Malek has 16 years of combined teaching experience in rural areas in Sarawak and urban areas in Kuala Lumpur. During those 16 years, he spent 3 years working with Astro as one of the talents in their education programme and 3 years as a columnist in Berita Harian in the MUET section. While working in PADU, he spent 2 years working with Orang Asli education initiative. Currently a head of department for eLearning, Malek is responsible for the administration of the learning portal in IAB.