DevOps Engineer – Infrastructure & Production

Nimber; Porto; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Nimber is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our Infrastructure Production Engineering team in Porto, Portugal. The role centers on automation, industrialisation and reliability of business-critical applications, ensuring smooth deployment and ongoing production support across Windows and Unix environments.

You'll work on scripting (Shell/KSH, PowerShell), CI/CD with Jenkins, monitoring, incident management and collaboration with development, infra and operations teams to improve

Qualifications

• Experience in DevOps/Production Engineering or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Unix/Linux environments.
• Hands-on Shell scripting (KSH) and PowerShell.
• Knowledge of Oracle databases.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, particularly Jenkins.
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence.
• Knowledge of Micro Focus CSA (HCM).
• Experience with Python scripting.
• Good understanding of deployment, production monitoring and incident management.
• Ability to work effectively with development, systems, database and network teams.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive, organised and collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimise application deployments across production environments.
• Automate operational processes and improve application reliability using Shell, KSH and PowerShell scripting.
• Support the industrialisation and standardisation of applications, ensuring consistent deployment and operational practices.
• Coordinate technical changes and infrastructure operations, including server migrations and planned maintenance activities.
• Manage application scheduling and batch processing activities.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to deploy new application versions.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents, ensuring minimal disruption to critical services.
• Work with Windows and Unix environments, supporting application operations and troubleshooting.
• Contribute to CI/CD processes using tools such as Jenkins.
• Maintain technical documentation covering application architecture, operational procedures and monitoring requirements.
• Identify opportunities for automation, process improvement and operational efficiency.

Skills

DevOps

Production engineering

Windows/Unix

Shell scripting

PowerShell

Oracle databases

CI/CD

Jenkins

Jira/Confluence

Python scripting

Incident management

Automation mindset

Tools

Jenkins

Confluence

Jira

Micro Focus CSA (HCM)

BMC Control-M

Job description

At Nimber, we're looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a challenging project within the banking sector, focused on the automation, industrialisation and reliability of business-critical applications.

You'll be part of an Infrastructure Production Engineering team, responsible for ensuring that applications are efficiently deployed, monitored and maintained in production environments.

This role combines systems engineering, scripting, application deployment and production support, working closely with development, infrastructure and operations teams to improve the stability and efficiency of IT services.

What You'll Be Doing

• Manage and optimise application deployments across production environments.
• Automate operational processes and improve application reliability using Shell, KSH and PowerShell scripting.
• Support the industrialisation and standardisation of applications, ensuring consistent deployment and operational practices.
• Coordinate technical changes and infrastructure operations, including server migrations and planned maintenance activities.
• Manage application scheduling and batch processing activities.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to deploy new application versions.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents, ensuring minimal disruption to critical services.
• Work with Windows and Unix environments, supporting application operations and troubleshooting.
• Contribute to CI/CD processes using tools such as Jenkins.
• Maintain technical documentation covering application architecture, operational procedures and monitoring requirements.
• Identify opportunities for automation, process improvement and operational efficiency.

What We're Looking For

• Solid experience in DevOps, Production Engineering, Application Operations or a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Unix/Linux environments.
• Hands-on experience with Shell scripting (KSH) and PowerShell.
• Knowledge of Oracle databases.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, particularly Jenkins.
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence.
• Knowledge of Micro Focus CSA (HCM).
• Experience with Python scripting.
• Good understanding of application deployment, production monitoring and incident management.
• Ability to work effectively with development, systems, database and network teams.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive, organised and collaborative approach.

Nice to Have

• Experience with BMC Control-M or other enterprise workload scheduling tools.
• Previous experience in banking or other business-critical production environments.
• Familiarity with application industrialisation and infrastructure automation.
• Experience coordinating technical changes and production releases.

Additional Information

This position involves staggered working hours within the 06:30-19:30 operational window, as well as participation in an on-call rotation covering seven-day periods, including weekends.

Why Nimber?

At Nimber, we don't believe in simply filling vacancies. We believe in connecting talented people with meaningful challenges, encouraging innovation and creating opportunities to make a real impact.

If you're passionate about infrastructure automation, enjoy solving complex production challenges and want to contribute to the reliability of critical IT systems, we'd love to hear from you.