Kerja Sepenuh Masa, Principal Data Platform Engineer di Sourceo Selangor - Maukerja

Responsibilities:

• Platform Engineering & Operations:

• Own AWS infrastructure for DXP Data Platform (multi-AZ, multi-VPC setup).

• Administer Snowflake environments, including user roles, RBAC, performance optimization, warehouse lifecycle, and cost controls.

• Manage SageMaker environments (Studio, Canvas, Notebooks) for enabling multi-domain ML use cases.

• Operate DataPipes (EKS + Airflow) for ingestion orchestration, ensuring high availability and version-controlled configurations via IaC (CloudFormation/CDK).

• Maintain & enhance logging, monitoring, observability & DevOps automation via modern tools such as CloudWatch, Splunk, PagerDuty, Slack, ServiceNow, Snowflake observability features.

• Platform Prototyping & Enhancement:

• Design, prototype, and implement new platform features across AWS, Snowflake, and SageMaker to support innovation in data processing, analytics, and ML operations.

• Lead rollout and production hardening of new platform components (e.g., new Snowflake Cortex AI features, SageMaker pipelines, AWS-native services).

• Evaluate and integrate new services or capabilities aligned to StarHub’s data platform roadmap.

• Develop technical design standards and documentation for new features and automation processes.

• Automation & Continuous Improvement:

• Implement Day 2 platform enhancements including auto-scaling, self-healing workflows, and CI/CD automation.

• Enhance EKS cluster performance, pipeline automation, and integration efficiency across cloud and on-prem data sources.

• Drive infrastructure-as-code (IaC) adoption for all environments and standardize rollout strategies (blue-green/canary).

• Governance, Security & Compliance:

• Enforce enterprise security policies for IAM, VPC isolation, PrivateLink, and encryption (KMS, Secrets Manager).

• Coordinate vulnerability remediation (EKS upgrades, CVE patching, EC2 AMI refresh, Docker image hardening).

• Ensure infrastructure audit readiness in partnership with Information Security (ITSec) and Compliance teams.

• Operations & Cost Management:

• Monitor and optimize Snowflake warehouse utilization, compute spend, and S3 data lifecycle management.

• Maintain tagging, dashboards, and cost visibility frameworks across AWS and Snowflake.

• Implement cost governance guardrails and usage quotas across platform components.

• Team & Vendor Leadership:

• Lead a blended team of StarHub engineers and partner vendors responsible for platform sustainment and evolution.

• Manage augmented vendor teams, ensuring consistent delivery quality and knowledge transfer to internal engineers.

• Build in-house capability in platform engineering, IaC, and automation disciplines.

Areas of Impact:

• Scope: DXP Data Platform infrastructure (AWS, Snowflake, SageMaker, Datapipe) supporting C360, AI/ML, and analytics workloads enterprise-wide.

• Decision Rights: Platform design approval, selection of new AWS/Snowflake/SageMaker capabilities, DevOps tooling and IaC framework choices, and vendor performance oversight.

• Stakeholders: Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Science, Architecture & Governance, Information Security, and Infrastructure teams.

• Resources: Hybrid team of ~2-4 engineers (StarHub and partner resources) managing infrastructure, platform automation, enhancements, and operations.

Ideal Track Record:

• 8-10 years of experience in cloud and platform engineering, with extensive experience on AWS-based data platforms.

• Proven leadership of cross-functional engineering teams managing production-grade, multi-environment platforms.

• Hands-on expertise in:

• AWS Services: VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, KMS, CloudFormation/CDK, Transfer Family, CloudWatch, CloudTrail.

• Snowflake: administration, RBAC, warehouse optimization, DevOps automation, Cortex AI, and Streamlit integration.

• EKS / Airflow / Airbyte (Datapipe): container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation.

• SageMaker: multi-domain setup, pipeline management, Studio/Canvas lifecycle, and MLOps enablement.

• Monitoring & Observability: CloudWatch, Splunk, Snowflake Account Usage, cost dashboards, PagerDuty, Slack, ServiceNow.

• Demonstrated success in prototyping, implementing, and scaling new cloud and data platform features into production.

• Experience managing Day 2 operations, incident response, and SRE-driven performance stabilization.

• Familiarity with machine learning integration and model lifecycle management.

• Experience enforcing ITSec and compliance standards (IAM, KMS, PDPA/GDPR).

• Proven success in transitioning platform operations from vendor-managed to in-house ownership.