Senior DevOps Engineer

StarHub; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

StarHub in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, is seeking a Senior Matrixx DevOps Engineer to own end-to-end delivery of cloud-native platforms, manage Kubernetes/OpenShift operations, and drive CI/CD automation. The role involves incident resolution, customer care, and continuous optimization of cloud services.

You will design robust microservices with Java/Spring Boot, implement RESTful APIs, and participate in on-call rotations to ensure reliability, security, and scalability of systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in developing enterprise applications using Java and the Spring Boot framework.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, principles, and best practices.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Proficient with Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift for deployment and orchestration.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with Git, Maven/Gradle, and CI/CD tools.
• Hands-on production experience with Jenkins and CI/CD best practices.
• Solid understanding of AWS core services, IAM security, and cost-optimization practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
• Implement RESTful APIs and ensure service performance, security, and stability.
• Write clean, well-tested code following best practices and design patterns.
• Develop and manage services on OpenShift/Kubernetes, including Dockerfiles and resource configs.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins) for automated build, test, and deployment.
• Monitor and troubleshoot services in OpenShift environment.
• Contribute to architectural design focusing on loose coupling, high cohesion, fault tolerance.
• Perform code reviews to maintain quality and share knowledge.
• Support on-call duty and resolve production incidents with root‑cause analysis.
• Build technical docs for architecture, API specs, and system integrations.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

RESTful APIs

Docker

Kubernetes/OpenShift

CI/CD

Jenkins

AWS core services

IAM security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Git

Maven/Gradle

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

The Senior Matrixx DevOps Engineer will be involved in the end-to-end delivery lifecycle including solution design, application development, QC testing, CI/CD automation and continuous optimization of cloud-native platforms. The candidate will manage Kubernetes operations, infrastructure provisioning and software upgrades to ensure systems remain reliable, secure and scalable. The candidate will be working in a team in routine on-call rotations to support day-to-day operations, incident resolution, customer care and defect fixes.

Key responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and resilient microservices using Java, Spring Boot and related frameworks

Implement RESTful APIs and ensure services meet performance, security, and stability requirements

Write clean, well-tested, and efficient code following best practices and design patterns

Develop and manage services deployed on OpenShift/Kubernetes, including defining Dockerfiles and Kubernetes resource configurations (Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, etc.)

Work with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins) for automated build, test, and deployment

Monitor and troubleshoot services running in the OpenShift environment

Contribute to the architectural design of microservices, focusing on principles like loose coupling, high cohesion, and fault tolerance

Perform code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge within the team

Support on-call duty on shift rotation and handle production incident and root cause analysis with minimal supervision

Build technical documentation from scratch, maintaining working documents on architecture overviews, API specifications and system integrations

About you

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in developing enterprise applications using Java and the Spring Boot framework

Strong understanding of microservices architecture, principles, and best practices

Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs

Proficient with Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift for deployment and orchestration

Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases

Familiarity with Git, Maven/Gradle, and CI/CD tools

Hands-on production experience with Jenkins and CI/CD best practices

Solid understanding of AWS core services, IAM security, and cost-optimization practices