Cloud Engineer (AKS)

MediCard Phils., Inc.; Philippines; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HMO with 4 dependents

14th-month pay

Annual incentive

Group Life Insurance

Onsite with hybrid arrangements

Job summary

AIA Philippines invites applications for a Cloud Operations Specialist to support all business units on Azure public cloud. You will manage incidents, changes, requests, and problem management while optimizing infrastructure for high availability and security.

Role involves onsite work (Makati) with shifting schedules; work-from-home possible when on night/mid shifts. Benefits include HMO, 14th-month pay, and annual incentives.

Qualifications

• 4+ years proven experience in Cloud engineering or similar roles.
• Proficiency with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience with open-source tech, software development and system engineering.
• Experience in network infrastructure, databases, compute, and storage systems.
• Understanding of scalable computing systems / AKS.
• Knowledge of Linux and/or Windows environments.
• Automation/scripting for Enterprise Public Cloud Services.
• Liaise with service providers to ensure operational processes for backup, patching, provisioning, monitoring and incident management.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools (Containers and Orchestration).
• Understanding of IaC tooling (Terraform, Ansible, Chef/Puppet).
• Relevant professional certifications (Azure, AWS, ITIL etc).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement system modifications.
• Analyze systems to identify cloud security flaws.
• Upload business information to cloud platforms and enable data retrieval.
• Stay updated on cloud computing advancements to advise on best practices.
• Troubleshoot cloud application failures and security issues.
• Identify, analyze, and fix infrastructure vulnerabilities and deployment problems.
• Automate system operations to improve efficiency.
• Evaluate best cloud solutions with engineering and development teams.
• Identify and remediate deployment risks and performance issues.
• Provide support and guidance to meet customer requirements.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Azure/AWS/GCP

Linux/Windows

DevOps practices

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Azure/AWS/Azure AKS

Job description

The Cloud Operations Specialist will provide day to day support to all AIA business units using AIA’s Azure public cloud platform including but not limited to incident-, change-, request- and problem management. This role focuses on leveraging azure services administration tasks and optimize cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.

• Employment Type: Full Time/Permanent

• Location: PhilamLife Gammon Building, 126 LP Leviste Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City

• Work Schedule: Shifting Schedule, w/ possibleoncallarrangementonweekends&holidays

• Work Set-up: Onsite report (3-4 days per week) will only be required when you are on a dayshift. WFH if rotated to Mid and Night shift

Roles and Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Working with stakeholders to understand the modifications they wish to apply to their current systems

• Analysing current systems to find flaws that can jeopardise cloud security

• Uploading business information to a cloud computing platform and setting up simple retrieval mechanisms for data

• Staying updated on advancements in the field of cloud computing to advise businesses and clients on industry best practices

• Troubleshooting issues pertaining to cloud application failure or security flaws

• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues

• Automating specific system operations to enhance efficiency and speed

• Evaluating and identifying the best cloud solutions in collaboration with engineering and development teams

• Locating, evaluating and fixing infrastructure risks and deployment problems

• Periodically evaluating computer systems and offering suggestions for performance enhancements

• Offering support and guidance to meet customer requirements

Minimum Job Requirements

• 4+ years Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role

• Proficiency with AWS, GCP, or Azure

• Experience with open-source technology, software development, and system engineering

• Experience in network infrastructure, database, compute, and storage systems

• Understanding of scalable computing systems / AKS

• Knowledge of Linux and/or Windows environments

• Practical experience of supporting Enterprise Public Cloud Services and automation/scripting

• Liaise with service providers to ensure that operational processes (backup, patching, provisioning, monitoring) for service follow-up and incident management.)

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools (Containers and Orchestration)

• Understanding of Infrastructure-As-Code configuration management tooling (at least one of the following – Terraform, Ansible, Chef/Puppet)

• Relevant professional certifications (Azure, AWS, ITIL etc)

Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Comprehensive skills in one of following areas

• Operating systems: Windows / Linux

• PaaS services (preferable Azure / AWS)

• Middleware: IIS / Websphere / Apache / Tomcat

• Databases: Azure SQL Database / Oracle database / SQL Server

• Scripting and containers: Python, Powershell, Azure CLI, YAML, Containers / AKS, etc.

Be part of AIA Philippines's Technology Hub, the AIA Digital+ Philippines.

We are a brand that captures AIA’s Group-led Technology, Digital and Analytics hubs dedicated to powering AIA to be more efficient, connected and innovative as it fulfils its Purpose to help millions of people across Asia-Pacific live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

Launched in Mainland China, Malaysia and the Philippines, AIA Digital+ is bringing together top Technology, Digital and Analytics talent to accelerate AIA’s transformation and secure our position as the technology leader in the insurance industry.

At AIA and AIA Digital+, we strive to attract,developandretaina workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to cultivate an inclusive work environment that accepts the strength of heritage and individuals.

HMO with free 4 dependents (upon hire for Principal and upon regularization for the eligible dependents)

15 days VL and 15 days SL (Pro-rated for mid-year hire)

Guaranteed 14th-month pay

Annual Targeted Incentive (Performance Bonus)

Group Life Insurance

Protection benefits, and a lot more w/c will be discussed during the job offer stage

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