Global IT Senior Staff Engineer (Virtualization & Containerization)

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd; Bayan Lepas; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global collaboration

Hybrid work

Supportive workplace

Job summary

The OSRAM Opto Semiconductors (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd unit is seeking an experienced IT infrastructure professional to own and govern our OpenShift and virtualization platforms globally. You will define the architecture, lifecycle, and service strategy aligned with enterprise IT goals and business objectives.

This role requires strong vendor management, incident handling, and cross-functional collaboration across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure.
• Deep expertise in OpenShift/Kubernetes, container orchestration and/or virtualization platforms.
• Proven experience managing external service providers in a global enterprise environment.
• Profound understanding of IT infrastructure core technologies, e.g. storage, backup, networking.
• 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 and business objectives.
• Establish and monitor SLAs, KPIs, and OLAs with external partners to ensure high availability and performance.
• Lead service reviews, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives with external provider.
• Drive incident and problem management escalations, root cause analysis, and resolution planning.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to implement security controls and patching.
• Design and evolve OpenShift container platforms and virtualization environments.
• Contribute to budget planning, cost optimization, and capacity forecasting for infrastructure services.

Skills

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Virtualization platforms

IT infrastructure

English proficiency

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Master's degree in CS/IT

Tools

VMware vSphere

Proxmox

Red Hat Virtualization

Job description

Company description

The ams OSRAM Group is a global leader in innovative light and sensor solutions. With more than 110 years of industry experience, we combine engineering excellence and global manufacturing with a passion for cutting-edge innovation enabling transformative advancements in the automotive, industrial, medical, and consumer industries. "Sense the power of light" - our success is based on the deep understanding of the potential of light and distinct portfolio of emitter and sensor technologies. Around 19,700 employees worldwide drive innovations alongside societal megatrends. Find out more about us on https://ams-osram.com

The ams OSRAM Opto Semiconductors business offers high-performance opto semiconductor components and in-depth support for state-of-the-art system solutions based on innovative semiconductor light sources. The Business Unit can look back on almost fifty years of production and development expertise.

Your new 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 (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V, KVM)
• Contribute to budget planning, cost optimization, and capacity forecasting for infrastructure services
• 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.
• Deep expertise in OpenShift/Kubernetes, container orchestration and/or virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Red Hat Virtualization)
• Proven experience managing external service providers in a global enterprise environment
• Profound understandingofIT infrastructure core technologies, e.g. storage, backup, networking
• 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

Profile description

• 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.
• Deep expertise in OpenShift/Kubernetes, container orchestration and/or virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Red Hat Virtualization)
• Proven experience managing external service providers in a global enterprise environment
• Profound understandingofIT infrastructure core technologies, e.g. storage, backup, networking
• Understanding of ITIL, DevOps and Agile methodologies
• Project management skills for Network & Datacenter design/built projects
• 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