Senior Platform Engineer - Lead at Experian

**Who this is for** This senior-level, hybrid role in Cyberjaya is ideal for a seasoned Platform Engineer with a strong background in migrating server-based inf

Work type: hybrid

Location: Cyberjaya

Type: Full-time

Summary

**Who this is for** This senior-level, hybrid role in Cyberjaya is ideal for a seasoned Platform Engineer with a strong background in migrating server-based infrastructure to modern AWS/cloud-native platforms. You should be comfortable leading design, build, security, and operational aspects of cloud platforms and delivery pipelines, while also mentoring colleagues and championing DevOps principles. **Key highlights** You'll play a pivotal role in transforming Experian's APAC infrastructure, focusing on speed, rapid delivery, reliability, and security. The company emphasizes a strong "people first" culture, promoting DEI, work/life balance, and continuous development, as evidenced by its numerous workplace awards. **You might be a good fit if you...** - Have proven experience migrating on-premise workloads to AWS/Cloud. - Are proficient in IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS). - Possess strong scripting skills in Python and/or Bash, and understand Git workflows. - Have a practical security mindset including IAM, KMS, secrets management, and vulnerability addressing.

Job Description

## Job Description
Job descriptionRole PurposeAs a hands-on Senior Platform Engineer – Lead, you will work within the Infra Delivery APAC team to transform from server-based infrastructure to a modern, AWS/Cloud-native platform. You will lead the design, build, secure, and operate cloud platforms and delivery pipelines; coach DevOps and infrastructure colleagues to uplift skills; and embed a disciplined plan‑build‑test‑release‑deploy‑monitor rhythm across teams. You are comfortable with frequent, incremental testing and deployments and champion a DevOps culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.Key ResponsibilitiesLeadership & Influence<ul><li>Mentor and educate DevOps and infrastructure teammates to build competent, professional DevOps practice.</li><li>Establish and socialize standards across:<ul><li>Continuous Integration (CI)</li><li>Continuous Delivery (CD)</li><li>Microservices</li><li>Infrastructure as Code (IaC)</li><li>Monitoring & Logging</li><li>Communication & Collaboration</li></ul></li><li>Translate business requirements into robust, scalable and replicable platform solutions aligned with enterprise architecture.</li><li>Act as a technical advisor and trusted partner across engineering, operations, data, and security.</li><li>Drive process improvements for seamless handovers to operations and ensure knowledge redundancy.</li><li>Proactively identify opportunities to support global colleagues and streamline ways of working.</li></ul>Cloud Platform Engineering (AWS/Cloud)<ul><li>Design, provision, and operate secure, scalable AWS/Cloud environments.</li><li>Build patterns for networking, compute resources, storage, identity, observability, and security guardrails.</li><li>Migrate on-premises workloads to AWS/Cloud, modernizing where appropriate (containers/serverless, managed data services).</li></ul>DevOps SDLC & Automation<ul><li>Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated build, test, security scans, and deployment gates.</li></ul>Microservices & Application Platform<ul><li>Support teams adopting microservices: service boundaries, APIs, contracts, schema/versioning, and eventing patterns.</li><li>Operate container platforms (Docker, EKS/Kubernetes) and/or serverless (Lambda, Step Functions).</li></ul>Infrastructure as Code & Configuration Management<ul><li>Codify infrastructure with Terraform or CloudFormation; enforce modules, tagging, and policy-as-code.</li><li>Apply configuration management (Ansible/SSM), including patching and drift detection.</li></ul>Observability & Reliability<ul><li>Define and measure SLOs/SLIs, set error budgets, and run blameless postmortems.</li><li>Build observability with CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and centralized logging.</li></ul>Security & Compliance<ul><li>Implement least-privilege IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, VPC security, WAF, and data protection.</li><li>Integrate DevSecOps (SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, container image scanning) into pipelines.</li></ul>Documentation & Knowledge Management<ul><li>Maintain concise, current documentation (runbooks, architecture diagrams, standards, onboarding guides).</li><li>Drive cross-skilling and ensure no single points of failure in knowledge.</li></ul>Operations & Support<ul><li>Participate in on‑call rotation (if applicable), incident response, and problem management.</li><li>Champion Continuous Service Improvement (CSI) and defect elimination.</li></ul> Team DeliverablesDelivering on his/her functional leadership practice, the candidate will help the DevOps team achieve the following benefits:Speed<ul><li>Move at high velocity to innovate faster and adapt to changing markets.</li><li>Mature in microservice creation, CI/CD approaches.</li><li>Learn ownership of services and release updates quicker.</li></ul>Rapid Delivery<ul><li>Increase release frequencies to improve code and product quality.</li><li>Release bug fixes timely to respond to customer needs.</li><li>Mature in CI/CD and microservices for rapid delivery.</li></ul>Reliability<ul><li>Improve quality of updates in both application and infrastructure changes.</li><li>Ensure service reliability and positive end-user experience.</li><li>Mature in CI/CD and Monitoring & Logging practices.</li></ul>Improved Collaboration<ul><li>Foster pride, ownership, and accountability for releases.</li><li>Reduce inefficiencies and save time through shorter handovers.</li><li>Mature in DevOps cultural model and facilitate collaboration.</li></ul>Security<ul><li>Move quickly while retaining control and preserving security.</li><li>Adopt Infrastructure as Code and Policy as Code for compliance.</li><li>Design with security first before functionality.</li></ul>Design<ul><li>Design and implement scalable, automated, and secure infrastructure.</li><li>Align systems with long-term architectural strategy.</li><li>Create technical design specifications.</li></ul>Development<ul><li>Develop and build IT solutions to meet business requirements.</li><li>Install, configure, and integrate solutions.</li><li>Design reusable components, maintain scripts, and execute/document test plans.</li></ul>Deployment<ul><li>Build automated deployments using configuration management technology.</li><li>Deploy new modules, upgrades, and fixes to production.</li><li>Document and transfer knowledge to production support.</li></ul>Maintenance (Break/Fix)<ul><li>Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.</li><li>Collaborate with developers for scalability, reliability, and security.</li><li>Perform routine maintenance and act as escalation point for production support.</li></ul>Continuous Service Improvement<ul><li>Evaluate existing applications/platforms and recommend improvements.</li><li>Continuously improve DevOps processes, tools, and systems.</li><li>Maintain documentation and assist in user guides/training.</li></ul>Documentation<ul><li>Maintain all documentation required to support DevOps functions.</li><li>Assist in developing user guides and training documentation.</li><li>Promote knowledge sharing and cross-skilling across teams.</li></ul>

## Qualifications
<ul><li>DevOps</li><li>IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation), CI/CD (GitHub Actions/GitLab/Jenkins/CodePipeline), and containers (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS)</li><li>Scripting (Python and/or Bash) and Git workflows</li><li>Practical security mindset (IAM, KMS, secrets, patching, vulnerabilities, OWASP/CIS)</li><li>AWS/Cloud certifications, experience with EventBridge, SQS/SNS, API Gateway, GitOps, and regulated environments</li><li>Proven experience migrating from on premises/server environments to AWS/Cloud</li></ul>

## Additional Information
Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's culture and people are important differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. Experian's people first approach is award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2024 (Fortune Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 24 countries, and Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2024 to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site to understand why.

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