DevOps Engineer (Akamai/Terraform) - Portugal Full Remote

HumanIT Digital Consulting; Porto; Remote; EUR 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15th month salary

Health insurance covering your family

Birthday off

Mobility program for digital nomads

Real work-life balance

Job summary

HumanIT Digital Consulting is seeking a senior DevOps Engineer to own Akamai CDN configurations and IaC through Terraform/Terragrunt. You will automate cloud infrastructure, enhance edge security, and drive performance for global assets in a fully remote role based in Portugal.

You will collaborate in an Agile environment, communicate complex networking concepts to stakeholders, and contribute to best-practice CDNs while supporting production systems at scale.

Qualifications

• Senior-level Cloud Infrastructure or DevOps experience in a large enterprise.
• 2–3+ years hands-on Akamai CDN configuration/management.
• Proficient with Terraform and Terragrunt for cloud environments.
• Strong Python coding; working knowledge of JavaScript and Shell scripting.
• Solid understanding of DNS, proxies and edge security (WAF, bot management).
• Experience supporting production environments and scaling large websites.
• Fluent English, written and spoken; based in Portugal.
• Experience with Git, automation tools and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build Python automation tooling to manage secure cloud infrastructure.
• Support and optimise Akamai CDN for high availability and low latency.
• Manage Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Automate edge security: DNS routing, proxies, WAF and bot management.
• Define CDN best practices and translate networking concepts for stakeholders.
• Contribute in an Agile enterprise context.
• Work fully remote from Portugal with occasional travel (0–15%).

Skills

Akamai CDN

Cloud Infrastructure

SRE/DevOps

Terraform

Terragrunt

Python

JavaScript

Shell scripting

DNS & edge security

Agile

Git

CI/CD

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

Automation tooling

Job description

DevOps Engineer (Akamai/Terraform) - Portugal Full Remote

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

We're looking for a DevOps Engineer with hands‑on Akamai expertise to join a well‑established international tech consultancy known for its self‑organised, low‑politics culture and strong engineering standards. You'll own the support, configuration and optimisation of a large‑scale CDN ecosystem, ensuring high availability, peak web performance and edge security across critical platforms. This is a senior, high‑autonomy role for someone who can hit the ground running and set technical direction from day one.

PROJECT & CONTEXT

• Build Python automation tooling to manage secure cloud infrastructure and core networking components
• Support and optimise the Akamai CDN for highly available, secure, low‑latency global asset delivery
• Manage Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Terragrunt, provisioning cloud environments and edge configurations
• Implement and automate edge security: DNS routing, proxies, WAF and bot management
• Define CDN best practices and translate complex networking concepts for technical and leadership stakeholders
• Agile environment within a large enterprise context
• Fully remote from Portugal; occasional national/international travel (0–15%) depending on project needs

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR (Required)

• Proven senior-level experience in Cloud Infrastructure, SRE or DevOps within a large enterprise environment, +6years
• 2–3+ years of recent, hands‑on experience supporting and configuring CDNs, specifically Akamai (essential)
• Strong hands‑on proficiency with TerraformandTerragrunt for managing cloud environments
• Solid coding skills in Python, plus working knowledge of JavaScript and Shell scripting
• Deep understanding of web fundamentals: DNS, proxies and edge security (WAF, bot management)
• Experience supporting, monitoring and operating critical production environments, and understanding how large‑scale websites work at network level
• Strong communication skills and experience working in Agile frameworks
• Fluent English (written and spoken)
• Must be based in Portugal
• Experience with Git, modern automation tools and CI/CD pipelines
• Solid grounding in general DevOps principles and practices

Compensation: €[2300] – €[2800]/month net, depending on experience and seniority level.

Why HumanIT people stay (4.4 Glassdoor, 89% recommend)

• 15th month salary
• Health insurance covering your family
• Birthday off
• Mobility program for digital nomads
• Real work-life balance

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