Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Night Shift 5PM-2AM)

Razer Inc.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Razer Inc. is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our global infrastructure team. You will design, implement, and operate scalable cloud systems on AWS, focusing on reliability, observability, and automation.

You will collaborate with developers and security to deliver resilient services, mentor junior engineers, and drive incident response and uptime improvements. This role requires hands-on AWS, IaC, and scripting across Linux and container environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or related.
• Minimum 3 years in SRE/DevOps, cloud infra, or sysadmin roles.
• Hands-on AWS: EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Auto Scaling, VPC, Route 53, S3, RDS, ElastiCache, SQS, SES.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain IaC using Terraform and CloudFormation across multi-account AWS.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, and DevOps to build scalable, secure cloud infra.
• Lead architecture discussions for reliability, security, performance, and observability.
• Implement monitoring/alerting (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Datadog) and drive incident responses.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Incident management

Mentoring

Monitoring/Observability

SRE best practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

AWS Cloud Services

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python/Node.js/Bash

Linux/Windows/containers

Datadog/CloudWatch/ELK

Job description

Joining Razer will place you on a global mission to revolutionize the way the world games. Razer is a place to do great work , offering you the opportunity to make an impact globally while working across a global team located across 5 continents. Razer is also a great place to work, providing you the unique, gamer-centric #LifeAtRazer experience that will put you in an accelerated growth, both personally and professionally.

Job Responsibilities :

We are seeking a skilled and driven Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our growing infrastructure and platform engineering team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS), strong troubleshooting capabilities, and a passion for building scalable, observable, and resilient systems using modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or system administration roles.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS Cloud Services, including:
• Compute & Containerization: EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Auto Scaling
• Networking: Load Balancers, VPC, Route 53, Security Groups, Firewalls
• Storage & Databases: RDS, ElastiCache, Athena, S3
• Messaging: SQS, SES
• Deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language: Python, Node.js, Bash, Ruby, or related.
• Experience operating and troubleshooting across Linux, Windows, and container-based environments.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud networking (routers, switches), firewalls, DNS, and HTTP/TLS.
• Experience implementing monitoring and alerting systems and working with incident management processes.
• Experience with Zero Downtime Deployments, blue/green or canary deployments.
• Familiarity with cost optimization and right-sizing AWS resources.
• Exposure to multi-region, multi-account AWS architecture.
• Understanding of API gateway, or edge networking (e.g., Akamai, CloudFront).

Support from 5:00PM to 2:00AM (UTC+8) shift to ensure continuous of SRE coverage.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and/or CloudFormation across multi-account AWS environments.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, and DevOps teams to build scalable, secure, and observable cloud infrastructure.
• Lead and participate in architecture design sessions, focusing on system reliability, scalability, security, and performance.
• Implement and manage robust monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog).
• Set and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for system uptime, latency, throughput, and overall reliability.
• Drive incident response processes, including coordination, triaging, resolution, documentation, and post-incident reviews (PIRs).
• Supervise and mentor junior SREs and infrastructure engineers, fostering knowledge-sharing and team growth.
• Collaborate across development, operations, and security teams to ensure secure and compliant deployments.
• Automate manual tasks and workflows through scripting and tooling (Python, Node.js, Bash, Ruby, JSON/YAML).
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across Linux, Windows, Docker, and cloud-native environments.
• Provide IaC and CI/CD best practices to ensure repeatability, scalability, and compliance across all environments.
• Provide on-call support, participate in incident rotations, and lead technical investigations during outages or degradations.
• Strong understanding and experience for Disaster Recovery (DR).
• Provide support and solution handling to incident and tickets assigned.

Pre-Requisites :

Razer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diverse teams drive better ideas, better products, and a stronger culture. We are committed to providing an inclusive, respectful, and fair workplace for every employee across all the countries we operate in. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, ancestry, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, marital status, or any other characteristic protected under local laws. Where needed, we provide reasonable accommodations - including for disability or religious practices - to ensure every team member can perform and contribute at their best.

Are you game?