Senior DevOps Engineer

SAP; Oeiras; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our infrastructure team in Portugal. You will work on cloud infrastructure strategies, monitoring the build landscape, and driving automation across CI/CD processes.

The role demands experience with microservices, containerization, and Kubernetes, plus strong cloud and network knowledge. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in DevOps, fluency in English, and hands-on skills with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Flux, Git, and modern observability tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in deploying and maintaining microservice-based solutions.
• Automation mindset with proficiency in Go, Bash, Shell, or Python.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, testing, and deployment processes.
• Experience in datacenter, cloud, and network environments.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a monitoring system for the build landscape.
• Identify security and performance issues to ensure quality and satisfaction.
• Design, implement, and manage DevOps capabilities with CI/CD toolchains.
• Analyze infrastructure and provide expertise on containerization and Kubernetes migrations.
• Ensure designs reduce single points of failure and security vulnerabilities.

Skills

Automation & scripting

CI/CD

Cloud & datacenter experience

Troubleshooting

English proficiency

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Flux

Git

GitHub Actions

Splunk

Dynatrace

Grafana

Prometheus

Loki

Job description

We are looking for a Senior DevOps engineer to join our infrastructure team. You will challenge yourself in the fast‑paced world of cloud infrastructure and play a key role in SAP’s strategy to move to the cloud.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain a monitoring system that oversees our build landscape.
• Identify and address security and performance issues to ensure quality and customer satisfaction.
• Design, implement, and manage DevOps capabilities using CI/CD toolsets and automation.
• Analyze existing infrastructure and provide expertise on containerization and migration to Kubernetes (K8s).
• Ensure system design reduces exposure to single points of failure and security vulnerabilities.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience preparing, deploying, and maintaining solutions using microservice architecture.
• A cloud mindset with an affinity for automation (Go, Bash, Shell, or Python).
• Knowledge of continuous integration, testing, and deployment.
• Experience in datacenter, cloud, and network environments.
• Troubleshooting and support experience in system monitoring.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Tech you bring

• Public Cloud Services: Managed Kubernetes clusters, Managed Database clusters.
• Containerisation & Microservices: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm.
• Source control & CI/CD tooling: Flux, Git, GitHub Actions.
• Observability & Monitoring tools: Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki.

Tech you'll learn

Successful candidates will work with our engineering team to improve skills on the mentioned tools and utilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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