Cloud Resiliency Architect

Cloud Resiliency Architect (Azure Cloud Resilience & Disaster Recovery Specialist)

Salary Range: Up to RM14,000 per month

Location: KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur

Mode: 100% Work From Office (WFO)

Company background: MNC IT Services & IT Consulting

Employment Type: 12-month Renewable Contract (Project-Based)

About the Role

We are seeking a Cloud Resiliency Architect to help enterprises strengthen the reliability, continuity, and recoverability of their Microsoft Azure cloud environments.

You will engage directly with customers to assess current architectures, evaluate disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) strategies, and enhance Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs) to ensure end-to-end operational resiliency.

This position is ideal for candidates passionate about cloud infrastructure reliability, continuity planning, and helping organizations recover swiftly from disruptions.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess the resiliency posture of customer environments—technically and operationally.
• Evaluate and enhance Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity (BC), and Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs).
• Perform deep-dive analysis on Azure infrastructure, workloads, failover readiness, and monitoring configurations.
• Identify single points of failure, recovery gaps, and operational vulnerabilities.
• Recommend improvements aligned with Azure Well-Architected Framework, SRE principles, and ITIL best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align RTO/RPO targets, incident workflows, and escalation procedures.
• Produce clear, customer-facing technical documentation and maturity assessment reports.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Azure cloud architecture, high availability (HA), and disaster recovery (DR) design.
• In-depth knowledge of Azure infrastructure, Availability Zones, backup/recovery, and monitoring solutions.
• Strong grasp of cloud-native resiliency patterns and site reliability engineering (SRE) methods.
• Proven track record designing or evaluating MIRPs and coordinating incident response.
• Experience in business continuity planning, operational resilience, and process maturity assessment.
• Excellent communication, consulting, and documentation skills for both technical and executive audiences.

Preferred Skills

• Experience leading enterprise-wide BC/DR testing or resiliency programs.
• Familiarity with compliance standards such as ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34, or SOC 2 Type II.
• Experience supporting regulated industries (finance, healthcare, government).
• Hands-on knowledge of Azure BCDR tools – Azure Site Recovery, Backup Vaults, Azure Automation, Service Health Alerts.
• Exposure to chaos engineering, resilience testing, or runbook automation (e.g., Sentinel, ServiceNow).
• Working knowledge of hybrid or multi-cloud environments and related continuity implications.
• Understanding of DevOps pipeline integration for resiliency validation.

Certifications

Required:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• ITIL Foundation Certification

Preferred:

• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
• Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery certifications (CBCP, MBCI, ISO 22301 Lead Implementer)
• Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert

Why Join

• Engage with top-tier enterprise environments.
• Lead strategic assessments and recovery planning initiatives.
• Be part of an impact-driven project ensuring continuity and resilience in cloud-driven operations.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: RM11, RM14,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Opportunities for promotion
• Professional development

Application Question(s):

• Total years of work experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud architecture (infrastructure, Availability Zones, backup/recovery, monitoring)? [Preferably 5 years & above]
• Total years of hands-on experience with high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) design in Azure? [Preferably 4 years & above]
• Total years of work experience in cloud resiliency, continuity, and recoverability assessments? [Preferably 4 years & above]
• Familiarity with cloud-native resiliency patterns and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices. Pls share your total years of experience [Preferably 3 years & above]
• Total years of work experience with designing and evaluating Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs) [Preferably 3 years & above]
• Total years of work experience in Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) planning [Preferably 3 years & above]
• Total years of work experience and knowledge of Azure BCDR tools (Azure Site Recovery, Backup Vaults, Azure Automation, Service Health Alerts) [Preferably 2+ years [within Azure exp]
• Total years of work experience & knowledge of compliance frameworks (ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34, SOC 2 Type II) [Preferably 2+ years exp]
• Total years of work experience in hybrid or multi-cloud resiliency planning [Preferably 2 to 6 years exp]
• Total years of work experience & strong understanding of IT infrastructure fundamentals (networking, storage, HA, monitoring) [Preferably 5+ years exp]
• Do you have Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert / Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate/ ITIL Foundation Certification? Which one you have, pls list down.
• Do you require Company to provide you a work pass to work in Malaysia?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• overall IT : 10 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person