DevOps Engineer: AWS, Kubernetes & GitOps Expert

Nearshore Portugal; Portugal; Remote; EUR 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Azure DevOps Pipelines experience

Job summary

Nearshore Portugal is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join a central DevOps and Delivery team supporting multiple development squads. You will enhance delivery pipelines, automate infrastructure, and operate production platforms on AWS and Kubernetes.

You will design and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines, provision AWS resources with Terraform, manage Kubernetes deployments on ECS and Fargate, and implement GitOps with Argo CD.

Qualifications

• Several years of professional experience as a DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, or in a similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience designing, operating, and optimising GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven experience administering AWS cloud services, including Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate.
• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• In-depth experience administering Kubernetes in production and operating containerised applications.
• Practical experience with GitOps and Argo CD.
• Experience administering and supporting the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Grafana, Loki, Alloy, and Prometheus.
• Solid Linux administration skills and experience automating tasks with Bash, Python, or similar tools.
• Ability to collaborate with and support multiple development teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimise GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Provision and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform.
• Operate production Kubernetes environments and container workloads on Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate.
• Manage deployments using GitOps practices and Argo CD.
• Maintain logging, monitoring, and observability tools to help teams diagnose and resolve issues.
• Automate recurring operational tasks and help development teams troubleshoot pipeline, deployment, and platform issues.

Skills

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes

AWS ECS & Fargate

Terraform / IaC

GitOps / Argo CD

ELK Stack / Grafana / Prometheus

Linux admin (Bash/Python)

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

AWS (ECS / Fargate)

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Argo CD

ELK Stack / Prometheus

Grafana / Loki

Bash / Python

Job description

Nearshore Portugal is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join a central DevOps and Delivery team supporting multiple development squads. You will enhance delivery pipelines, automate infrastructure, and operate production platforms on AWS and Kubernetes.

You will design and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines, provision AWS resources with Terraform, manage Kubernetes deployments on ECS and Fargate, and implement GitOps with Argo CD.