Sr. System Engineer (Linux & Telecom)

TNS Inc.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Benefit packages

Opportunities for relocation

Job summary

TNS Inc. is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The role involves planning, troubleshooting, and designing telecom applications. Responsibilities include managing high-availability systems, analyzing complex problems, and integrating applications with monitoring tools.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years of IT engineering experience, strong Linux and AWS knowledge, and excellent problem-solving skills. We offer competitive salaries and opportunities for relocation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT engineering experience.
• Extensive experience with planning, integrating, and managing Linux-based production platforms.
• Deep understanding of systems and IP networking for distributed platforms.

Responsibilities

• Plan, administer, troubleshoot, and assist in the design of high-availability systems.
• Analyze and resolve complex problems, including interoperability issues.
• Integrate applications with enterprise monitoring tools.

Skills

Fluent in English

IT engineering experience

Linux-based production platforms

Systems and IP networking

AWS-based solutions

Monitoring and analytics tools

Problem solving skills

Scripting skills (Bash, Perl, Python)

Automation framework (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)

Telecom applications knowledge

Job description

Overview

An extraordinarily talented group of individuals work together every day to drive TNS' success, from both professional and personal perspectives. Come join the excellence! This position will be involved in planning, maintaining, troubleshooting, and designing telecom applications and services offered by the Communications division of TNS. In this role, the Systems Engineer will have a wide range of responsibilities working with Development, QA, Product Management, Network Operations, and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Plan, administer, troubleshoot, and assist in the design of high-availability systems and services in production and lab/test environments.
• Analyze and resolve complex problems, including interoperability issues.
• Integrate applications, systems, and services with enterprise monitoring tools.
• Develop KPIs and other system metrics for capacity planning, performance management, and monitoring.
• Manage daily operations of carrier-grade systems.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English.
• 10+ years of IT engineering experience.
• Extensive experience with planning, integrating, and managing Linux-based production platforms.
• Deep understanding of systems and IP networking for distributed platforms.
• Solid experience with AWS-based solutions and cloud architectures.
• Experience integrating and managing monitoring and analytics tools (e.g., Nagios, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Ability to initiate and complete projects with minimal direction and guidance.
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects with competing priorities.
• Self-starter with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Resolute problem solving and incident management skills.
• Scripting skills in Bash, Perl, Python or a similar language.
• Experience with an automation framework (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Rotational after-hours on‑call support is required.
• Exposure to telecom applications or signaling networks is a big plus.

TNS is an equal‑opportunity employer. TNS evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

We offer competitive salaries and benefit packages, and due to the global nature of our business we can offer opportunities to relocate to different locations, if your personal circumstances change.