Our client Exact Asia Development Centre Sdn Bhd is seeking a Cloud Operations Manager to join their team!
Lead the operational continuity of Exact's customer-facing SaaS products across Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. This Kuala Lumpur-based opportunity combines cloud operations leadership, technical coordination and continuous improvement while supporting reliable services for hundreds of thousands of users across a global hosting landscape.
About Our Client
Founded in 1984, Exact is a global business and financial software company operating in more than 100 countries. Its innovative solutions are trusted daily by more than 550,000 entrepreneurs and accountants. Exact combines the energy of a start-up with the advantages of a multinational and values passion, dedication, ownership, inclusion and social responsibility.
What you'll be doing?
- Lead cloud operations teams: Manage teams of specialists across Infrastructure Operations and Application Operations from Kuala Lumpur.
- Safeguard service continuity: Ensure customer-facing applications remain stable, secure, performant and continuously available across more than 25 products and workloads.
- Maintain cloud foundations: Oversee the provisioning of virtual machines, deployments, platform availability and underlying cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS environments.
- Strengthen application operations: Guide application monitoring, performance optimisation, configuration management and application updates where automation is not yet in place.
- Coordinate global operations: Work closely with Cloud Operations Managers in Delft and Utrecht to align priorities and coordinate incident and problem management across time zones.
- Lead during critical events: Bring clarity, structure and calm confidence during escalations, performance challenges and customer-impacting incidents.
- Shape operational coverage: Help introduce and manage availability outside regular office hours as product complexity, scale and business criticality grow.
- Partner on architecture: Work with the Cloud Architect on technical direction, with architectural decisions reviewed and approved through the established process.
- Drive operational excellence: Translate requirements into technical and operational activities while promoting automation, continuous improvement and reliable execution.
Who are they looking for?
- Cloud operations leadership: Experience leading Infrastructure Operations, Application Operations or Technical Application Management teams in cloud environments.
- Azure and AWS expertise: Strong knowledge of Azure and/or AWS services, hosting patterns, monitoring, logging and availability management.
- Operational tooling: Hands-on experience with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, AWS CloudWatch and related platforms.
- Global collaboration: Experience working with infrastructure operations teams across regions and time zones.
- Technical translation: Ability to turn functional requirements into clear technical and operational activities.
- Structured communication: Strong communication skills and a disciplined approach to prioritising operational work.
- Improvement mindset: A proactive, improvement-driven approach focused on automation and operational excellence in customer-facing cloud environments.
- Kuala Lumpur location: Capability to work with the Cloud Operations team operating from Kuala Lumpur.
Why you should consider this opportunity?
Our client offers an attractive remuneration package and other benefits, such as:
- Competitive remuneration: Receive a competitive salary package.
- Hybrid flexibility: Work in an international and innovative environment with the flexibility to work from home three days a week.
- Global technology community: Collaborate with more than 2,000 colleagues worldwide, including approximately 730 technology professionals.
- Generous leave offering: Enjoy 19 vacation days and loyalty days, increasing to up to 21 days in the fifth year of service.
- Community contribution: Access three CSR days to give back to the local community.
- Enhanced EPF: Benefit from an enhanced employer EPF contribution scheme.
- Monthly meal allowance: Receive a fixed monthly meal allowance.
- Wellbeing allowance: Access support for activities and choices that promote wellbeing.
- Flexi-benefit: Benefit from a flexible benefits offering.
- Annual bonus: Be eligible for an annual bonus.
- Medical and insurance coverage: Receive comprehensive medical and insurance coverage.
- Workplace refreshments: Enjoy free-flow beverages and snacks in the office, alongside access to a coffee bar.
- Learning and development: Access training through the learning and development centre to build skills and support career potential.