Our Infrastructure team provides the end-to-end managed services and solutions for the Group's entire Internet infrastructure alongside running business applications. We excel in building the architecture, providing solutions and operations of data center, connectivity, cloud, networking, system, storage and security. We are a proud provider of high-quality and stable running business applications and services to our internal business units.

As a Compute & Storage Specialist in Sea Infrastructure, you will be responsible for compute and storage related procurement, supporting the requirement from various business units. You will serve as the primary interface and act as the process owner responsible for managing suppliers and internal customers. In this position, you will play a key role in procuring high-quality and cost-efficient infrastructure products/services for the organization.

Job Description

Assist in planning, developing and implementing comprehensive IT infrastructure strategies tailored to the business needs and prospects, with a focus on compute and storage products, including but not limited to server, storage, and its components (e.g. CPU/GPU SSD, RAM, transceivers, etc) as well as associated software and licenses.
Conduct market research to advise on the infrastructure investment, purchase model, and relevant technologies to improve the performance, efficiency and the total cost of ownership based on the company's business strategy
Adopt industrial standards and best practices drive and govern related frameworks, SOPs and templates/checklists within the Infra team to optimize the organization's IT operations process.
Work with internal technical teams and external vendors on the Proof-of-Concept (POC) test and assist on the qualification process and requirement validation.
Lead the qualification, evaluation, selection, negotiation processes on commercial aspects.
Work with other stakeholders on delivery of service and post-sales support improvements.
Manage the end to end supplier and partner relationship.
Budget planning and monitoring of the costs for compute and storage products
Other tasks separately assigned in addition to the above

Job Requirement

Bachelor's degree or higher in IT or engineering, or other relevant fields
Minimum 10 years of relevant full-time experience in compute and storage domain
Strong understanding of components, system constructs, high-level architecture, and use cases within Internet companies.
Market landscape knowledge is preferred
Proven working experience in the procurement capacity is an added advantage
Aptitude in working with numbers
Analytical and critical thinking skills
Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
Accurate and precise attention to detail

Strategy & Commercial Specialist, Infrastructure (Compute & Storage Products)