DevOps / ELK Engineer

act digital; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 25 000 - 38 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

act digital is seeking a Junior Elasticsearch & Observability Engineer to join our team, supporting deployment, maintenance, and evolution of enterprise observability solutions across mainframe, open systems, and container platforms. You will work closely with experienced engineers to gain hands-on experience with the Elastic Stack and modern observability practices.

The role focuses on platform stability, monitoring, and onboarding initiatives, with opportunities to contribute to CI/CD,

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience.
• Up to 2 years in IT operations, monitoring, or observability.
• English C1 mandatory; French/Dutch a plus.
• Foundational Linux/Windows and CLI knowledge.

Responsabilidades

• Support Elastic Stack administration, maintenance, and enhancement.
• Execute operational procedures and health checks across environments.
• Assist onboarding of application services to the observability platform.
• Configure dashboards, log pipelines, monitoring, and alerting.
• Participate in releases and incident resolution under seniors.
• Contribute to coding standards, governance, and CI/CD practices.
• Document operational activities and platform updates.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders with progress updates.

Conhecimentos

Observability concepts

English proficiency (C1)

CI/CD basics

Linux/Windows basics

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

Ferramentas

Elastic Stack

Git

OpenTelemetry

Docker

Kubernetes

Descrição da oferta de emprego

We are looking for a Junior Elasticsearch & Observability Engineer to join our team and support the deployment, maintenance, and evolution of enterprise observability solutions across diverse environments, including Mainframe, Open Systems, and Container Platforms.

In this role, you will work closely with experienced engineers, gaining hands-on experience with the Elastic Stack and modern observability practices while contributing to platform stability, monitoring, and application onboarding initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the administration, maintenance, and enhancement of the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, and Elastic Agents).
• Execute operational procedures and runbooks for platform monitoring, health checks, routine maintenance, and alert validation across development, testing, and production environments.
• Assist application teams with onboarding and integrating their services into the observability platform.
• Configure and maintain dashboards, log collection pipelines, monitoring, and alerting solutions.
• Participate in software releases and incident resolution activities under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Contribute to the adoption of coding standards, governance processes, and CI/CD best practices.
• Maintain accurate documentation of operational activities, platform updates, and issue resolutions.
• Collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders, providing regular updates on progress and activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Up to 2 years of experience in IT operations, system administration, monitoring, or observability-related environments.
• Basic understanding of Agile methodologies and ITIL/incident management processes is considered an advantage.
• Foundational knowledge of Linux and/or Windows operating systems, including command-line usage, file systems, and system performance metrics (CPU, memory, and storage).
• Professional proficiency in English (C1 level), both written and spoken, is mandatory.
• French and/or Dutch language skills are a plus.

Technical Skills

• Understanding of core observability concepts, including logs, metrics, traces, and the Four Golden Signals.
• Knowledge of or strong interest in learning the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Elastic Agents) and OpenTelemetry.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git and basic CI/CD concepts.
• Exposure to container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and REST APIs is advantageous.
• Basic understanding of IT security principles, including authentication and access management.
• Experience with collaboration and ticketing tools such as Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, and Microsoft Office.