DEVOPS

Decskill; Porto; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Decskill is seeking an IT Operations / Cloud Infrastructure professional to join our DevOps-minded team in Porto. The role focuses on ensuring production readiness, infrastructure stability, and security across the project lifecycle.

You will collaborate with Development, Security and Production Support to implement monitoring, automation and resilience, translating business needs into scalable technical solutions while upholding best practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in IT Infrastructure and/or IT Operations.
• Experience with Production Operations and management of production environments.
• Experience with Cloud / Cloud Infrastructure.
• Good understanding of DevOps and Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of IT Risk and Cybersecurity.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (ElasticSearch, Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace).
• Good understanding of the DevOps toolchain (GitLab, Artifactory, Jenkins, SonarQube, Ansible).
• Knowledge of container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Act as an IT Operations reference throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring production and infrastructure requirements are considered from the design phase.
• Participate in defining technical solutions aligned with production, infrastructure, security and scalability requirements.
• Integrate infrastructure and operational requirements into the Product Backlog, including technical user stories related to automation and industrialisation.
• Ensure provision of production and infrastructure resources to facilitate solution deployment.
• Assess and recommend technologies and services according to application and business requirements.
• Promote the use of existing products and services that already integrate security, resilience, monitoring and operational requirements.
• Ensure stability and operational readiness of Production and Non-Production environments.
• Facilitate and support solution deployments across technical environments.
• Validate backup/restore, access, performance, connectivity and availability aspects.
• Identify operational blockers related to network, security, infrastructure and application flows.

Skills

IT Operations

Cloud Infrastructure

DevOps

Agile methodologies

IT Risk & Cybersecurity

Monitoring & Observability

Docker & Kubernetes

GitLab & Jenkins

Automation

Tools

ElasticSearch

Grafana

Prometheus

Dynatrace

Artifactory

SonarQube

Ansible

Job description

We are growing. And we are looking for talented people.

At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent.

We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long-term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.

As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long-term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams.

We are looking for an DEVOPS!

Mission: We are looking for an IT Operations / Cloud Infrastructure professional to work within an Agile and DevOps environment, acting as a key point of reference for Production throughout the project lifecycle.

The role is responsible for ensuring that production, infrastructure, security, monitoring and operational requirements are considered from the solution design phase through to deployment and ongoing operations.

The successful candidate will work closely with Development, Infrastructure, Security and Application Production Support teams to ensure solutions are stable, secure, scalable, monitored and production-ready.

Responsibilities:

IT Operations & Cloud Infrastructure

• Act as an IT Operations reference throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring production and infrastructure requirements are considered from the design phase.
• Participate in the definition of technical solutions, ensuring alignment with production, infrastructure, security, architecture and scalability requirements.
• Integrate infrastructure and operational requirements into the Product Backlog, including technical user stories related to industrialisation, automation and obsolescence management.
• Ensure the provision of production and infrastructure resources, facilitating solution deployment.
• Assess and recommend technologies and services according to application and business requirements.
• Promote the use of existing products and services that already integrate security, resilience, monitoring and operational requirements.

Production & Technical Environment Management

• Ensure the stability and operational readiness of Production and Non-Production environments.
• Facilitate and support solution deployments across technical environments.
• Validate aspects such as backup/restore, access, performance, connectivity and availability.
• Identify operational blockers related to network, security, infrastructure and application flows, proposing appropriate action plans.
• Ensure proper traceability and management of access to infrastructure components.

Monitoring, Supervision & Operational Excellence

• Define and implement monitoring and supervision mechanisms for production solutions.
• Work closely with Application Production Support teams to ensure effective service monitoring and supervision.
• Contribute to the definition of Service Levels and Production KPIs.
• Ensure installation, operating and support documentation is available, up to date and validated.
• Ensure that appropriate backup, switchover and disaster recovery plans exist and are regularly tested.
• Provide technical support during release-related issues, incidents or operational blockers.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of IT Operations and Production processes, with a focus on automation, performance, industrialisation and operational efficiency.
• Promote DevOps and application production best practices across project teams.
• Support and upskill team members in the tools and processes used within the Agile & DevOps framework.
• Identify and share best practices across the team and wider organisation.
• Work closely with Application Production Support to identify and implement continuous improvements.
• Ensure Cybersecurity, IT Risk and Architecture requirements are considered throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Participate in and/or validate security reviews of technical solutions.
• Anticipate potential compliance issues related to architecture, security and operational standards.
• Ensure solutions comply with corporate requirements regarding security, resilience and access control.

Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in IT Infrastructure and/or IT Operations.
• Experience with Production Operations and management of production environments.
• Experience with Cloud / Cloud Infrastructure.
• Good understanding of DevOps and Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of IT Risk and Cybersecurity.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools, such as: ElasticSearch, Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace.
• Good understanding of the DevOps toolchain, including: GitLab, Artifactory, Jenkins, SonarQube, Ansible.
• Knowledge of container technologies, particularly: Docker, Kubernetes

Nice to Have

• 3+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure / IT Operations.
• Experience working in large-scale and/or business-critical environments.
• Experience in Cloud Infrastructure Administration.
• Experience with automation and operational process improvement.
• Experience with monitoring, observability and performance management.
• Previous experience in Agile / DevOps environments.
• Knowledge of IT Service Management and Application Production Support.

Professional & Soft Skills

• Strong coordination and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively delegate tasks when required.
• Strong analytical, logical and critical thinking.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong ability to prioritise and organise workload.
• Good communication and summarisation skills.
• Ability to explain technical concepts and promote best practices across teams.
• Strong focus on quality and customer satisfaction.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage conflicts effectively.
• Adaptability to changing business and technology environments.
• Strong learning mindset and willingness to adopt new technologies and methodologies.
• High level of ownership, commitment and attention to detail.

Languages

• French — Nice to have

Are you looking for an environment that values curiosity and commitment? Here, your contribution has real impact and individual growth is taken seriously.

Find with us the right opportunity to grow!

What you can expect from us

• Long-term projects with national and international context.
• Opportunities to grow technically and professionally.
• A people-first culture, focused on transparency and trust.
• Teams that value ownership, collaboration and stability.

Your next challenge might start here.

At Decskill, we are committed to equal opportunities and non-discrimination. We promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, where recruitment and career progression are based solely on talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality, or any other form of discrimination incompatible with human dignity.