Senior Manager, DevOps Architecture

AIA; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

AIA Digital+ in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a DevOps Architect to design, implement, and manage DevOps practices and infrastructure across software delivery lifecycles. You will lead automation, security integrations, and IaC initiatives to improve velocity and reliability.

Responsibilities include developing pipelines, driving DevSecOps maturity, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, secure cloud-native solutions on Azure.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software development, release engineering, or operations.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java) and scripting languages.
• Hands-on experience with configuration management and deployment tools (e.g., Ansible and Terraform)
• Hands-on experience in creating DevOps pipelines using GitHub Enterprise, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Nexus, Atlassian products and security/testing tools.
• Hands-on experience of Azure Kubernetes Services governance and standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement DevOps strategies, frameworks, and practices to optimize software development and delivery processes.
• Self-driven, proactively review and improve DevSecOps platform.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and QA teams to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.
• Define and establish DevOps best practices, standards, and guidelines for consistency and quality.
• Automate and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployments.
• Implement and maintain IaC using Terraform, Ansible and Azure templates.

Skills

DevOps

Azure

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Enterprise

Jenkins

Nexus

Security testing

Snyk

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Enterprise

Jenkins

Nexus

SonarQube

Snyk

Job description

Are you ready to shape a better tomorrow? AIA Digital+ is a Technology, Digital and Analytics innovation hub dedicated to powering AIA to be more efficient, connected and innovative as it fulfils its Purpose to help millions of people across Asia-Pacific live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives. If you are hungry and driven to play an active role in shaping a better tomorrow, we want to hear from you. Because the work we do at AIA Digital+ makes a difference in the lives of millions of people, every day. We will equip you with the critical skills, tools and technology, and endless opportunities to learn, contribute and thrive in a dynamic and exciting environment. If you want to shape a brighter future at AIA Digital+, please read on.

About the Role

A DevOps Architect is a key role within an organization that focuses on designing, implementing, and managing the DevOps practices and infrastructure. This role requires a combination of technical expertise, leadership skills, and a deep understanding of software development and operations processes.

Job Responsibilities

• Design and implement DevOps strategies, frameworks, and practices to optimize software development and delivery processes.
• Self-driven, proactively review and improve DevSecOps platform
• Collaborate with development, operations, and quality assurance teams to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.
• Define and establish DevOps best practices, standards, and guidelines to ensure consistency and quality across projects.
• Automate and manage the continuous integration, delivery, and deployment pipelines.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) principles using tools like Terraform, Ansible, ARM templates or Bicep within Azure environment.
• Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure the availability and performance of applications.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and frameworks to enhance the DevOps ecosystem
• Lead and mentor development and operations teams in adopting DevOps practices and technologies.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance and implement security measures throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Stay updated with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in DevOps and cloud computing.
• Define integrations standards security, monitoring and testing
• Scripting experience with PowerShell, JSON and YAML
• Experience on onboarding new applications to the DevOps platform and integrating with various DevOps security and testing tools such as Nexus, SonarQube, Snyk, Atlassian products.
• Experience on DevOps platforms such as GitHub Enterprise and Jenkins.
• Experience on Azure platform includes services like AKS/ACR, App Services, Azure API Management and Azure Functions.
• Experience with API and Container Platform Security.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Extensive experience in software development, release engineering, or operations roles.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Ruby, Java) and scripting languages.
• Hands-on experience with configuration management and deployment tools (e.g., Ansible and Terraform )
• Hands on experience in creating DevOps pipelines using GitHub Enterprise, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Nexus, Atlassian products and Security and testing tools.
• Hand-on experience of Azure Kubernetes Services Governance and Standards.

Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live healthier, longer, better lives.

"Better" starts with people who reimagine what is possible and turn ideas into meaningful action. At AIA, you will contribute in your own way, help shape outcomes that matter and collaborate with colleagues across disciplines, teams, markets and levels. We will support you to broaden your perspective, strengthen your capabilities and grow your impact. Together, we challenge assumptions, learn from one another and find better ways forward. Bring your ambition, experience and ideas to AIA, and help shape what “better” looks like.

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