Cloud Engineer (AKS)

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: Regular Shift from 8AM to 5PM
• Work Set-up: Currently 3-4 days onsite per week w/ possible On-Call arrangement

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.

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✅ 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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