Azure Cloud & Platform Engineer — Strategy & Leadership

Acuity Analytics; Porto; Híbrido; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Acuity Analytics is seeking a Principal Cloud & Platform Engineer to shape the Cloud & Platform strategy and drive technical excellence across our practice. You will partner with senior leaders to define standards, governance, and scalable cloud-native solutions for enterprise clients.

Lead complex initiatives, mentor engineers, and champion DevOps, IaC, and SRE practices while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact outcomes.

Qualificações

• Extensive hands-on experience designing and delivering cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Deep understanding of cloud architecture, landing zones, governance, security, and scalable platform design.
• Strong experience in Platform Engineering, including Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and Developer Experience (DevEx).
• Containerisation and orchestration (Kubernetes) and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering large-scale distributed systems in production environments.
• Strong expertise with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep).
• Ability to write production-quality code and provide hands-on technical leadership when required.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles, automation, observability, and cloud-native engineering practices.

Responsabilidades

• Define and evolve Acuity Analytics's Cloud & Platform Engineering strategy.
• Shape architectural standards, engineering principles, and platform best practices across the organisation.
• Identify emerging technologies and strategic opportunities that support business growth and technical innovation.
• Lead the design and review of complex cloud-native and platform solutions.
• Act as the escalation point for critical technical challenges and high-impact engineering decisions.
• Conduct technical reviews, engineering audits, and quality assessments across delivery teams.
• Drive improvements in engineering tooling, developer productivity, and platform capabilities.
• Collaborate closely with clients, delivery teams, architects, and engineering leaders to solve complex business problems.
• Mentor engineers and support the development of future technical leaders.
• Contribute to recruitment activities, helping identify exceptional engineering talent and ensuring strong cultural alignment.
• Represent Acuity Analytics internally and externally through thought leadership, community engagement, speaking opportunities, and technical content.

Conhecimentos

Azure

Cloud architecture

Platform engineering

IDPs

DevEx

Kubernetes

SRE practices

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Bicep

Production coding

DevOps

Mentoring engineers

Stakeholder mgmt

Ferramentas

Terraform

Bicep

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Acuity Analytics is seeking a Principal Cloud & Platform Engineer to shape the Cloud & Platform strategy and drive technical excellence across our practice. You will partner with senior leaders to define standards, governance, and scalable cloud-native solutions for enterprise clients.

Lead complex initiatives, mentor engineers, and champion DevOps, IaC, and SRE practices while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact outcomes.