Cloud Platform Automation Engineer

Claranet Portugal; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Claranet Portugal is seeking a Platform Automation Engineer to join the team in Lisbon or Porto. You will automate cloud infrastructure, improve platform reliability and efficiency, and drive scalable, secure operations using Terraform, Kubernetes and cloud-native tooling.

We value Terraform expertise, CI/CD experience, and a solid background in platform engineering with GCP familiarity. You will mentor juniors and collaborate with DevOps and software teams to deliver robust cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• At least 2 years in Platform Engineering and 3 years with core technologies.
• Professional experience with cloud platforms and infrastructure automation tools.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform (advanced provisioning patterns).
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification or higher.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the architecture and development of cloud platform solutions aligned with business requirements.
• Design and implement automation using Terraform and Crossplane v2.
• Implement and manage infrastructure patterns that support scalability, high availability, compliance, disaster recovery and secure operations.
• Develop and optimise advanced IaC patterns, including Terraform modules, workspaces and state management.
• Collaborate with developers and DevOps to integrate and optimise cloud solutions.
• Support observability practices, anomaly detection and automated remediation.
• Monitor platform performance, identify bottlenecks and recommend improvements.
• Maintain documentation covering architecture, processes and procedures.
• Support and mentor junior engineers while learning from more experienced teammates.

Skills

Terraform

Kubernetes

Crossplane

GCP

CI/CD

GitOps

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/CE

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Claranet Portugal is seeking a Platform Automation Engineer to join the team in Lisbon or Porto. You will automate cloud infrastructure, improve platform reliability and efficiency, and drive scalable, secure operations using Terraform, Kubernetes and cloud-native tooling.

We value Terraform expertise, CI/CD experience, and a solid background in platform engineering with GCP familiarity. You will mentor juniors and collaborate with DevOps and software teams to deliver robust cloud solutions.