HFM Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Senior Windows Core DevOps Engineer
About HFM
HFM is an internationally acclaimed multi-asset broker, delivering cutting‑edge trading tools, platforms, and conditions to traders worldwide. We are committed to innovation, transparency, and excellence in the financial markets.
Your Role at HFM
As a Senior Windows Core DevOps Engineer, you will lead the design, automation and operations of core infrastructure services built around the Microsoft ecosystem. This is a senior‑level engineering role focused on modernising Windows‑based systems, introducing infrastructure‑as‑code across Windows workloads, and ensuring scalable, secure and resilient infrastructure across our stack.
Responsibilities
- Architect and automate core Windows infrastructure (AD, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, IIS, Windows Clustering, etc.) in a high‑availability trading environment.
- Lead projects to refactor and modernise legacy Windows‑based systems, transitioning them into fully automated, test‑able and observable components.
- Drive adoption of Infrastructure‑as‑Code and CI / CD workflows using modern Microsoft‑native and cross‑platform tooling.
- Troubleshoot and optimise system performance at the OS, networking and application level across a large fleet of Windows servers.
- Define and implement secure baselines, monitoring, patching and compliance across Windows infrastructure.
- Build PowerShell modules, DSC configurations and leverage tools like Ansible, SaltStack or Terraform with Windows providers to unify automation.
- Act as the highest escalation point for Windows‑related production issues.
- Partner with other Core DevOps, Security, SRE and Cloud teams to standardise and scale our Windows platform.
- Mentor engineers across teams and promote best practices in observability, resilience and automation‑first thinking.
Requirements
8+ years of experience with enterprise‑level Windows Server engineering and DevOps practices.Deep expertise with DNS, DFS, IIS and Windows Failover Clustering.Solid experience with automation and configuration management using PowerShell (advanced scripting), Desired State Configuration (DSC) and / or Ansible / SaltStack for Windows.Strong understanding of CI / CD concepts applied to Windows environments using GitLab, Azure DevOps or similar tools.Hands‑on experience integrating Windows infrastructure with hybrid or cloud‑native solutions (preferably AWS).Experience with infrastructure provisioning tools like Terraform (including Windows modules) or CDK.Strong grasp of Windows performance tuning, debugging, event log analysis and patching strategy at scale.Background in regulated or high‑uptime environments such as banking, Forex or fintech is highly preferred.Familiarity with SQL Server automation, .NET Core deployments and Windows Containers is a plus.Comfortable leading incident response and system‑level post‑mortems for Windows‑based production outages.All Resumes must be submitted in English.
Applicants must be eligible or have legal authorisation to work in the country where the position is based.
Benefits
Hybrid Work Model (2 days working from home).22 days of Annual Leave (up to 30 days per year based on years’ service).Comprehensive Health & Life Insurance (from day one).Friday afternoons off in Summer (July & August).Birthday Leave.Gym Membership (Larnaca).Referral Bonus.Paid Time Off for Training & Education.All applications will be treated as confidential.
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