IT Cloud Operations Manager

APAR TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

APAR TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. is hiring for a Cloud Operations Engineer to manage Azure and Google Cloud across Asia.

You will coordinate with a cloud MSP, serve as the escalation point to central teams, and support landing zones, middleware, and lifecycle upgrades. The role includes DRP support, cloud cost monitoring, and on-call coverage across Asia time zones. The ideal candidate has a IT/engineering degree, hands-on Azure/GCP experience, and familiarity with Windows Server, AD, Okta, and PKI.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• Hands-on cloud operations experience with Azure and/or GCP.
• Experience managing cloud managed-service providers or external partners.
• Familiarity with Windows Server, Hyper-V and Microsoft PKI.
• Knowledge of Active Directory, Okta, IDP and SSO.
• Experience with cloud monitoring and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Manage Azure and GCP cloud and infrastructure operations for the Asia region.
• Coordinate with cloud managed-service partner and act as escalation point.
• Support cloud landing zones, middleware platforms, and lifecycle management.
• Contribute to DRP, backups, and business continuity activities.
• Apply FinOps practices to monitor cloud usage and costs.
• Provide on-call cloud support for Asia time zone.

Skills

Azure

GCP

Cloud operations

Incident management

FinOps

On-call support

LDAP/SSO

Education

Degree or Diploma in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Windows Server

Hyper-V

Okta

IDP

PKI

Job description

• Manage Azure and GCP cloud and infrastructure operations for the Asia region.
• Coordinate with the cloud managed-service partner and act as the operational escalation point to the central team.
• Support cloud landing zones, middleware platforms, infrastructure upgrades and lifecycle management.
• Contribute to Azure File Share and Disaster Recovery initiatives and Windows Server 2016 end-of-life remediation.
• Monitor infrastructure health, capacity, availability, backup and restoration activities.
• Support Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and business continuity activities, including regular validation.
• Apply operational FinOps practices to monitor cloud usage, costs, trends and anomalies.
• Provide operational support for middleware platforms, including monitoring, access administration, incident coordination and vendor escalation.
• Provide cloud on-call coverage for the Asia time zone.
• Support knowledge transfer and contribute to central operations under a follow-the-sun operating model when required.
• Work with internal IT teams, regional IT managers, Microsoft, Google Cloud and external service providers.

Requirements

• Degree or Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience in cloud operations, infrastructure operations or cloud engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience managing cloud managed-service providers or external technology partners.
• Experience with Windows Server, Hyper-V and Microsoft PKI.
• Knowledge of Active Directory, Okta, IDP and SSO.
• Experience with cloud monitoring, incident management and operational support.
• Knowledge of landing-zone operations and cloud infrastructure fundamentals.
• Understanding of FinOps and cloud cost monitoring.
• Experience supporting middleware platforms such as MuleSoft and SFTP is preferred.
• Knowledge of backup, restoration, Disaster Recovery and business continuity processes.

EA Number: 11C4879