Backend DevOps Engineer | CI/CD, Cloud & Kubernetes (Lisbon)

Air Ltd; Sittingbourne; Remote; GBP 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple hardware ecosystem

Annual Bonus

Health and Life Insurance

Transportation Budget

Coverflex benefits

Childcare support

Air Conference

Pension Fund

Urban Sports Club

Meals 100% free

Job summary

Air Apps is hiring a DevOps Engineer - Backend to design, automate, and maintain the infrastructure powering our backend systems. You’ll work closely with developers to streamline deployments and scale services in a fast-paced environment.

The role focuses on CI/CD, cloud management (AWS/Azure/GCP), IaC, and container orchestration with Docker/Kubernetes. We offer relocation support and a collaborative team across Lisbon offices.

Qualifications

• Around 3+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering.
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and serverless computing.
• Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi).
• Hands-on with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).
• Strong knowledge of Linux, networking, and security best practices.
• Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go for automation.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
• Understanding of cloud cost optimization, scalability, and high-availability architectures.
• Strong problem-solving and ability to work in agile, fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment processes.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Implement IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Deploy and manage containerized apps with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Monitor performance, identify bottlenecks, improve reliability.
• Enforce security best practices including identity, logging, and vulnerability management.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment efficiency and troubleshoot issues.
• Optimize cloud resource utilization for cost-effectiveness and scalability.
• Automate provisioning, configuration management, and maintenance.
• Stay updated with emerging DevOps tools and practices.

Skills

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

IaC

Containers

Linux

Scripting

Monitoring

Security

Agile

Networking

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Datadog

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

CircleCI

ArgoCD

Job description

Air Apps is hiring a DevOps Engineer - Backend to design, automate, and maintain the infrastructure powering our backend systems. You’ll work closely with developers to streamline deployments and scale services in a fast-paced environment.

The role focuses on CI/CD, cloud management (AWS/Azure/GCP), IaC, and container orchestration with Docker/Kubernetes. We offer relocation support and a collaborative team across Lisbon offices.