Cloud Platform Automation Engineer - Kubernetes & Terraform

Claranet; Almada; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Claranet in Lisbon seeks a Platform Automation Engineer to drive cloud infrastructure automation, focusing on reliability, performance and efficiency using Terraform, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies.

You will design and implement IaC, develop Terraform modules, support observability, and collaborate with DevOps and software teams. A strong Terraform/GCP background and scripting skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 2 years in Platform Engineering and 3 years with underlying technologies.
• Professional experience with cloud platforms and infrastructure automation tools.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform, including advanced provisioning patterns.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate or higher preferred.
• GCP experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to 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 for scalability, high availability, compliance, disaster recovery, and secure operations.
• Develop and optimise advanced IaC patterns, including Terraform modules and state management; collaborate across teams.
• Support observability practices, anomaly detection, and automated remediation.
• Monitor platform performance, identify bottlenecks and propose improvements.
• Maintain documentation covering architecture, processes and procedures.
• Mentor junior engineers while learning from more experienced team members.

Skills

Terraform

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Automation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Crossplane

GitOps

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Job description

We're fast learners,hard workers, natural collaborators... and we Make Modern Happen!

Our ambition is tounlock the potential of our digital world so that organisations everywhere caninnovate and thrive securely.

We aim to achievethis goal by bringing together the world's most talented people and the mostpowerful technologies, combining them to address our customers' challenges and tobuild something stronger together.

Right now, we arelooking for aPlatform Automation Engineer to integrate ourinternal team, based inLisbon.

In this role, youwill contribute to the automation of cloud infrastructure and services, helpingimprove platform reliability, performance and operational efficiency. We arelooking for someone with strong experience in Terraform, Kubernetes, cloud-nativetechnologies and infrastructure automation, including advanced Terraformpatterns.

Experience withGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) is strongly preferred.

Your responsibilities include:

• Contribute to the architecture and development of cloud platformsolutions aligned with business requirements;
• Design and implement automation using technologies such asTerraform and Crossplane v2;
• Implementand manage infrastructure patterns that support: Scalabilityand high availability; Regulatory compliance; Disaster recovery and resilience; Consistent and secure operations;
• Develop and optimise advanced Infrastructure as Code patterns,including Terraform modules, workspaces and state management; Collaborate withsoftware developers, DevOps engineers and other stakeholders to integrate andoptimise cloud solutions;
• Support the implementation of observability practices, includinganomaly detection and automated remediation;
• Monitor platform performance, identify bottlenecks and recommendimprovements;
• Maintain accurate documentation covering architecture, processesand procedures;
• Support and mentor junior engineers while learning from moreexperienced team members.

You must have:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, ComputerEngineering or a related field — or equivalent professional experience;
• At least 2 years of experience in Platform Engineering and 3 yearsof experience working with the underlying technologies;
• Professional experience with cloud platforms and infrastructureautomation tools;
• Strong knowledge of Terraform, including advanced infrastructureprovisioning patterns;
• Experience withKubernetes and container orchestration;
• HashiCorpCertified: Terraform Associate certification or higher;
• Experience withGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) is strongly preferred.

We value:

• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform: GoogleCloud Platform (GCP), AWS or Microsoft Azure;
• Strong practical experience with GCP services, architecture andinfrastructure automation is a significant advantage;
• Experience withCrossplane, Terraform and Infrastructure as Code;
• KnowledgeofGitOps practices and patterns;
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash orPowerShell;
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Azure DevOps orGitHub;
• Knowledgeofobservability, monitoring and cloud operations automation;
• Ability to workwith complex, distributed and cloud-nativeenvironments.