Global Payroll IT Systems Engineer

Links International; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Links International is seeking an experienced IT Operations professional to manage multiple payroll systems across Malaysia, China, and other countries. The role covers payroll application lifecycle, vendor coordination, and regional database maintenance to support APAC operations.

The candidate will also monitor and maintain IT infrastructure, provide application support to payroll teams, and ensure incidents are resolved within SLAs.

Qualifications

• 5 years of Tier 2 IT operations experience
• Experience in system/database maintenance and vendor management
• Fluent in Mandarin and English

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple internal payroll systems in Malaysia, China and other countries
• Oversee payroll applications lifecycle including vendor management, installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and de-installation
• Configure and maintain databases for regional payroll users across 14 APAC countries
• Provide application support and troubleshooting to payroll teams
• Monitor servers, network devices, storage and cloud environments for health and performance
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure incidents within SLA
• Perform regular system maintenance, updates and optimization
• Cover/back up other IT team members’ day-to-day operations
• Provide Tier 1/2 IT support as needed
• Handle ad hoc IT tasks and projects as assigned by IT Manager

Skills

Tier 2 IT operations

System database maintenance

Vendor management

Mandarin fluency

English fluency

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

TCP/IP

DNS

DHCP

Firewalls

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Links International is seeking an experienced IT Operations professional to manage multiple payroll systems across Malaysia, China, and other countries. The role covers payroll application lifecycle, vendor coordination, and regional database maintenance to support APAC operations.

The candidate will also monitor and maintain IT infrastructure, provide application support to payroll teams, and ensure incidents are resolved within SLAs.