DevOps engineer in cloud infrastructure

The Virtual Forge Limited; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid AWS certifications

Training budget

Hybrid work model

Job summary

The Virtual Forge Limited in Lisbon is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join the Engineering & Data team on a hybrid basis. You will design, automate and run AWS and Azure infrastructure behind a varied mix of client platforms, from greenfield builds to production systems.

You will build CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, manage containers with Docker and Kubernetes, implement monitoring with CloudWatch and Azure Monitor, and enforce security and compliance from day one, including ISO

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a DevOps/Cloud/SRE or Platform Engineering role.
• Production AWS experience (EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, S3, CloudWatch).
• Production Azure experience (VMs, Networking, Entra ID, Azure SQL, Storage).
• Strong Terraform skills and infrastructure as code.
• Experience with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot).
• Experience with Azure DevOps and Git in CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve AWS/Azure infrastructure, in console and as code (Terraform).
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Run containerised workloads with Docker and Kubernetes/ECS.
• Set up monitoring/logging with CloudWatch and Azure Monitor.
• Implement security: IAM, least privilege, encryption, secrets management.
• Support ISO 27001, TISAX, Cyber Essentials compliance from day one.
• Focus on reliability, DR, backups and cost optimization.
• Write runbooks and client-facing documentation.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

Linux

Bash/Python

Git

Docker

Cloud security

English communication

Tools

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

CloudWatch

Terraform

Job description

Описание:

We’re looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our Engineering & Data team in Lisbon, on a hybrid basis. You’ll design, automate and run the AWS and Azure infrastructure behind a varied mix of client platforms, from greenfield builds to established production systems. You’ll report to our Technical Manager and will work closely with our full stack software engineers, data and AI engineers, amongst other roles.

Задачи:

• Building and evolving AWS and Azure infrastructure, hands‑on in the console and as code with Terraform, using AI assistants such as Claude Code or GitHub Copilot to draft and iterate faster.
• Designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps so our teams can ship safely and often.
• Running containerised workloads with Docker and an orchestration platform such as ECS or Kubernetes.
• Setting up monitoring, logging and alerting with CloudWatch and Azure Monitor, so we spot issues before our clients do.
• Building security in from the start: IAM and least privilege, network segmentation, encryption, secrets management, patching and vulnerability scanning.
• Making compliance part of the build, not an afterthought: consistent tagging, separation of production and non-production, and the right alarms and logging in place from day one, in line with ISO 27001, TISAX and Cyber Essentials.
• Looking after reliability and data: backups, disaster recovery, scaling, database performance and blameless post‑incident reviews.
• Keeping an eye on cloud costs and suggesting practical ways to cut them.
• Automating the repetitive stuff with Bash or Python across our Linux environments.
• Writing clear documentation and runbooks, and explaining options and trade‑offs to clients in plain language.

Требования:

• Typically 5+ years of hands‑on experience in a DevOps, Cloud, SRE or Platform Engineering role. Production experience with AWS, in the console and in code: EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, ElastiCache, S3, CloudFront and CloudWatch alarms.
• Equally solid production experience with Azure and its core equivalents: Virtual Machines, networking, Entra ID, Azure SQL, Storage, Front Door and Azure Monitor.
• Strong, real‑world Terraform skills: you’ll be writing production infrastructure from day one.
• Experience using AI coding assistants, such as Claude Code or GitHub Copilot, to design and build Terraform.
• Experience working in organisations certified to ISO 27001, TISAX or Cyber Essentials, and knowing what compliant infrastructure looks like without being told: tagging, environment separation, alerting and logging.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, and working with Git.
• Good knowledge of Docker and container orchestration (ECS or Kubernetes).
• Comfort with Linux administration and scripting (Bash or Python).
• Database administration skills: SQL, performance tuning and partitioning strategies.
• Strong cloud security skills: IAM and least privilege, network security, encryption and secrets management, backed by a security‑first mindset.
• Solid networking fundamentals (DNS, TLS, load balancing, routing).
• A pragmatic, delivery‑focused approach: you look for the right solution at the right cost, and give reliable estimates you deliver against.
• Good written and spoken English: you’ll work every day with international clients and colleagues.
• The ability to manage your own time, juggle a few priorities and know when to ask for help.
• Будет плюсом: Deeper Kubernetes experience (EKS or AKS, Helm, ArgoCD/Flux); AWS or Azure certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional, Azure Administrator Associate or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert; Experience with Google Cloud; Experience supporting external audits, or working with other frameworks such as SOC 2 and GDPR.

Условия:

Wherever you sit — the US, the UK or Portugal — you’re part of one team, and you won’t be left to figure things out alone. We invest in people who want to keep learning, with time, training budget and paid AWS certifications. And we protect work‑life balance, because good work over years beats a burnt‑out sprint every time.