Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) [RID-00645]

Setel; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Leisure area

Casual dress

Snacks provided

Inter-company sports

Workshops and events

Job summary

Setel is seeking a Manager, SRE & Cloud Security to lead a team of site reliability engineers, delivering scalable infrastructure aligned with business goals and security standards. You will drive reliability, security, and cost optimisation across cloud architectures, container platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC tooling while mentoring staff and collaborating with product and engineering teams.

This role emphasizes proactive risk management, strategic roadmaps, and a culture of innovation to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field; OR Diploma with 2+ years’ experience.
• 8+ years in site reliability engineering or related role with leadership experience.
• Experience managing large distributed teams and strategic initiatives.
• Proficient in Git and modern DevOps practices; strong cloud and container knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead SRE & Cloud Security team from ideation to launch and maintenance.
• Improve stability, scalability, cost optimisation, and security of infrastructure.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop high-performing engineers.
• Foster collaboration across technology teams and manage risk with contingency plans.
• Execute a strategic roadmap for infrastructure improvements aligned with goals.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical Thinking

Effective Communication

Decision Making

Business Development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT

Diploma in Computer Science or IT with 2+ years experience

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

ArgoCD

Argo Workflows

Git

Job description

About Setel:

The Future of Mobility

Introduced in July 2018, Setel is a mobile platform that aims to delight customers by innovating for better, inclusive mobility. Setel serves customers across Malaysia by powering one app as the constant companion to ease motorists’ journey across fueling, parking, EV charging, motor insurance, road tax, auto assistance, general purchases, and more across an ecosystem of PETRONAS petrol stations, retail partners, and online merchants.

Role Purpose:

The Manager, SRE & Cloud Security leads and manages a team of site reliability engineers to deliver high-quality, scalable infrastructure that align with the organization's strategic objectives. Achieve this by providing technical leadership, overseeing the development process, ensuring best practices, and fostering a collaborative and innovative environment to ensure the team's success and growth.

In this role you will:

• Lead by example for site reliability engineering execution and manage stages from ideation and development to launch and ongoing maintenance, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality technology infrastructure that meet customer needs, and incorporating feedback loops for iterative improvements.
• Identify and assist on the stability, scalability, cost optimisation, and security of the technology infrastructure by continuously assessing, upgrading, and implementing best practices, using specific frameworks or standards to support business growth and protect sensitive data.
• Manage high-performing site reliability engineering teams by recruiting top talent, providing mentorship, and fostering professional growth, with a focus on long-term team development to create a collaborative and innovative work culture.
• Organise collaboration within technology teams by creating efficient communication to enhance collaboration and achieve shared goals.
• Assist on identifying risk in technology infrastructure by conducting proactive risk assessments and develop contingency plan to ensure regulatory and security compliance for technology infrastructure deliverables
• Execute strategic vision for technology infrastructure improvement by executing the roadmap of initiatives which align with company goals to ensure continuous improvement

You’re a great fit if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; OR
• Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, with a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in site reliability engineering.
• Working experience in managing large distributed teams and driving strategic initiatives.
• Strong bias for action with proven ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in version control systems (VCS) like Git.
• Advance proficiency in cloud technology especially AWS services.
• Advance proficiency in containerisation technology such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Advance proficiency in NoSQL, SQL, event, queue and cache databases such PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, RabbitMQ and Redis.
• Advanced proficiency in monitoring technology such as Vector, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, VictoriaMetrics (Prometheus) and Grafana.
• Advance proficiency in networking and security especially around load balancing, firewall, encryptions.
• Extensive experience in infrastructure as code (IaC) and CICD technology such as Terraform, ArgoCD and Argo Workflows.
• Working experience in cloud architecture or solution architecture.

Technical/Functional Skills

• Containerization
• Microservices Architecture
• Cloud Platform
• DevOps Practices
• Database Management
• System Design & Architecture
• Incident Management
• Infrastructure Monitoring & Logging
• People Management

Leadership/ Behavioral Skills

• Confidentiality: Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality.
• Analytical Thinking
• Business Development
• Decision Making and Judgement
• Effective Communication

What Makes Working With Us Awesome

• Our people and culture: You will get to work with awesome and friendly colleagues to whom you can expect to collaborate well to deliver your work. Empowerment is given and you will get a lot of opportunities for peer-learning.
• Availability of tools and applications: You will be provided with different tools to facilitate your work. Automate your work whenever possible so that you can focus on delivering impact for your role.
• Development focused: Your learning and growth matters most for us. We are people centric and always ready to help our people to define what they want to make an impact on and craft their learning plan accordingly.

Cool Perks/Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangement; Flexible working hours.
• Relax and unwind at the leisure area with video games, board games, books, and more.
• Wear your favourite jeans, or any cool OOTD so that you can work comfortably (in style).
• Coffee, tea, or snacks are available for consumption at the pantry. Because you’ll be happier with a full tummy.
• A healthy body leads to a brilliant mind. Let’s get moving with the inter-company sports team.
• There will be workshops, talent shows, sport activities, and other events for sharing and bonding.

Personal Data Protection

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