Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Horizontal Talent; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking a Senior SRE in Kuala Lumpur to drive DevSecOps strategies and platform reliability. You will manage IaC, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native microservices, automation, and release processes to ensure fast, secure software delivery.

You will partner with teams to implement and evolve infrastructure, monitoring, incident response, and reliability practices while mentoring junior engineers and upholding high standards of operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or equivalent roles.
• Cloud technologies including AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows.
• Infrastructure as code tools: Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Observability solutions with modern monitoring stacks.
• Incident response leadership and post-mortem processes.
• Proficiency in Java or other OO languages.
• Containerization and orchestration expertise.
• Kafka is a plus; familiarity with relational/non-relational databases is helpful.
• Able to balance hands-on work with strategic decision‑making.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of highly available, secure, scalable infrastructure using IaC principles.
• Establish and maintain SLOs/SLIs to define reliability standards.
• Act as incident commander during outages with cross-functional teams.
• Develop and enhance observability platforms for real-time monitoring of key signals.
• Create automation for incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Advance DevSecOps practices to enable safe, rapid deployments via CI/CD and GitOps.
• Drive FinOps initiatives to manage infra usage with performance and reliability.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of operational excellence.

Skills

SRE

DevOps

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

GitOps

IaC

Observability

Incident response

Java

Containers

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

CloudFormation

Kafka

Kubernetes

Job description

About Horizontal:

Established since 2003 in the US, Horizontal solves complex challenges across two distinct businesses: Horizontal Digital and Horizontal Talent. We are consistently recognized for being a top workplace and one of the fastest growing private companies. Horizontal Talent specializes in staffing for IT, Digital & Creative and Business & Strategy markets. We have global offices in US, UAE, India, Malaysia and Australia.

About The Role

As a Senior SRE, you’ll drive the development and execution of strategies for DevSecOps practices and platform. Your work will ensure seamless collaboration between technology teams, enabling fast and reliable high-quality software delivery.

You’ll work with a team responsible for implementing and managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, cloud native & micro-services, automation frameworks, and release management processes, ensuring they align with organizational objectives.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design and implementation of highly available, secure, and scalable banking infrastructure using infrastructure as code (IaC) principles
• Establish and maintain SLOs/SLIs that define our reliability standards and drive accountability across engineering teams
• Serve as an incident commander during critical service disruptions, leading cross-functional response teams with calm expertise
• Build and enhance our observability platform, enabling real-time monitoring of our golden signals (uptime, latency, saturation, error rate)
• Develop automation solutions for incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity
• Drive our DevSecOps platform to enable safe, rapid deployments through CI/CD, GitOps, and self-service capabilities
• Lead FinOps initiatives to bring visibility and drive ownership amongst tech teams to optimize infrastructure utilization while maintaining performance and reliability
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of operational excellence

What We’re Seeking

• Demonstrated experience of at least 5 years in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or equivalent roles.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud)
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
• Deep expertise with infrastructure as code tools (Hashicorp Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation, or similar)
• Proven ability to design and implement observability solutions using modern monitoring stacks
• Experience leading incident response and building post-mortem processes
• Strong understanding of Java or any other object-oriented programming language (OOP).
• Strong understanding of containerization & orchestration.
• Experience with messaging systems such as Kafka is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases is a plus.
• Ability to balance hands-on technical expertise with strategic decision-making.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make sound decisions under pressure.
• A passion for continuous learning, innovation, and professional development.
• High ownership of responsibilities, with a focus on delivering results and meeting deadlines.
• Financial services experience is a plus but not required