Junior Cloud Engineer

Stampede Solution - VOLARE®; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Stampede Solution Sdn Bhd is seeking a Junior Cloud Engineer to support cloud and on‑prem infrastructure powering our platforms and clients’ hosted environments. You will work with senior engineers to design, deploy, and maintain reliable, secure systems while growing toward owning your own environments.

The role emphasizes hands‑on cloud work, scripting, and operations across AWS, Azure or GCP. You will participate in migrations, implement infrastructure baselines, and contribute to DR testing

Qualifications

• 1–3 years’ experience in cloud, infrastructure or systems engineering.
• Hands‑on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud).
• Proficient in Linux administration and comfortable with the command line.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, NAT and firewall concepts.
• Basic MySQL — read/write SQL, backup/restore, explain indexes.
• Scripting in Bash; Python preferred for automation.
• Familiar with Git and ticket/change records.
• Clear written English for documentation and ability to communicate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure for platforms and hosted environments.
• Run day‑to‑day operations across cloud and on‑premises — provisioning, patching, monitoring, backup, incident response.
• Participate in migration and deployment projects from environment build to go‑live support.
• Document configurations, runbooks, network diagrams and as‑built records.
• Learn the platform and grow towards owning environments of your own.
• Configure compute, storage, networking and identity on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• Apply and maintain infrastructure baselines—security groups, load balancers, backups, auto‑scaling.
• Support hybrid setups linking cloud to on‑prem data centres via VPN or dedicated circuits.
• Assist with DR testing and recovery drills; monitor costs and utilization.

Skills

Linux admin

Networking

Scripting Bash

Python scripting

Git workflows

MySQL basics

Cloud platforms (AWS/AZURE/GCP)

English communication

Incident response

Education

Degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Nginx/Apache

Job description

Stampede Solution Sdn Bhd is the leading technology provider to the Accounts Receivable Management and Recovery industry in Malaysia. As a Junior Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting the cloud and on-premises infrastructure that powers our platforms and our clients’ hosted environments, working alongside senior engineers and architects to build, deploy, and maintain reliable, secure systems, while growing your skills toward owning environments of your own.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, deploy and maintain the cloud infrastructure that runs our own platforms and our clients’ hosted environments, working to designs set by senior engineers and architects.
• Run day-to-day operations across cloud and on-premises environments — provisioning, patching, monitoring, backup and incident response.
• Take part in migration and deployment projects, from environment build through UAT to go-live support.
• Document what you build: configurations, runbooks, network diagrams and as-built records.
• Learn the platform and the business behind it and grow into owning environments of your own.
• Provision and configure compute, storage, networking and identity services on at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud).
• Apply and maintain infrastructure baselines — instance sizing, storage tiers, security groups, load balancers, auto-scaling and backup policies.
• Support hybrid setups that link cloud environments to on-premises data centres over VPN or dedicated circuits.
• Help build and test disaster recovery environments and take part in DR drills against agreed RTO and RPO targets.
• Track cost and utilisation and raise it when resources are over-provisioned or idle.

Containers and Orchestration

• Build and maintain container images and run workloads under Docker or a comparable runtime.
• Deploy and support applications on Kubernetes or a managed equivalent (EKS, AKS, GKE) — deployments, services, ingress, config maps, secrets and persistent volumes.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines to move builds through development, staging and production.
• Troubleshoot container and cluster problems: failing pods, resource limits, image pulls and service-to-service networking.

Systems and Networking

• Administer Linux servers (RHEL, Rocky, Ubuntu or equivalent) — users and permissions, packages, services, storage, OS and kernel patching, and shell scripting.
• Configure and troubleshoot core network services: DNS, DHCP, NTP, routing, VLANs, NAT, VPN and firewall rules.
• Diagnose connectivity and performance problems with standard tools — ping, traceroute, dig, tcpdump, ss, curl — and read the output correctly.
• Maintain monitoring and alerting and respond to alerts within agreed service targets.

Databases and Application Support

• Carry out routine MySQL tasks: user and privilege management, schema deployment, backup and restore, log checks and basic query troubleshooting.
• Deploy and support application services on web and application servers (Apache, Nginx, Tomcat or PHP-based stacks).
• Support release deployments and post-release verification alongside the development and QA teams.

Security and Compliance

• Work within our ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and PCI DSS v4.0 control environment — access control, change management, logging, patching and vulnerability remediation.
• Harden systems to the agreed baselines and close vulnerability scan and penetration test findings within target timeframes.
• Produce evidence for internal and external audits when asked.

Job Requirements

• 1–3 years’ experience in cloud, infrastructure or systems engineering. Fresh graduates with solid hands‑on project or lab experience are welcome to apply.
• Hands‑on experience implementing or supporting workloads on at least one major cloud platform — AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. Certification (AWS Solutions Architect or SysOps Associate, AZ‑104, Google ACE) is an advantage, not a substitute for practical experience.
• Proficient in Linux administration and comfortable working entirely from the command line.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, NAT and firewall concepts.
• Basic MySQL — able to read and write SQL, run a backup and a restore, and explain what an index does.
• Scripting in Bash, and ideally Python, to automate routine work.
• Familiar with Git and with working from tickets and change records.
• Clear written English for documentation, and the confidence to speak to internal stakeholders and clients.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, and the discipline to test before applying a change to production.
• Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.

Advantageous

• Docker and Kubernetes in a production or near‑production setting.
• Infrastructure as code — Terraform, CloudFormation or Ansible.
• Virtualisation platforms — VMware, Hyper‑V or Proxmox.
• Monitoring and observability tooling — Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch or Azure Monitor.
• Exposure to regulated environments such as financial services or payments, and to audit or compliance work.
• Experience in a managed services or client‑facing technical role.

Working Arrangements

• Based at our Kuala Lumpur office, Vertical Bangsar South, on standard office hours.
• Participation in an on‑call rotation covering production incidents and scheduled maintenance windows, which fall outside office hours.
• Occasional onsite work at data centers and client premises, including out‑of‑hours cutovers and DR drills.