Manager Cloud Infrastructure

The Assistant Vice President (AVP) will lead the management and operation of the Bank’s enterprise Linux, private cloud, virtualization, and container infrastructure. This role requires a blend of team leadership and hands-on technical expertise to ensure high availability, security, performance, and scalability of critical infrastructure. The position supports mission-critical applications, business continuity, and compliance within the financial sector, working closely with cross-functional teams to maintain robust and resilient IT services.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage cloud infrastructure operations, including team priorities, resource allocation, and technical escalations. Oversee enterprise Linux and private cloud environments supporting both production and non-production workloads.
- Ensure infrastructure availability meets the 99.999% uptime target by coordinating with network, database, storage, backup, development, and security teams. Maintain operational procedures, technical documentation, and escalation processes.
- Translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure solutions. Develop and maintain cloud architecture standards, guidelines, and solution diagrams.
- Lead infrastructure provisioning, configuration, integration, and deployment. Plan capacity and optimize infrastructure performance, resource utilization, and cost efficiency. Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements aligned with business needs.
- Oversee Linux server administration, including configuration, performance tuning, troubleshooting, patching, rolling updates, kernel upgrades, and security patch deployment. Manage Hyper-V and KVM virtualization environments, including VM provisioning, snapshots, replication, and high availability.
- Manage Kubernetes and container platforms such as Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE), upstream Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and Rancher. Oversee containerized application deployment, cluster scaling, multi-cluster operations, RBAC, ingress configurations, storage classes, and namespaces.
- Drive infrastructure automation using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code principles. Implement Ansible for configuration management, patching, server hardening, and application deployment.
- Oversee installation, configuration, and maintenance of application servers including IIS, Apache Tomcat, JBoss EAP, and WildFly. Support SSL configuration, application server upgrades, log analysis, and deployment troubleshooting.
- Ensure infrastructure compliance with financial sector regulations and internal security standards. Manage vulnerability remediation, access controls, encryption, and server hardening.
- Monitor infrastructure health, performance, and availability, ensuring timely resolution of issues. Maintain backup, replication, and disaster recovery arrangements to support business continuity.
- Communicate infrastructure risks, incidents, and service improvement needs to relevant stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in Linux and cloud infrastructure administration.
- Proven experience managing enterprise-scale, mission-critical infrastructure.
- Demonstrated leadership in managing technical teams and infrastructure operations.
- Hands-on expertise with private cloud environments, Kubernetes, virtualization technologies, Terraform, and Ansible.
- Strong background in infrastructure security, patch management, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery.

Key Skills and Competencies

- Cloud infrastructure management and architecture
- Enterprise Linux administration and troubleshooting
- Kubernetes platforms including OKE, Red Hat OpenShift, and Rancher
- Hyper-V and KVM virtualization
- Terraform and Ansible automation
- Infrastructure monitoring, performance tuning, and capacity planning
- Security hardening, vulnerability management, and compliance
- High availability, backup, and disaster recovery strategies
- Administration of IIS, Apache Tomcat, JBoss EAP, and WildFly
- Team leadership, workload planning, and escalation management
- Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills
- Cross-functional coordination and stakeholder management

Mobilink Bank serves over 64 million registered users with a hybrid model combining traditional microfinance and digital banking technologies. Operating through more than 130 branches and over 324,000 branchless banking agents, the bank offers a wide range of financial services including savings, MSME loans, remittances, mobile wallets, insurance, and digital payments. Mobilink Bank is committed to fostering innovation, teamwork, and a customer-centric approach, making it an ideal environment for professionals passionate about driving transformative change in the financial sector.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to the Bank’s digital transformation journey, empowering millions with innovative financial tools and services.