Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

SGS (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd; Kuching; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, cloud-native systems. You will drive automation, observability, and incident response in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with software and IT teams to ensure availability and resilience of mission-critical services.

You will own CI/CD pipelines and IaC, manage Kubernetes clusters, and implement security and disaster recovery practices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a Site Reliability or DevOps role
• Strong Linux/Unix system administration and TCP/IP networking
• Hands-on with at least one public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Proven experience managing Kubernetes clusters, including upgrades, scaling, and troubleshooting
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog)
• Experience implementing and managing GitOps workflows and automation tools (FluxCD, ArgoCD)
• Familiarity with configuration management/IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, Helm)
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable systems and infrastructure
• Develop and implement automation for deployment, monitoring, management, and alerting
• Partner with development teams to ensure reliability and operational excellence
• Monitor system performance, identify issues, and drive root cause analysis and resolution
• Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs
• Create and maintain robust documentation for systems, processes, and incident reports
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Champion security, compliance, and disaster recovery practices
• Participate in on-call rotations and respond to production incidents
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve system reliability and efficiency

Skills

Linux/Unix administration

TCP/IP networking

Scripting (Go/Java/Python/Bash)

Monitoring/Observability

GitOps workflows

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

ElK/Datadog

FluxCD

ArgoCD

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our technology team. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-portable systems. You will collaborate closely with software engineering and IT teams to ensure the availability, performance, and resilience of our mission-critical services. This is an exciting opportunity to champion best practices in automation, observability, and incident response within a dynamic, fast-paced, cloud-native environment.

Key responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable systems and infrastructure.

Develop and implement automation for deployment, monitoring, management, and alerting.

Partner with development teams to ensure reliability and operational excellence throughout the application lifecycle.

Monitor system performance, proactively identify issues, and drive root cause analysis and resolution of incidents.

Define and track Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Create and maintain robust documentation for systems, processes, and incident reports.

Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC).

Champion best practices for security, compliance, and disaster recovery.

Participate in on-call rotations and respond to production incidents.

Continuously seek opportunities to improve system reliability, scalability, and efficiency.

About you

Candidates should already possess the required work eligibility, such as Sarawakian status.

3+ years of experience in a Site Reliability or DevOps role.

Strong expertise in Linux/Unix system administration and TCP/IP networking.

Hands-on experience with at least one public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Proven experience managing Kubernetes (K8s) clusters, including upgrades, scaling, and troubleshooting.

Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Padman, etc.).

Proficiency with scripting or programming languages (Go, java, Python, Bash, etc.).

Solid understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, etc.).

Experience implementing and managing GitOps workflows and automation tools (e.g., FluxCD, ArgoCD).

Familiarity with configuration management/IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, Helm, etc.).

Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

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• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Malaysia?
• What's your expected monthly basic salary?
• How many years' experience do you have as a Site Reliability Engineer?
• Which of the following types of qualifications do you have?
• Do you have Root Cause Analysis experience?
• Do you have CI/CD experience?
• Do you have experience using Linux Operating Systems?

Engineering & Project Management Services 1,001-5,000 employees

SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company.

We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of over 100,000 dedicated professionals.

With more than 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance and sustainability.

Our brand promise – when you need to be sure – underscores our commitment to trust, integrity and reliability, enabling businesses to thrive with confidence.

SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company.

We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of over 100,000 dedicated professionals.

With more than 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance and sustainability.

Our brand promise – when you need to be sure – underscores our commitment to trust, integrity and reliability, enabling businesses to thrive with confidence.

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