Infrastructure Architect (Head of department)

Private Advertiser; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Private Advertiser in Kuala Lumpur seeks an Infrastructure Architect (Head of Department) to own the company’s technology strategy, engineering organization, product development, infrastructure architecture, security, and system reliability. This senior hands-on leadership role combines CTO-level direction with deep infrastructure/SRE expertise.

The successful candidate will define the technical roadmap, lead Engineering, DevOps, and SRE teams, architect large-scale distributed systems, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
• 8+ years of experience across software engineering, infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, or systems architecture.
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering/technology teams.
• Strong experience designing large-scale distributed systems and highly available architectures.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, and automation frameworks.
• Proven experience with AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, GCP, Azure, or other cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of networking, cybersecurity, Zero Trust, WAF, DDoS protection, DNS, CDN, VPN, and enterprise security.
• Knowledge of database architecture, distributed storage, replication, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Experience establishing SRE, observability, SLO/SLI, incident management, and reliability engineering practices.
• Strong backend and application architecture knowledge across Java, Python, Go, PHP, or Node.js.
• Leadership, communication, problem-solving and strategic decision-making skills.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on technical leadership environment.
• Prefer candidates from the Klang Valley area.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology strategy, architecture roadmap, and technical transformation.
• Build, lead, mentor, and manage Engineering, DevOps, and SRE teams.
• Partner with founders and management on product strategy and technology direction.
• Own major architecture decisions, standards, and engineering reviews.
• Design IaC and automation standards using Terraform, Ansible, and related tools.
• Architect scalable distributed systems across Java, Python, Go, PHP, and Node.js.
• Design microservices, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service governance.
• Lead capacity planning, cloud cost optimization/FinOps, high availability, and scalability.
• Design CDN, edge acceleration, traffic routing, multi-CDN scheduling, and global traffic management.
• Own DNS, domain, SSL/TLS, WAF, DDoS protection, and security architecture.
• Lead DevOps modernization, CI/CD platform development, containerization, and platform engineering.
• Design network and Zero Trust architecture (firewalls, VPNs, proxies, SD-WAN, remote access).
• Establish observability, monitoring, logging, tracing, SLO/SLI, and incident management standards.
• Architect database, storage, backup, replication, sharding, and multi-active systems.
• Develop BCP/DR strategies with appropriate RTO/RPO targets.
• Lead technical incident response and ensure system stability, security, availability, and resilience.
• Manage tech budgets, vendors, and partnerships.
• Establish engineering best practices, governance, and operational processes.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud infrastructure

Microservices

DevOps

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Java

Python

Go

Security

SRE

Backend architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Infrastructure Architect (Head of department)

We are seeking a highly experienced technology leader to take ownership of the company’s overall technology strategy, engineering organization, product development, infrastructure architecture, security, and system reliability.

This is a senior hands-on leadership role combining CTO-level technology strategy with deep Infrastructure / SRE / Cloud Architecture expertise. The successful candidate will define the technical roadmap, lead engineering and SRE teams, architect large-scale distributed systems, and build secure, highly available, multi-cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the company’s overall technology strategy, architecture roadmap, and technical transformation
• Build, lead, mentor, and manage Engineering, DevOps, and SRE teams
• Partner with founders and management on product strategy and technology direction
• Own major architecture decisions, technical standards, and engineering reviews
• Design organization-wide Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation standards using Terraform, Ansible, and related technologies
• Architect scalable distributed systems across Java, Python, Go, PHP, and Node.js
• Design microservices, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service governance strategies
• Lead capacity planning, cloud cost optimization / FinOps, high availability, and scalability
• Design CDN, edge acceleration, traffic routing, multi-CDN scheduling, and global traffic management
• Own enterprise DNS, domain, SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle, WAF, DDoS protection, and security architecture
• Lead DevOps modernization, CI/CD platform development, containerization, and platform engineering
• Design enterprise network and Zero Trust architecture, including firewalls, VPN, proxies, WireGuard, OpenVPN, SD-WAN, and remote-access solutions
• Establish enterprise observability, monitoring, logging, tracing, SLO/SLI, incident management, and reliability standards
• Architect database, storage, backup, replication, sharding, read/write splitting, and multi-active systems
• Design and implement Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) strategies with appropriate RTO/RPO targets
• Lead technical incident response and ensure overall system stability, security, availability, and resilience
• Manage technology budgets, infrastructure vendors, and strategic technology partnerships
• Establish engineering best practices, technical governance, development standards, and operational processes

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• 8+ years of experience across software engineering, infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, or systems architecture
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering / technology teams
• Strong experience designing large-scale distributed systems and highly available architectures
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, and automation frameworks
• Proven experience with AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, GCP, Azure, or other major cloud platforms
• Strong understanding of networking, cybersecurity, Zero Trust, WAF, DDoS protection, DNS, CDN, VPN, and enterprise security
• Strong knowledge of database architecture, distributed storage, replication, backup, and disaster recovery
• Experience establishing SRE, observability, SLO/SLI, incident management, and reliability engineering practices
• Strong understanding of backend and application architecture, preferably across Java, Python, Go, PHP, or Node.js
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and strategic decision-making skills
• Comfortable working in a hands-on technical leadership environment, not purely management
• Prefer candidates from the Klang Valley area. Once the office is set up, candidates will be required to return to the office when necessary or attend meetings at the office.