Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS) (Hybrid)

Our Client

Our client is a technology consulting company with strong expertise in digital transformation, covering areas such as software development, infrastructure, data, QA, and low-code solutions. They support clients across multiple industries by delivering scalable, high-quality tech solutions. The company has a solid presence in Portugal and operates internationally.

Hybrid - 3 times per week in Coimbra, Lisbon, Porto or Castelo Branco.

Responsibilities:

• Platform engineering: Design, deploy, and operate resilient infrastructure solutions, primarily across AWS and Nutanix, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Automation & scripting: Build and maintain REST APIs, automation workflows, and configuration management scripts to streamline infrastructure provisioning and operations.
• Infrastructure optimization: Modernize legacy environments to improve cloud performance, optimize resource usage, and enable cost-efficient operations.
• Collaboration: Partner with agile, cross-functional teams, including IT service delivery, data analytics, and integration teams, to support a secure and well-integrated IT ecosystem.
• Documentation & best practices: Create and maintain documentation, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency, reliability, and compliance across the infrastructure landscape.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Automation Specialist, or DevOps Engineer, with strong exposure to scripting and/or programming for infrastructure automation (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible, Rundeck).
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or a related discipline.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Solid knowledge of (hybrid) cloud environments, including AWS services (EC2, RDS, ECS, ELB, Lambda) and Nutanix.
• Experience with containerization technologies is a strong advantage (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).

• Familiarity with Git and the management of CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with Linux system administration is highly valued.
• Languages (spoken and written): Portuguese and English (mandatory).