Senior DevOps Engineer

Aventra Group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Aventra Group is seeking a Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer in Kuala Lumpur. The ideal candidate will design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on Azure and AWS. You will drive automation processes and adhere to security best practices.

The role requires a minimum of 10 years in IT, with at least 5 years specializing in Cloud and DevOps roles. Knowledge of Kubernetes and CI/CD methodologies is essential. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative projects within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall IT experience in a relevant role.
• 5+ years of experience specifically in Cloud and DevOps.
• Proven experience with Azure and AWS production environments.
• Strong experience in enterprise-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain cloud infrastructure on Azure and AWS.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and manage Kubernetes clusters.
• Drive GitOps practices and automate operational tasks.
• Ensure monitoring, security compliance, and incident management.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure management

DevOps practices

Automation skills

Monitoring and logging

Security practices

Tools

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Python

Bash

Job description

Role Summary

We are seeking a Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer with strong experience across Microsoft Azure and AWS, modern DevOps practices, and cloud‑native architectures. The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, building, and operating scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platforms while driving automation, CI/CD, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure and AWS.
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters, enabling auto‑scaling, high availability, and efficient resource utilization.
• Own cloud infrastructure operations, capacity planning, and cost optimization.
• Implement and maintain disaster recovery and backup strategies to ensure business continuity.

DevOps & Automation

• Design, build, and support CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, FluxCD, Helm, and Kustomize.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible, reducing manual effort and improving consistency.
• Drive GitOps practices for deployment and configuration management.
• Automate operational tasks using Python and Bash scripting to improve efficiency and reliability.

Monitoring, Reliability & Security

• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Graylog, Mimir, and Uptrends.
• Integrate monitoring and incident management with PagerDuty, Jira, and Confluence.
• Apply security best practices across cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, including automated testing and quality gates (e.g., SonarQube).
• Proactively identify and resolve performance, availability, and reliability issues.
• Work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to streamline release and deployment processes.
• Lead or mentor engineers on DevOps best practices and cloud‑native approaches.
• Contribute to DevOps strategy and continuous improvement initiatives aligned with business objectives.
• Support incident response and root cause analysis for production issues.

Required Skills & Experience

Experience

• 10+ years of overall IT experience.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in Cloud and DevOps roles.
• Proven experience operating production workloads in Azure and AWS.
• Strong experience supporting enterprise‑scale, highly available systems.

Technical Skills

• Infrastructure & Operations: Azure Compute, Networking, Storage, ASR, Backup, AWS EC2, VPC, Security Groups, Load Balancing, VM provisioning, patching, hardening, decommissioning.
• CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitOps (FluxCD), Maven.
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible.
• Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash, Shell.
• Source Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab.
• Quality & Security: SonarQube, automated testing integration.

Core Competencies

• DevOps strategy and implementation.
• Configuration and release management.
• Continuous improvement and automation mindset.
• Performance monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Disaster recovery and resilience planning.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Leadership, mentoring, and delegation capabilities.
• Problem‑solving and analytical thinking.
• Adaptability in fast‑paced, Agile environments.
• Strong ownership and time management.

Certifications (Preferred)

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate.
• PagerDuty Certifications.

Nice to Have

• Experience leading DevOps initiatives across multiple teams.
• Experience with hybrid or multi‑cloud environments.