DevOps Engineer

Horizontal Talent; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is looking for an experienced DevOps professional to join their engineering team in Kuala Lumpur. You will analyze current technologies, establish collaboration processes, and mentor engineers to enhance operational efficiency.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform, Node.js applications, and NoSQL databases. We offer a competitive salary based on experience and capabilities along with a dynamic and collaborative working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform is essential.
• Ability to implement and run CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of distributed computing.
• Proficient in deploying Node.js applications in production.
• Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB, Cassandra, Elasticsearch.
• Knowledge of in-memory key-value storage using Redis.
• Experience with message brokers such as Google PubSub or Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and improve current technology utilized within the company.
• Establish milestones and facilitate collaboration across departments.
• Assist engineers in creating demonstrations of proposed solutions.
• Provide detailed specifications for proposed solutions.
• Oversee the execution of clear project goals.
• Maintain hardware and software needed for project efficiency.
• Mentor and train engineers to improve processes companywide.
• Monitor progress and implementation of initiatives with project management.

Skills

Google Cloud Platform experience

CI/CD implementation

Distributed computing understanding

Node.js applications

MongoDB

Cassandra

Elasticsearch

Redis

Google PubSub

Kafka

Tools

Kubernetes

Hashicorp Vault

Job description

Role Overview

The world’s #1 business messaging application is expanding its engineering team and is seeking an experienced DevOps. Every day we get to build an array of awesome systems at scale, including search, concurrency, content organization, real-time metrics, deployment, and event-driven, low‑latency, concurrent apps. Our current systems are mostly built on Node.js. We focus on fast, iterative development (over 200+ deployments just last month), and collaborative, interactive programming. Developers work within small cross‑functional teams of 3‑6 crews that rely on one another to champion their project goals and in setting their own priorities are expected to build and deploy applications quickly and iteratively.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze current technology utilized within the company and develop steps and processes to improve and expand upon them.
• Establish milestones for necessary contributions from departments and develop processes to facilitate their collaboration.
• Assist other department engineers in creating practical demonstrations of proposed solutions and demonstrating them to other members of the team.
• Provide detailed specifications for proposed solutions including materials, manpower and time necessary.
• Provide clear goals for all areas of a project and develop steps to oversee their timely execution.
• Work closely with engineering professionals within the company to maintain hardware and software needed for projects to be completed efficiently.
• Mentor and train other engineers throughout the company and seek to continually improve processes companywide.
• Work alongside project management teams to successfully monitor the progress and implementation of initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Google Cloud Platform experience.
• Implementing and running CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of distributed computing.
• Node.js applications in a production environment.
• NoSQL databases in a production environment: MongoDB, Cassandra, Elasticsearch.
• In‑memory key‑value storage (Redis) in a production environment.
• Message brokers/message queues in a production environment: Google PubSub, Redis PubSub, Kafka.

Bonus Points

• Deploying a containerized application in cluster: Kubernetes.
• Using Hashicorp Vault to manage secrets: API keys, passwords, or certificates.
• Academic background in computer science.
• Managing remote teams.

What We Offer

We are able to offer a competitive salary, depending on your experience and demonstrated capabilities.