Cloud Operations Lead (Azure Kubernetes Service)

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 optimizing cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.

• Employment Type: Full Time/Permanent, Individual Contributor
• Location: PhilamLife Gammon Building, 126 LP Leviste Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City
• Work Schedule: 24/7 Shifting Schedule, Mondays to Fridays w/ possible on call arrangement
• Work Set-up: Hybrid set-up; 3-4 days onsite per week

Roles and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Manage and administer the Microsoft Azure cloud environment, including provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy governance which are more demanding and complex.
• Analyse existing operational standards, processes, and/or governance to identify and implement improvements.
• Support cloud adoption of applications as they are being transformed and/or modernized.
• Work as part of 24/7 shift roster to implement changes and requests and resolve incidents.
• Provide training and support to team members.
• Troubleshoot and resolve cloud-related issues and Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders.
• Provide technical support and guidance.

Minimum Job Requirements:

Experience:

• 5+ years relevant experience in Cloud Engineering / Support role
• Excellent understanding and proven experience in Public Cloud implementation, workload migration and operational support in a multi-site enterprise environment.
• Relevant professional certifications (Azure, AWS, ITIL etc)
• Practical experience of supporting Enterprise Public Cloud Services and automation
• Experience within a decentralized organization, preferably within the Group unit.
• Sound understanding of IT operating model design and best practices.
• Experience in top tier multinational corporation will be an advantage.
• Liaise with service providers to ensure that operational processes (backup, patching, provisioning, monitoring) for service follow-up and incident management.

Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Strong experience in Azure Kubernetes, including:

• Design, deploy, manage, and optimize Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters.
• Administer Kubernetes workloads, node pools, ingress, scaling, networking, and storage.
• Build and maintain Docker containers and Kubernetes deployment configurations.
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Troubleshoot Kubernetes, infrastructure, networking, and application deployment issues.
• Implement Kubernetes and Azure security best practices including RBAC, network policies, secrets management, and workload identity.
• Support high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and platform reliability initiatives.
• Collaborate with development and architecture teams to improve platform scalability and deployment efficiency.
• Create and maintain operational documentation, standards, and runbooks.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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