Senior DevOps & Release Engineer

techstreet; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

techstreet in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a DevOps and infrastructure engineer for a 12‑month contract to shape reliable, secure, and scalable operations. You will work across cloud and on‑prem environments, implementing CI/CD, IaC, and cloud-native practices to support mission‑critical services and customer engagements.

The role emphasizes automation, observability, and 24x7 support, with exposure to AWS, hybrid infrastructures, VMware, containers, and serverless tech.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimise CI/CD pipelines and release processes across cloud and on‑premises environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, and related tools.
• Manage deployments and operations across AWS and hybrid infrastructure, including VMware, Linux, Windows, containers, databases, and serverless services.
• Implement Site Reliability Engineering practices to improve system availability, scalability, monitoring, disaster recovery, and resilience.
• Integrate and maintain DevOps toolchains, including GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, and OpenTelemetry.
• Develop automation scripts and support cloud‑native services, messaging platforms, and AI‑driven monitoring and anomaly detection.
• Ensure secure deployment practices and compliance with applicable technology and financial industry standards.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams to improve deployment efficiency and operational reliability.
• Maintain technical documentation, release governance, and operational procedures while mentoring junior team members.
• Provide technical support and guidance in 24x7 mission‑critical environments and customer‑facing engagements.

Skills

CI/CD

Automation

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Grafana

Datadog

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

VMware

Linux

Windows Server

IaC

GitLab

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

GitLab

Bitbucket

Jira

Grafana

Prometheus

Datadog

OpenTelemetry

Docker

Kubernetes

VMware

Linux

Windows Server

AWS

Job description

Join a DevOps and infrastructure engineering team in KL Sentral on a 12-month contract. You will help shape reliable, secure, and scalable technology operations across cloud and on-premises environments, supporting mission-critical services and customer-facing engagements. The role includes health insurance and provides the opportunity to work across modern cloud-native technologies, automation, observability, and Site Reliability Engineering practices.

Key responsibilities

Design, implement, and optimise CI/CD pipelines and release processes across cloud and on-premises environments.

Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, and related tools.

Manage deployments and operations across AWS and hybrid infrastructure, including VMware, Linux, Windows, containers, databases, and serverless services.

Implement Site Reliability Engineering practices to improve system availability, scalability, monitoring, disaster recovery, and resilience.

Integrate and maintain DevOps toolchains, including GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, and OpenTelemetry.

Develop automation scripts and support cloud-native services, messaging platforms, and AI-driven monitoring and anomaly detection.

Ensure secure deployment practices and compliance with applicable technology and financial industry standards.

Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams to improve deployment efficiency and operational reliability.

Maintain technical documentation, release governance, and operational procedures while mentoring junior team members.

Provide technical support and guidance in 24x7 mission-critical environments and customer-facing engagements.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

At least 4 years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure engineering, automation, and release management across hybrid environments.

Strong knowledge of AWS and familiarity with other cloud platforms such as Azure, GCP, or Alibaba Cloud.

Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.

Experience with VMware, Linux, Windows Server, storage, networking, and data centre operations.

Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, serverless architectures, IAM, SSO, and messaging services.

Proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell, and automation scripting.

Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry.

Understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, security, compliance, and release governance in 24x7 production environments.

Strong problem-solving, communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Experience in financial services or regulated environments is advantageous.

Core skills include Python, cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, and DevOps technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.