Senior Unix Engineer & Team Lead – Systems & Performance

Hong Leong Bank; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Leong Bank is seeking a Senior Unix Engineer to lead and mentor the Unix/Linux system administration team across the bank, ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable operations. You will install, configure, upgrade, and optimize UNIX/Linux servers, manage LDAP, and drive capacity planning and performance tuning.

The role emphasizes governance, incident escalation, and collaborating with multiple banks within the group to maintain high SLAs and ITIL-aligned practices.

Qualifications

• Recognized Degree in Computer Science, IT or equivalent.
• At least 5-8 years of hands‑on experience in System and Storage Administration, with a minimum of 2 years in a team lead or supervisory capacity.
• Advanced knowledge in AIX, Solaris, Redhat, Linux, LinuxSuse system administration including capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Knowledge in industry and professional standards (such as ITIL).
• Knowledge in LDAP.
• Excellent writing, problem‑solving skills, and leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• To be responsible for system administration in Hong Leong Bank, Hong Leong Assurance and Hong Leong Investment Bank.
• To install and configure operating system for new UNIX and LINUX, reinstall and reconfigure for existing UNIX and LINUX servers when the operating system is compromised.
• To setup and maintain LDAP.
• To setup system parameters and configurations.
• To administer (which include upgrade/migration) all existing systems as needed to ensure secure, reliable and stable operation of the systems.
• To perform troubleshooting services to isolate, diagnose and fix problems related to system.
• To develop backup and recovery strategy for all systems.
• To develop capacity plans for all systems.
• To perform performance tuning and recommend application tuning where applicable.

Skills

AIX

Solaris

Redhat

LinuxSuse

Capacity planning

Performance tuning

LDAP knowledge

Leadership capabilities

Problem-solving

Writing

Education

Degree in Computer Science or IT

Tools

LDAP

Job description

Hong Leong Bank is seeking a Senior Unix Engineer to lead and mentor the Unix/Linux system administration team across the bank, ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable operations. You will install, configure, upgrade, and optimize UNIX/Linux servers, manage LDAP, and drive capacity planning and performance tuning.

The role emphasizes governance, incident escalation, and collaborating with multiple banks within the group to maintain high SLAs and ITIL-aligned practices.