IaC Engineer

VIRTHIO; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Professional development

Learning opportunities

Challenging projects

Job summary

VIRTHIO is a technology consulting company that helps national and international clients with IT consulting, nearshore, turnkey projects, blockchain and ML. We are seeking a cloud infrastructure engineer to build and evolve reusable infrastructure components and self-service solutions across Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments.

You will implement IaC standards, security controls, and automation across the full lifecycle while ensuring high availability and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience with Terraform or Crossplane required.
• Hands-on knowledge of Azure and GCP.
• Experience building reusable infrastructure modules and implementing GitOps and CI/CD.
• Understanding of infrastructure testing, Policy as Code, security scanning, secrets management, networking, and IAM/RBAC.
• Knowledge of cloud monitoring, compliance automation, disaster recovery, high availability, and FinOps.
• Ability to establish technical standards and guide teams through complex issues.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve reusable infrastructure components for cloud provisioning across Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments.
• Develop self-service solutions to enable engineering teams to deploy infrastructure efficiently.
• Establish best practices for infrastructure automation, including code validation, testing, and continuous delivery.
• Integrate security and compliance controls into infrastructure workflows to reduce deployment risks.
• Automate infrastructure changes throughout its lifecycle, from deployment to maintenance and retirement.
• Strengthen cloud resilience through high availability and disaster recovery, while optimizing performance and costs.
• Drive adoption of IaC standards across teams, review implementations, and support engineers.
• Explore AI-assisted workflows to improve automation while meeting security and reliability standards.

Skills

Terraform

Crossplane

Azure

GCP

GitOps

CI/CD

Infrastructure testing

Policy as Code

Security scanning

Secrets management

IAM/RBAC

Networking

FinOps

Documentation

Job description

VIRTHIO is a technology consulting company supporting national and international clients across sectors such as Banking, Services, and Energy. We connect specialized IT professionals with challenging projects, delivering expertise in IT Consulting, Nearshore, Turnkey Projects, Blockchain, and Machine Learning.

What you will be doing

• Build and evolve reusable infrastructure components to simplify cloud provisioning across Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments.
• Develop self-service solutions that enable engineering teams to deploy infrastructure efficiently and consistently.
• Establish best practices for infrastructure automation, including code validation, testing, and continuous delivery.
• Integrate security and compliance controls into infrastructure workflows to reduce deployment risks.
• Automate infrastructure changes throughout its lifecycle, from initial deployment to maintenance and retirement.
• Strengthen cloud resilience through high availability and disaster recovery solutions, while optimizing performance and costs.
• Drive the adoption of IaC standards across teams, review technical implementations, and support the development of other engineers.
• Explore approved AI-assisted workflows to improve automation, ensuring generated solutions meet security and reliability standards.

What you will need to succeed

• Strong experience with Terraform or Crossplane, and hands-on knowledge of both Microsoft Azure and GCP.
• Experience building reusable infrastructure modules and implementing GitOps and CI/CD practices.
• Understanding of infrastructure testing, Policy as Code, security scanning, secrets management, networking, and access control (IAM/RBAC).
• Knowledge of cloud monitoring, compliance automation, disaster recovery, high availability, and FinOps.
• Ability to establish technical standards, troubleshoot complex issues, and promote reliable infrastructure practices.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to guide technical teams and influence stakeholders.

What the company will offer you

• An open and collaborative environment that encourages initiative and new ideas.
• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
• Exposure to challenging cloud engineering and infrastructure automation projects.
• Hybrid working model, with two days per week in the office in Lisbon or Porto.
• The opportunity to contribute to the evolution of cloud infrastructure practices across engineering teams.