Summary
An experienced cloud engineer role focused on designing, securing, and optimizing scalable cloud environments for highly regulated business systems. The position involves automation, infrastructure as code, DevOps practices, cloud migration, and collaboration with technical teams.
Highlights
Work on large-scale cloud transformation initiatives with opportunities to develop expertise in modern cloud technologies, certifications, and secure infrastructure solutions.
Description
AWS Cloud Engineer – Banking & Financial Services
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Industry: Banking & Financial Services
Experience Required: 5–10 Years
Cloud Platform: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to join our Banking and Financial Services team.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and optimizing secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS to support critical banking applications and financial platforms.
This role requires strong expertise in AWS cloud technologies, automation, cloud security, compliance, DevOps practices, and financial services environments where security, resilience, and regulatory compliance are paramount.
Key Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and maintain scalable AWS cloud infrastructure solutions.Build and manage cloud environments supporting mission-critical banking and financial applications.Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployments.Monitor cloud environments, optimize performance, and ensure high availability.Implement cloud security best practices, including IAM policies, encryption, network security, and vulnerability management.Ensure compliance with banking regulations, security standards, and governance frameworks.Collaborate with application development, security, risk, and operations teams.Support cloud migration initiatives from on-premises infrastructure to AWS.Perform incident management, root cause analysis, and disaster recovery planning.Optimize cloud costs through governance, monitoring, and resource utilization strategies.Create technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.5+ years of Cloud Engineering experience.3+ years of hands-on AWS experience.Experience supporting highly regulated environments.Strong understanding of cloud security and financial industry compliance requirements.
Preferred Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/ProfessionalAWS Certified Security – SpecialtyAWS Certified DevOps Engineer – ProfessionalAWS Certified Advanced Networking – SpecialtyCertified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
What We Offer
Exposure to large-scale banking transformation programs.Opportunity to work with modern cloud-native technologies.Career growth and certification support.Collaborative and high-performing technology team.Competitive compensation and benefits package.
