About this role
Are you ready to get ahead in your career?
• We want to empower you to turn your ambitions into achievements. • We thrive in inclusiveness, diversity and embrace close collaborations for you to create impact for yourself and others. • Together, we aim to bring the best of technology to help people, businesses and the nation to be ahead in a changing world. • To realise our vision to become Malaysia’s leading converged solutions company, we are looking for a new talent to innovate and grow with us in a culture that values commitment, performance and possibilities.
Why does this job exist and why is it critical?
1. Strategy, Architecture & Planning:
• Define and execute the network and cloud infrastructure strategy, aligned with IT and business roadmaps • Lead infrastructure architecture, including network, compute, storage, cloud, and connectivity standards • Oversee capacity planning, demand forecasting, and technology lifecycle management • Drive migration and modernization initiatives (on‑prem → cloud, hybrid, multi‑cloud) • Partner with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and application teams to ensure cohesive solutions
2. Network, Cloud & Infrastructure Operations:
• Ensure high availability, performance, and resilience of network and cloud platforms • Oversee operations of: • LAN, WAN, SD‑WAN, Wi‑Fi, Internet, and telecom services • Data center and hosting platforms • Public cloud (e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP) and private cloud environments
• Establish and manage 24x7 operational support, incident, problem, and change management • Own infrastructure uptime, performance SLAs, and operational KPIs
3. Security, Risk & Compliance:
• Work closely with cybersecurity teams to embed security-by-design • Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards • Ensure periodic assessment of vulnerability and timely vulnerability remediation • Lead infrastructure aspects of disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience testing • Manage third‑party risks related to infrastructure providers and service partners
4. Financial & Vendor Management:
• Own infrastructure budgets, forecasting, annual operating plan (AOP) derivation and cost optimization (FinOps) • Drive cost transparency, chargeback/showback where applicable • Manage strategic relationships with cloud providers, telcos, and system integrators • Lead sourcing strategy derivation, contract negotiations, performance management of vendors
5. Financial & Vendor Management:
• Own infrastructure budgets, forecasting, annual operating plan (AOP) derivation and cost optimization (FinOps) • Drive cost transparency, chargeback/showback where applicable • Manage strategic relationships with cloud providers, telcos, and system integrators • Lead sourcing strategy derivation, contract negotiations, performance management of vendors
What’s next?
• Once you’ve applied online, our team will carefully review your application. Due to a high volume of applications, we appreciate your patience to allow for a fair and timely review process. • Should you be shortlisted for the role, we will send you an invitation via email for a digital interview. You can also check on your application status by logging into your candidate account.
Maxis values diverse voices & people. We hire and reward our employees based on capability & performance — regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, education, religion, nationality or physical ability.