Senior Cloud Engineer
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 4 October 2026.
About the role
We are looking for a motivated and technically strong Senior Cloud Engineer to join our team. This role is ideal for a Cloud Engineer who is ready to take the next step in their career by moving from cloud implementation into solution design and architecture.
You will work closely with clients and internal technical teams to understand business requirements, design practical cloud solutions, and support the implementation of scalable, secure, and cost-effective architectures across major cloud platforms.
Responsibilities
- Client & Requirement Analysis: Work with clients to understand their business and technical requirements and translate them into practical cloud-based solutions.
- Solution Design: Design and propose cloud architectures based on functional and non-functional requirements, considering scalability, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness.
- Cloud Architecture: Design and implement solutions across cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including enterprise workloads and cloud-native applications.
- Technical Consultation: Provide technical recommendations and explain proposed solutions to clients and internal stakeholders in a clear and understandable manner.
- POC & MVP: Support and lead Proof of Concept (POC) and Minimum Viable Product (MVP) initiatives to validate proposed technologies and demonstrate solutions to customers.
- Solution Specification: Prepare technical specifications, architecture diagrams, implementation approaches, and other documentation required for solution delivery.
- Infrastructure as Code: Apply IaC practices using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Azure Resource Manager to ensure consistent and automated infrastructure deployment.
- Technical Troubleshooting: Analyze and resolve complex technical issues across cloud infrastructure and applications, working with engineering teams when required.
- Automation: Develop automation and scripting using tools or languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash to improve deployment and operational efficiency.
- Security & Best Practices: Incorporate cloud security, compliance, networking, and operational best practices into proposed solutions.
- Collaboration: Work closely with Cloud Engineers, Developers, Project Managers, and other technical teams to ensure the proposed solutions can be implemented successfully.
- Continuous Learning: Keep up to date with cloud technologies, architecture patterns, DevOps practices, and emerging technologies to continuously improve solution capabilities.
Requirements
Essential Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure, System Engineering, or a related technical role.
- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Good understanding of cloud architecture concepts, including networking, compute, storage, databases, security, and scalability.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), preferably Terraform, CloudFormation, or Azure Resource Manager.
- Experience with automation and scripting using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar technologies.
- Understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, containers, and cloud-native technologies.
- Ability to analyze technical requirements and translate them into practical solution designs.
- Good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Good communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Willingness to work directly with clients and participate in technical discussions.
- Important: Only Malaysian Nationality will be proceed
Preferred Qualifications:
- AWS Certified (AWS Solutions Architect, AWS SysOps Engineer).
- Experience with other cloud providers (e.g., Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
- Knowledge of other Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Terragrunt).
- Familiarity with containerization technologies other than Kubernetes (e.g., Docker).
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What this role asks for
Standard for DevOps / SRE / cloud roles
AWS · CI/CD · Docker · GCP · Kubernetes · Python · Terraform
Common in DevOps / SRE / cloud postings at any company.
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Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.
83% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Xtremax Pte. Ltd.'s standard text, folded away below.
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The team: Infra HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 15 open in Infra. 5 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Terraform (11 of 15), AWS (10 of 15), Azure (9 of 15), Python (8 of 15), Bash (7 of 15), CI/CD (7 of 15), CloudFormation (7 of 15)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- DevOps Lead posted Oct 6
- Cloud Engineer posted Oct 6
- Cloud Engineer posted Sep 25
- Data Engineer - AWS Data Lakehouse (Public Sector) posted Sep 24
- Network Engineer - (Public Sector) posted Sep 21
- DevOps Cloud Infrastructure - (Public Sector) posted Aug 18
- Operations Support Engineer - (Public Sector) posted Jul 20
- Platform Operations Engineer - Microsoft Azure (Public Sector) posted Jul 7
- Database Administrator - Microsoft Azure (Public Sector) posted Jul 7
- Desktop Engineer posted Jul 1
- Cloud Engineer - (Public Sector) posted Jun 10
- SAP Consultant - (Cloud) posted Apr 8
- Senior Account Manager - Cloud Managed Services posted Mar 10
- Splunk Development Engineer posted Mar 4
From the team and dates on Xtremax Pte. Ltd.'s own job board.
Posting history
Reposted once since 12 August 2026: a posting for this role in Kuala Lumpur was taken down and the role was posted again.
- 4 October 2026 – open (this posting)
- 12 August 2026 – closed 11 September 2026
Salary context
6 other open postings titled Senior Cloud Engineer state a salary: median USD 121,550 to USD 213,650 a year.
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