senior devops engineer (automation).

• The position is a hybrid DevOps Automation Engineer role, with responsibilities split evenly (50/50) between traditional System Administration and automation engineering.

• The primary goal is to improve operational efficiency, enhance the company's security posture, and increase scalability through automation tools like Chef, Ansible, and Terraform.

• Key responsibilities include performing system hardening, managing user lifecycles, and designing automation for repetitive sysadmin and security tasks.

• You will be expected to build reusable automation playbooks and modules for provisioning, configuration management, and compliance enforcement.

• The role requires a strong sense of ownership during incidents, with a proactive attitude to identify root causes and collaborate on permanent fixes.

About the Team

• You will be a part of the IT Infrastructure team based in Kuala Lumpur.

• The role requires close and seamless collaboration with other cross-functional groups, including the Security, DevOps, and Application teams.

• The team culture emphasizes a proactive attitude and a strong sense of ownership, especially when managing incidents and performing root cause analysis.

• Effective communication with diverse stakeholders is essential to ensure there are no gaps in execution and to drive initiatives to completion.

• The team is responsible for documenting findings from incidents and contributing to knowledge bases to prevent future issues.

Qualification

• Experienced in any public cloud platform

• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or PowerShell.

• Solid understanding of security best practices and system hardening techniques.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control using Git.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Proven ability to take ownership and perform in-depth root cause analysis.

• Preferred: Expertise in at least one major automation tool (Chef, TEM, or Ansible) and familiarity with compliance frameworks like CIS, NIST, or ISO 27001.