working in a hands-on technical leadership environment, not purely management
• Prefer candidates from Klang Valley area

Responsibilities

• Lead technology strategy, architecture roadmap, and technical transformation
• Build, lead, mentor, and manage Engineering, DevOps, and SRE teams
• Partner with founders and management on product strategy and technology direction
• Own major architecture decisions, technical standards, and engineering reviews
• Design Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation standards using Terraform, Ansible, and related technologies
• Architect scalable distributed systems across Java, Python, Go, PHP, and Node.js
• Design microservices, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service governance
• Lead capacity planning, cloud cost optimization / FinOps, high availability, and scalability
• Design CDN, edge acceleration, traffic routing, multi-CDN scheduling, and global traffic management
• Own enterprise DNS, domain, SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle, WAF, DDoS protection, and security architecture
• Lead DevOps modernization, CI/CD platform development, containerization, and platform engineering
• Design enterprise network and Zero Trust architecture, including firewalls, VPN, proxies, WireGuard, OpenVPN, SD-WAN, and remote-access solutions
• Establish enterprise observability, monitoring, logging, tracing, SLO/SLI, incident management, and reliability standards
• Architect database, storage, backup, replication, sharding, read/write splitting, and multi-active systems
• Design and implement Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) strategies with appropriate RTO/RPO targets
• Lead technical incident response and ensure overall system stability, security, availability, and resilience
• Manage technology budgets, infrastructure vendors, and strategic technology partnerships
• Establish engineering best practices, technical governance, development standards, and operational processes

Skills

CTO-level strategy

Infrastructure / SRE

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Security architecture

Distributed systems

Leadership

CI/CD

Zero Trust

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced technology leader to take ownership of the company’s overall technology strategy, engineering organization, product development, infrastructure architecture, security, and system reliability.

This is a senior hands-on leadership role combining CTO-level technology strategy with deep Infrastructure / SRE / Cloud Architecture expertise. The successful candidate will define the technical roadmap, lead engineering and SRE teams, architect large-scale distributed systems, and build secure, highly available, multi-cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the company’s overall technology strategy, architecture roadmap, and technical transformation

Build, lead, mentor, and manage Engineering, DevOps, and SRE teams

Partner with founders and management on product strategy and technology direction

Own major architecture decisions, technical standards, and engineering reviews

Design organization-wide Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation standards using Terraform, Ansible, and related technologies

Architect scalable distributed systems across Java, Python, Go, PHP, and Node.js

Design microservices, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service governance strategies

Lead capacity planning, cloud cost optimization / FinOps, high availability, and scalability

Design CDN, edge acceleration, traffic routing, multi-CDN scheduling, and global traffic management

Own enterprise DNS, domain, SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle, WAF, DDoS protection, and security architecture

Lead DevOps modernization, CI/CD platform development, containerization, and platform engineering

Design enterprise network and Zero Trust architecture, including firewalls, VPN, proxies, WireGuard, OpenVPN, SD-WAN, and remote-access solutions

Establish enterprise observability, monitoring, logging, tracing, SLO/SLI, incident management, and reliability standards

Architect database, storage, backup, replication, sharding, read/write splitting, and multi-active systems

Design and implement Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) strategies with appropriate RTO/RPO targets

Lead technical incident response and ensure overall system stability, security, availability, and resilience

Manage technology budgets, infrastructure vendors, and strategic technology partnerships

Establish engineering best practices, technical governance, development standards, and operational processes

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field

8+ years of experience across software engineering, infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, or systems architecture

3+ years of experience leading engineering / technology teams

Strong experience designing large-scale distributed systems and highly available architectures

Deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code

Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, and automation frameworks

Proven experience with AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, GCP, Azure, or other major cloud platforms

Strong understanding of networking, cybersecurity, Zero Trust, WAF, DDoS protection, DNS, CDN, VPN, and enterprise security

Strong knowledge of database architecture, distributed storage, replication, backup, and disaster recovery

Experience establishing SRE, observability, SLO/SLI, incident management, and reliability engineering practices

Strong understanding of backend and application architecture, preferably across Java, Python, Go, PHP, or Node.js

Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and strategic decision-making skills

Comfortable working in a hands-on technical leadership environment, not purely management

Prefer candidates from theKlang Valley area. Once the office is set up, candidates will be required to return to the office when necessary or attend meetings at the office.