Global Senior Cloud Engineer, Asia Pacific

Overview

Our Global Cloud Team is seeking aCloud Architectbased in Shanghai to lead the design governance and optimization of cutting-edge cloud strategies for our top-tier business operations.

In this role you will shape the future of our multi-cloud ecosystem ensuring alignment with business objectives while driving innovation security and cost efficiency across AWS AliCloud Azure and IDC platforms.

You will own end-to-end responsibility for developing and executing cloud strategies that empower our global logistics network. Your mission will include:

• Designingenterprise-grade cloud architecturesthat integrate compute storage networking and security services to meet the demands of a rapidly growing multinational business.
• Buildingscalable frameworksfor hybrid and multi-cloud environments ensuring compliance resilience and seamless cross-regional collaboration.
• Partnering with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical blueprints balancing innovation with operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Cloud Strategy & Architecture

• Define and govern the enterprise cloud architecture framework ensuring alignment with corporate IT strategy security policies and compliance standards.
• Architect multi-cloud/hybrid solutions (AliCloud AWS Azure) that integrate compute storage networking and security services (e.g. VPC/Express Route WAF Kubernetes IAM PaaS/SaaS solutions).
• Develop and maintain cloud adoption roadmaps including migration strategies (rehost refactor replatform) and TCO/ROI analysis for cloud-native and hybrid workloads.

Operational Excellence & Troubleshooting:

• Demonstrated hands-on experience indiagnosing and resolving complex cloud infrastructure issues(e.g. IAM misconfigurations storage performance bottlenecks) across multi-cloud/hybrid environments.
• Proficiency in usingcloud-native monitoring and debugging tools(e.g. AWS CloudTrail Azure Monitor AliCloud ActionTrail Prometheus) to perform root cause analysis (RCA) and optimize system reliability.
• Record of leadingincident response effortsfor critical outages including post-mortem analysis mitigation planning and implementing preventive guardrails.
• Experience collaborating withManaged Service Providerto refine observability strategies troubleshooting workflows and enforce SLAs/SLOs.

Cross-Functional Governance & Delivery Excellence

• Collaborate with the global cloud governance team including FinOps practices cost optimization strategies and resource tagging policies.
• Cross-functional teams (Platform Security Network Engineering) to deliver compliant scalable infrastructure solutions with IaC (Terraform CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Conduct architecture reviews risk assessments and post-implementation audits to ensure adherence to SLAs SLOs and operational resilience.

Cloud Transformation

• Partner with the stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical cloud strategies emphasizing innovation.
• Spearhead cloud center of excellence (CCOE) initiatives to standardize best practices toolchains and knowledge sharing across global teams.
• Evangelize DevSecOps culture by integrating security-by-design automated compliance checks and zero-trust architectures into cloud workflows.

Operational Optimization & Innovation

• Monitor and optimize cloud performance using observability tools (Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch) to ensure high availability fault tolerance and cost efficiency.
• Mentor engineering teams on cloud-native design patterns disaster recovery strategies (backup/DR) and greenfield/brownfield modernization.

Executive-Level Communication:

• Demonstrated ability toarticulate complex cloud architectures trade-offs and business valueto both technical and non-technical stakeholders including executives regional business leaders and external partners.
• Proven experiencefacilitating cross-functional workshops negotiating technical requirements and driving consensus among geographically dispersed teams.
• Expertise in creatingclear audience-tailored deliverablessuch as architecture diagrams executive briefings and cost-benefit analyses.

Global Collaboration:

• Ability to navigate cultural nuances and time zones ensuring inclusive communication and alignment across global teams.
• Fluency in English (written/spoken) is mandatory.

Required competencies and skills

Technical Expertise & Experiences:

• Progressive cloud architecture experience in large-scale MNCs including designing and building up blueprint base solutions on at least two Public CSP (AWS AliCloud Azure).
• Proven track record in leading enterprise cloud migrations hybrid cloud integrations and multi-region deployments.
• Strong analytical mindset with expertise in creating architecture decision records (ADRs) solution blueprints and risk mitigation plans.
• Expert hands-on experience of cloud-native services:

• Compute: ECS/EC2 Lambda/Serverless Kubernetes (EKS/AKS).
• Storage: S3/EFS/EBS/OSS/Blob Storage
• Networking: VPC peering CEN/Transit Gateway DNS/Global Accelerator.
• Security: IAM policies KMS Secrets Manager DDoS protection.

• Proficiency in IaC (Terraform Ansible) DevOps toolchains (Jenkins GitLab) and observability platforms.
• Exceptional ability to communicate cross-functionally within a highly energetic team. Strong stakeholder engagement (internal and external) with the ability to influence.
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent understanding of ITIL/ITSM processes (IM CM PM SR etc.)
• Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF Zachman)
• Comfortable working independently and dealing with ambiguity. Able to operate successfully in a rapidly changing and undefined environment
• Proactive disciplined organized self-starter and highly motivated

Communication & Soft Skills

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with experience presenting to senior leadership and translating technical concepts into business value.
• Exceptional verbal and written English communications and presentation skills.

Certifications (Preferred)

• Architectural Credentials: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (Mandatory) Azure Solutions Architect Expert Alibaba Cloud ACE.
• Industry Standards: TOGAF ITIL v4.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race colour gender sex age religion creed national origin ancestry citizenship marital status sexual orientation physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy or parental leave veteran status gender identity genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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