Senior Manager, Cloud Solution Architect (Ali Cloud)

AIA Digital+; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Alibaba Cloud Architect in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, seeks an expert to design and govern secure, scalable Alicloud environments. You will drive IaC, automation, and CI/CD adoption across enterprise workloads, partnering with DevOps, security, and application teams.

You’ll lead security-by-design, IAM governance, and resilient infrastructure while mentoring teams and delivering standardization across platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of cloud architecture experience.
• Proven design and deployment of Alicloud or equivalent architectures.
• Strong Terraform experience, including modules.
• Strong Ansible experience (playbooks/roles).
• Hands-on with GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions.
• Solid networking, security, IAM, and automation understanding.
• Experience in enterprise or regulated environments desirable.
• Understanding IT partner ecosystems and multinational collaboration.
• Experience in a top-tier multinational company is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Alibaba Cloud architectures that are secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient.
• Define standards and best practices aligned with governance and security.
• Lead architecture for new workloads, migrations, and modernization on Alicloud.
• Ensure security, network, identity, and regulatory compliance.
• Hands-on config/management of core Alicloud services: ECS, VPC, SLB, NAT Gateway; OSS, NAS; RAM, KMS, Security Center; RDS, PolarDB.
• Design secure network architectures with private networking, routing, and access controls.
• Implement platform-level resilience, backup, and disaster recovery.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Enterprise

GitHub Actions

Cloud Architecture

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Security by Design

Networking

IAM

Tools

ECS

VPC

SLB

NAT Gateway

OSS

NAS

RAM

KMS

Security Center

RDS

PolarDB

Job description

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Alibaba Cloud Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing secure, scalable, and automated cloud solutions on Alibaba Cloud. This role requires strong hands-on experience with Alicloud services, infrastructure automation, and DevOps practices to enable reliable, compliant, and repeatable cloud deployments across enterprise environments.

The architect will work closely with platform, DevOps, security, and application teams to drive cloud adoption, standardization, and automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Design and deliver end-to-end cloud architectures on Alibaba Cloud that are secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient.

Define cloud architecture standards, patterns, and best practices aligned with enterprise governance and security requirements.

Lead solution architecture for new workloads, migrations, and modernization initiatives on Alicloud.

Ensure architectures comply with security, network, identity, and regulatory requirements.

Hands-on configuration and management of core Alicloud services, including:

ECS, VPC, SLB, NAT Gateway

OSS, NAS

RAM, KMS, Security Center

RDS, PolarDB (as applicable)

Design and implement secure network architectures, including private networking, routing, and access controls.

Implement platform-level resilience, backup, and disaster recovery strategies.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

Design, develop, and maintain Terraform modules for Alicloud infrastructure provisioning.

Create reusable, version-controlled Terraform frameworks aligned with enterprise standards.

Develop and manage Ansible playbooks and roles for configuration management and operational automation.

Promote automation-first approaches to minimize manual provisioning and configuration drift.

DevOps & CI/CD Enablement

Integrate Terraform and Ansible into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Enterprise.

Design and implement GitHub Actions for infrastructure deployment, validation, and policy enforcement.

Support DevOps teams in adopting IaC and automated deployment practices.

Enforce source control, branching strategies, and pipeline security best practices.

Security & Governance

Embed security-by-design principles into cloud architectures and automation pipelines.

Implement IAM/RAM least-privilege access models and secure key management using KMS.

Support audits, risk assessments, and compliance reviews related to Alicloud deployments.

Define guardrails and controls for secure cloud consumption.

Stakeholder & Technical Leadership

Act as a technical advisor to application, DevOps, and operations teams.

Review designs, provide architecture guidance, and approve cloud solutions.

Troubleshoot complex cloud and automation issues across environments.

Contribute to cloud documentation, runbooks, and operational standards.

10+ years relevant experience in Cloud Architecture.

Proven experience designing and deploying secure Alicloud or equivalent architectures.

Strong practical experience with Terraform (including module creation).

Strong practical experience with Ansible (playbooks, roles, and automation workflows).

Hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions.

Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, IAM, and automation principles.

Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments is highly desirable.

Sound understanding of IT partner ecosystem and partner collaboration in a multinational corporation.

Experience in top-tier multinational corporation will be an advantage.

Skills:

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Ability to operationalize disruptive technology services, e.g., building relevant implementation roadmaps.