ITOps Engineer

Axians Portugal; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Performance bonuses

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Axians Portugal is seeking an experienced IT Ops Engineer to drive production excellence in an Agile and DevOps setting. You will bridge development, infrastructure, and operations to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure environments for business-critical applications.

You will design production architectures, implement CI/CD pipelines, and support deployments while emphasizing monitoring, capacity planning, and continual improvement.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in IT Operations, Infrastructure, DevOps, or similar roles.
• Hands-on experience designing and supporting production environments.
• Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, Ansible, Artifactory, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes, ElasticSearch, Grafana, Prometheus, and Dynatrace.
• Experience working within Agile and DevOps environments.
• Availability to travel internationally when required.
• Professional proficiency in English; French is considered a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement production architectures for new projects and initiatives.
• Integrate production and infrastructure requirements into technical solutions and product backlogs.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, and deployment processes.
• Manage production and non-production environments, ensuring availability, performance, security, and scalability.
• Facilitate solution deployments and support development teams in accelerating project delivery.
• Implement monitoring and observability solutions using modern tooling.
• Perform capacity planning and anticipate infrastructure evolution requirements.
• Manage infrastructure upgrades and assess operational impacts.
• Contribute to incident resolution, service stability, and operational excellence.
• Promote DevOps best practices and continuous improvement across project teams.
• Ensure operational documentation, backup strategies, and recovery plans are maintained and validated.
• Coach and support teams on application production best practices and Agile & DevOps methodologies.

Skills

IT Operations

Infrastructure Management

DevOps culture

CI/CD

Automation

Monitoring/Observability

Security/Compliance

Agile/Collaboration

English proficiency

Willingness to travel

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

Ansible

Artifactory

SonarQube

Docker

Kubernetes

ElasticSearch

Grafana

Prometheus

Dynatrace

Job description

Join Axians, where innovation thrives on trust and autonomy, and where every challenge is an opportunity to create technology with impact.

ITOPS ENGINEER

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for an experienced IT Ops Engineer to play a key role in an Agile and DevOps environment, ensuring production excellence throughout the project lifecycle. This professional will be responsible for integrating production and infrastructure requirements into technical solutions, supporting project teams, maintaining operational stability, and driving continuous improvement initiatives through automation, monitoring, and DevOps best practices. You will act as a bridge between development, infrastructure, and operations teams, ensuring reliable, scalable, and secure environments while contributing to the successful delivery of business-critical applications.

What You Will Do On a Daily Basis

• Design and implement production architectures for new projects and initiatives.
• Integrate production and infrastructure requirements into technical solutions and product backlogs.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, and deployment processes.
• Manage production and non-production environments, ensuring availability, performance, security, and scalability.
• Facilitate solution deployments and support development teams in accelerating project delivery.
• Implement monitoring and observability solutions using modern tooling.
• Perform capacity planning and anticipate infrastructure evolution requirements.
• Manage infrastructure upgrades and assess operational impacts.
• Contribute to incident resolution, service stability, and operational excellence.
• Promote DevOps best practices and continuous improvement across project teams.
• Ensure operational documentation, backup strategies, and recovery plans are maintained and validated.
• Coach and support teams on application production best practices and Agile & DevOps methodologies.

Your Key Skills

• Production Operations and Infrastructure Management.
• DevOps culture, automation, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
• Monitoring, observability, and performance optimization.
• Capacity planning and operational risk management.
• Incident management and troubleshooting in complex environments.
• Infrastructure and application security awareness.
• Strong coordination, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work autonomously while collaborating within multidisciplinary teams.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Continuous improvement mindset.

Your Main Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in IT Operations, Infrastructure, DevOps, or similar roles.
• Strong experience designing and supporting production environments.
• Hands-on experience with:
• GitLab
• Jenkins
• Ansible
• Artifactory
• SonarQube
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• ElasticSearch
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• Dynatrace
• Experience working within Agile and DevOps environments.
• Experience supporting application lifecycle management and deployment processes.
• Availability to travel internationally when required.
• Professional proficiency in English.
• French is considered a plus.

What We Offer

Stable professional career

Working with Axians projects becomes an asset to those of us who want to offer stability through a secure career.

Prospects for career advancement

You can access training and new certifications that will further elevate your skills. The 360° evaluation from managers and peers will also allow you to evolve.

Work Life Balance

By collaborating with Axians, you will be able to reconcile work and family requirements without neglecting either area.

Attractive, Evolving Compensation

When working with Axians, you will have access to performance bonuses in addition to an attractive salary pack (base salary + benefits). You are also entitled to health insurance and an employee assistance program for you and your family (Psychological, Legal, Psychosocial, and Financial support).

Axians is the VINCI Energies brand dedicated to Information Technology and Digital Transformation. With an international presence and a people-to-people approach, we combine technology, innovation, and proximity to create real impact for organizations and society.

Join Axians

At Axians, we believe that talent does not fit a single profile. We value diversity and promote an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow and contribute. If you have a disability or impairment, we are committed to ensuring equal opportunities throughout the recruitment and onboarding process. Whenever needed, we provide reasonable accommodations so that you can participate on an equal basis. If you require any accommodation, please let us know by contacting us at [e-mail].