Lead DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineering

spgi; Kampung Cendana; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Flexible downtime

Continuous learning

Invest in your future

Job summary

S&P Global is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to support and extend cloud infrastructure, monitoring, and automation. You will collaborate with DevOps, QA, and development teams to deliver secure, automated solutions and resilient systems.

The role requires practical DevOps and software engineering background, strong AWS and Terraform skills, plus scripting experience. Occasional weekend deployments and coordination with global teams are expected.

Qualifications

• 7-15 years of DevOps and Software Engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field; relevant certifications.
• Proven experience with AWS cloud technologies, GitHub, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiar with databases and database queries; Document-Oriented databases experience preferred.
• Familiar with monitoring/logging tools like PagerDuty, Splunk; strong scripting/coding skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software teams to improve reliability, performance, security and scalability.
• Provide BAU Production support and proactively resolve issues from monitoring or user reports.
• Develop scripts in Terraform, Python and Unix shell to automate tasks.
• Design and manage infrastructure using Terraform on AWS with best practices.
• Work with databases, including DocumentDB or similar; manage AWS storage solutions.
• Set up and configure monitoring (Grafana, PagerDuty, Splunk) for system health and incident response.
• Occasional weekend deployments and coordination with teams in Europe/Asia.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Automation scripting

DevOps experience

Monitoring & incident response

AWS networking

Database querying

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Relevant certifications

Tools

Terraform

Python

Unix shell

Grafana

PagerDuty

Splunk

AWS

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

11 The Team:

S&P Global Enterprise Data Organization team is a creative team of experts collaborating across divisions and driving continuous improvements in platform innovation and usability.

The Impact:

Joining our team in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the candidate will be responsible for supporting and expanding our cloud infrastructure, monitoring and alerting frameworks, onboarding/migration projects, and interacting with the wider DevOps, QA, and development teams. We are looking for someone with proven DevOps experience who has development and operational skills and can deliver a secure and structured automated solutions to our operational tasks.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with software development teams to improve application reliability, performance, security and scalability.
• Provide BAU Production support, and resolve issues either spotted by monitoring or reported by users before causing business impact
• Develop scripts in Terraform, Python and Unix shell scripting to automate tasks and streamline processes.
• Design, implement, and manage infrastructure using Terraform on AWS cloud platform utilizing best practices
• Comfortable with writing database queries and performing database management with an added advantage of experience in Document-Oriented Data Bases, AWS storage solutions
• Set up and configure monitoring solutions, including Grafana, PagerDuty, Splunk to ensure system health and respond to incidents promptly.
• Availability to occasionally participate in weekend production releases/deployments and availability to sometimes discuss handovers with teams in Europe and Asia at the early mornings or late afternoon.

What We\'re Looking For :

Basic Qualifications:

• 7-15 years of relevant DevOps and Software Engineering experience.
• Bachelor\'s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. Relevant certifications.
• Proven experience working with AWS cloud technologies, GitHub, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiar with Database and Database query (Document-Oriented Data Bases experience preferred but not mandatory, good experience on scripting or coding would be a plus)
• Familiarity with monitoring solutions/logging solutions such as PagerDuty/Splunk and other industry-standard tools.
• Lunix and networking knowledge. Good understanding of AWS network configurations such as Routing, DNS, Load Balancing, IAM, security group
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability and a proactive approach to identifying, resolving issues and raising improvement opportunities
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment and handle multiple priorities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including experience speaking to technical and business audiences.
• Be able to work independently, or drive a group of people, to work on improvement projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional or a comparable AWS certification.
• Certification in an enterprise container platform.
• Certification or demonstrated experience with Amazon DocumentDB or another enterprise-managed document-oriented database service.
• Experience supporting enterprise cloud environments with formal security, governance, incident management, and change-control requirements.

What\'s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We\'re more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we\'re able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We\'re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world\'s leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That\'s why we provide everything you-and your career-need to thrive at S&P Global.

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financ