Global IT Senior Staff Engineer (Virtualization & Containerization)

ams OSRAM; Bayan Lepas; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global collaboration

Hybrid working mode

Supportive workplace

Job summary

ams OSRAM in Malaysia seeks a senior IT infrastructure leader to own OpenShift and VMware platforms globally, shaping strategy, architecture, and lifecycle in partnership with enterprise IT and local teams.

You will set and monitor SLAs with partners, drive improvement initiatives, manage incidents, and collaborate with cybersecurity for security controls and patching while overseeing budget and capacity planning. Hybrid work is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure with strong conceptual and technical approach
• Deep expertise in OpenShift/Kubernetes and virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware vSphere, Red Hat Virtualization)
• Experience managing external service providers in a global enterprise environment
• Understanding of ITIL, DevOps and Agile methodologies
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work in globally distributed matrix organizations
• Excellent command of oral and written business English

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary owner of OpenShift and VMware virtualization infrastructure services globally
• Define and maintain service strategy, architecture, and lifecycle in alignment with enterprise IT, local Operation IT teams and business objectives
• Establish and monitor SLAs, KPIs, and OLAs with external partners to ensure high availability, performance, and compliance
• Lead service reviews, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives with the external provider
• Drive incident and problem management escalations, root cause analysis, and resolution planning
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to implement security controls, patching, and vulnerability management
• Design and evolve scalable, secure, and resilient OpenShift container platforms and virtualization environments
• Contribute to budget planning, cost optimization, and capacity forecasting for infrastructure services

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

DevOps/Agile mindset

Global collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or IT

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

KVM

Job description

• Act as the primary owner of OpenShift and VMWare virtualization infrastructure services globally
• Define and maintain service strategy, architecture, and lifecycle in alignment with enterprise IT, local Operation IT teams and business objectives.
• Establish and monitor SLAs, KPIs, and OLAs with external partners to ensure high availability, performance, and compliance
• Lead service reviews, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives with the external provider
• Drive incident and problem management escalations, root cause analysis, and resolution planning
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to implement security controls, patching, and vulnerability management
• Design and evolve scalable, secure, and resilient OpenShift container platforms and virtualization environments (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V, KVM)
• Contribute to budget planning, cost optimization, and capacity forecasting for infrastructure services

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, with strong experience in conceptual work and defining technical approaches. Profound understanding of IT infrastructure core technologies, e.g. storage, backup, networking
• Deep expertise in OpenShift/Kubernetes, container orchestration and/or virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware vSphere, Red Hat Virtualization)
• Proven experience managing external service providers in a global enterprise environment
• Understanding of ITIL, DevOps and Agile methodologies
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability of working in globally distributed matrix organizations
• Excellent command of oral and written business English

We offer:

• Global Collaboration Opportunities on New Exciting Projects
• Flexible and Hybrid Working Mode
• Diversified, Rewarding & Supportive Workplace