Technical Infrastructure Lead - Asia Pacific

Private Advertiser; Makati; Hybrid; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Private Advertiser is seeking an APAC Technical Infrastructure Lead to oversee the APAC data centre, mentor engineers, and drive strategic infrastructure initiatives across on‑prem and cloud environments. The role involves cross‑regional collaboration, IT policy adherence, and vendor management in a global context.

The role is hybrid, with occasional travel to APAC sites, and requires strong Microsoft platform expertise and project leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years deployment and management on Microsoft platforms.
• Experience building distributed, fault-tolerant services.
• Experience with project management, plans, budgets, milestones, and deliverables.
• Cyber security including pen testing, cyber essentials, firewall, IDS, and staff training.
• Supplier management including contract reviews, renewals, and migrations.
• Budget management with CAPEX/OPEX forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Operate the APAC data centre and ensure DR replication and testing.
• Lead the APAC IT Infrastructure team and mentor engineers.
• Collaborate with Sourcing, Capacity Strategy, Data Centre Engineering and Site Reliability.
• Maintain Microsoft 365, on‑prem file servers, app servers, backup, email, web servers and PCs.
• Adhere to IT policies per ISO 27001 and update with tech changes.
• Oversee stock and supplier management including invoices and renewals.

Skills

Microsoft Certification

CCNA

Microsoft Technologies

SharePoint Online

Teams

Office 365

Backup solutions

Antivirus management

Network Troubleshooting

Network Security

Firewalls

Meraki

Palo Alto

SonicWall

VMware

Hyper-V

Veeam

ITIL

ISO 27001

English communication

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Veeam Backup

Meraki

Palo Alto

SonicWall

Exchange

Active Directory

Windows Server

SharePoint Online

Teams

Office 365

ISO 27001

ITIL

Job description

The Role

The APAC Technical Infrastructure Lead is a senior position reporting to the Global Head of Infrastructure and is responsible for running the IT Infrastructure and support team in APAC as well as extended infrastructure suppliers globally. The Infrastructure team is a dynamic, global team designing, procuring, delivering, and supporting the production computer infrastructure to meet the substantial growth needs of the business. The team is also essential in our deployment of all new equipment and upgrades to hardware and software.

This is a hybrid role with 80% Technical 20% managerial.

In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day support of the APAC Infrastructure estate, mentoring the existing engineers and helping to define how our business purchases, supports and renews our production computer systems. Along with this responsibility, you will oversee people management, work delivery, project management, product definition, and overall team health and efficiency.

Projects will be mainly Asia but will have input to support European systems and projects as needed.

Successful candidates will possess strong Microsoft systems skills and project management delivery experience.

There may be some international travel required to APAC offices but this would be minimal.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the operation of the APAC data centre along with the replication to the DR site and testing the reliability of the solution

Work closely with Sourcing, Capacity Strategy, Data Centre Engineering, Site Reliability and other Computer peers to deliver sustainable lifecycle deployment and management strategy across infrastructure products and features.

Lead the IT Infrastructure team in the APAC region and mentor the team members.

Responsible for maintenance duties on Microsoft 365, and local file servers , Application servers, Backup, Email, Web servers and PCs.

Responsible to maintain and adhere to IT policies and standards as described in ISO 27001 documentations and it’s continue updating due to technological changes.

Responsible to perform stock control on all IT accessories, suppliers, stationery and media

Requirements

Infrastructure Skills required:

Ideally Microsoft Certification and cisco CCNA

Microsoft Technologies (Exchange, AD, Windows Server, etc.), SharePoint Online, Teams, Office 365.

Backup solutions and antivirus management and investigation

Network Troubleshooting. Routing, WAN and LAN, Unified Communications

Network Security and Firewalls Meraki , Palo Alto, Sonicwall

Network Architecture & Design, VMware / Hyper V Virtualization Veeam backup.

ISO 27001 and ITIL framework.

Key Requirements

5+ years’ deployment, diagnosis, and management experience on Microsoft platforms.

5+ years working with development/engineering groups in configuring applications from a systems engineering perspective.

Experience building distributed, fault-tolerant services.

Experience in project management, plans, resource management, sizing, budgets, milestones, and deliverables.

Cyber Security to include penetration testing, cyber essentials, firewall, intrusion detection, people training/awareness.

Supplier management including reviewing contracts, performance reviews, leading on renewals, good negotiation skills, exit and migrating to new suppliers.

Assist with budget management, familiar with CAPEX and OPEX management, forecasting, assisting with invoice approvals, cost estimates for kit, software, professional services, and refresh programs.

Reviewing and identifying operational cost-saving initiatives.

Specific experience desired

Build scalable, reliable, and efficient mechanisms required to meet our rapidly increasing demand for computing resources.

Experience in disaster recovery systems, strategy, and delivery.

Provide effective strategy for data collection, establish rational metrics and create a plan to analyze and report on relevant business drivers and KPIs.

Lead project scoping, roadmap, and architecture discussions with business stakeholders and Infrastructure leadership.

Long-term strategic responsibility for on-premise Infrastructure and Cloud Computing.

Work closely with Sourcing, Capacity Strategy, Data Center Engineering, Site Reliability, to deliver sustainable lifecycle deployment and management strategy across infrastructure products & features.

Great communication skills, both verbal and written in English.

Manage team growth, coach individual team members, effectively manage performance, and clearly articulate team strategy to management chain.

Highly detail-oriented engineer who thrives on process creation and leading change.

Alignment of Infrastructure strategy and planning with the company's business goals.

Ensure that projects do not duplicate functionality, diverge from each other, or diverge from business and Infrastructure strategies.

This job description is not exhaustive, and the company reserves the right to review and amend the duties of the role as appropriate. You may be required to undertake other duties and responsibilities that are commensurate with your skills and experience.