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Lead DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineering

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Lead DevOps Engineer role in S&P Global's Enterprise Data Organization team, based in Kuala Lumpur, supporting and expanding cloud infrastructure, monitoring/alerting frameworks, and onboarding/migration projects. The role requires 7-15 years of DevOps and software engineering experience with strong AWS, Terraform, Python, and Unix shell scripting skills, plus familiarity with monitoring tools like Grafana, PagerDuty, and Splunk. It involves BAU production support, occasional weekend deployments, and coordination with teams in Europe and Asia.

About the Role
The Team:
S&P Global Enterprise Data Organization team is a creative team of experts collaborating across divisions and driving continuous improvements in platform innovation and usability.
The Impact:
Joining the team in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the candidate will be responsible for supporting and expanding cloud infrastructure, monitoring and alerting frameworks, onboarding/migration projects, and interacting with the wider DevOps, QA, and development teams. We are looking for someone with proven DevOps experience who has development and operational skills and can deliver secure and structured automated solutions to our operational tasks.
Responsibilities:
•Collaborate with software development teams to improve application reliability, performance, security and scalability.
•Provide BAU Production support, and resolve issues either spotted by monitoring or reported by users before causing business impact.
•Develop scripts in Terraform, Python and Unix shell scripting to automate tasks and streamline processes.
•Design, implement, and manage infrastructure using Terraform on AWS cloud platform utilizing best practices.
•Comfortable with writing database queries and performing database management with an added advantage of experience in Document-Oriented Databases, AWS storage solutions.
•Set up and configure monitoring solutions, including Grafana, PagerDuty, Splunk to ensure system health and respond to incidents promptly.
•Availability to occasionally participate in weekend production releases/deployments and availability to sometimes discuss handovers with teams in Europe and Asia at the early mornings or late afternoon.
Basic Qualifications:
•7-15 years of relevant DevOps and Software Engineering experience.
•Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. Relevant certifications.
•Proven experience working with AWS cloud technologies, GitHub, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
•Familiar with Database and Database query (Document-Oriented Databases experience preferred but not mandatory, good experience on scripting or coding would be a plus).
•Familiarity with monitoring solutions/logging solutions such as PagerDuty/Splunk and other industry-standard tools.
•Linux and networking knowledge. Good understanding of AWS network configurations such as Routing, DNS, Load Balancing, IAM, security group.
•Demonstrated problem-solving ability and a proactive approach to identifying, resolving issues and raising improvement opportunities.
•Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment and handle multiple priorities.
•Good written and verbal communication skills, including experience speaking to technical and business audiences.
•Be able to work independently, or drive a group of people, to work on improvement projects.
Preferred Qualifications:
•AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or a comparable AWS certification.
•Certification in an enterprise container platform.
•Certification or demonstrated experience with Amazon DocumentDB or another enterprise-managed document-oriented database service.
•Experience supporting enterprise cloud environments with formal security, governance, incident management, and change-control requirements.
Benefits:
•Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
•Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
•Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
•Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
•Family Friendly Perks: Perks for partners and children, with some best-in-class benefits for families.
•Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards.

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