Senior APAC IT Infrastructure Engineer - Top Financial Institution - J12881

Our client is a globally recognized, premier financial services institution renowned for its stability, sophisticated technical landscape, and mature corporate culture. Operating a highly profitable enterprise across the Asia Pacific region, our client invests heavily in enterprise-grade infrastructure. They offer an empowering environment that rewards deep technical expertise, providing an ideal platform for a senior specialist to make a tangible regional impact without the administrative burden of people management.

Responsibilities:

1. Take comprehensive ownership of the regional Wintel server environment, maintaining, patching, and optimizing critical virtualization platforms (Citrix and Nutanix).
2. Architect and administer the M365 ecosystem (Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, Intune) and support ongoing integrations across enterprise cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP).
3. Serve as the final escalation point for complex hardware, software, and connectivity issues across APAC, providing white-glove service to regional users and VIPs.
4. Drive proactive security measures, managing identity lifecycles, performing phishing triage, and maintaining least-privilege access protocols.
5. Autonomously lead regional IT upgrades, vendor negotiations, and business continuity strategies in alignment with global head office directives.

Requirements:

1. 7+ years of deep, hands-on experience in complex systems administration and high-level regional IT support.
2. Absolute proficiency in Microsoft 365 administration, Windows Server, Active Directory, and Group Policy.
3. Proven track record in engineering and troubleshooting Citrix Virtual Apps/Desktops and Nutanix environments.
4. Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the maturity to operate independently. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to a diverse, multilingual APAC user base.
5. Fluency in English is mandatory; conversational Cantonese or Mandarin is highly advantageous for regional collaboration.

Why Apply To This Role:

This is a rare opportunity to secure a senior-level position that keeps you firmly rooted in hands-on technology. You will enjoy total lifecycle ownership of an enterprise-grade tech stack, bypassing the bureaucracy of middle management. If you are a high-performing technical specialist looking for exceptional compensation, regional visibility, and work-life balance within a tier-one financial firm, this is your next move.

If this outstanding opportunity sounds like your next career move, please submit through "Apply Now" or send your resume in Word format to Emmy Yiu at [email protected] and put Senior APAC IT Infrastructure Engineer - Top Financial Institution - J12881 in the subject header.

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