This role is focused on administering, maintaining and optimising cloud infrastructures across Azure and AWS, ensuring the security, resilience and performance of critical technology environments within the financial services and payments sector.
At PrimeIT, we continue to grow every day with a team of more than 2,300 professionals, a presence in over 20 cities worldwide and a history of fully organic growth over nearly two decades.
We are currently looking for a Cloud Engineer to join a challenging technology project in the financial services and payments sector.
- Administer and maintain cloud infrastructures across Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services
- Provision and manage cloud resources using Infrastructure as Code
- Develop, maintain and improve Terraform configurations
- Configure and manage cloud networking components, including VNets, VPCs, VPNs, firewalls and security groups
- Manage identities, permissions and access controls using IAM and RBAC
- Monitor infrastructure performance, availability and security
- Analyse logs and troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, application and performance issues
- Work with tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and AWS CloudWatch
- Implement and maintain backup, disaster recovery and high-availability solutions
- Support hybrid and multi-cloud environments combining on-premises infrastructure with cloud services
- Collaborate with development and operations teams on CI/CD and DevOps initiatives
- Support the implementation and maintenance of deployment pipelines
- Ensure compliance with cloud security, governance and operational best practices
- Identify opportunities to optimise cloud costs through right-sizing, autoscaling and resource optimisation
- Document cloud architectures, operational processes and technical procedures
What we are looking for
- Professional experience administering cloud environments
- Practical experience with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services
- Strong knowledge of cloud networking, security, storage, compute and monitoring
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
- Experience troubleshooting complex cloud infrastructure and networking issues
- Knowledge of identity and access management concepts, including IAM and RBAC
- Experience working with monitoring and logging tools
- Understanding of backup, disaster recovery, resilience and high-availability principles
- Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Contact with tools such as GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins or similar
- Experience working in hybrid or multi-cloud environments
- Knowledge of cloud cost management and optimisation practices
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with technical and business teams
- Professional proficiency in Portuguese
Nice to have
- Experience with containers and orchestration technologies
- Knowledge of Kubernetes
- Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service - AKS
- Experience with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service - EKS
- Experience working in critical or highly available technology environments
- Previous experience in banking, payments, financial services or transactional environments
- Cloud certifications in Azure, AWS or Terraform
- Familiarity with cloud governance, security and compliance frameworks
- Scripting knowledge in PowerShell, Bash or Python
Opportunity details
- Location: Alfragide, Portugal
- Availability: Immediate or up to 30 days
- Salary Package & Benefits: €1,200 to €2,000 (salary base) + Food Allowance + Flex Benefits
- Equipment provided for the project
What you can expect
- Integration into a challenging technology project in the financial services and payments sector
- Exposure to complex Azure, AWS, hybrid and multi-cloud environments
- Collaboration with multidisciplinary infrastructure, development and security teams
- Participation in cloud transformation and automation initiatives
- Continuous support and development through Prime Academy
- Access to certified technical, behavioural and language training
- Career development opportunities within a fast-growing international environment
- Salary package and benefits aligned with your experience