Senior Devops Engineer

Jakalounge; Viseu; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jaka Lounge is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to strengthen security, reliability, and operational maturity of cloud-native platforms on Azure. You will collaborate with Development, Infrastructure, Cyber Security and Operations teams to automate security controls and implement best practices across Azure and Kubernetes environments.

Responsibilities include securing AKS infrastructure, remediating vulnerabilities, integrating security scanning in CI/CD, and managing secrets and logging.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps/DevSecOps or cloud platforms.
• Strong hands-on Azure experience.
• Experience with AKS and CI/CD in Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes security, IAM, Key Vault, WAF.
• Familiarity with SSDLC, logging/monitoring.
• Nice to have Checkmarx/SonarQube and IaC tooling like Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Improve the security posture of Azure infrastructure and Kubernetes (AKS) environments.
• Review and remediate security vulnerabilities with development teams.
• Implement and optimize security scanning in CI/CD pipelines (Checkmarx, SonarQube).
• Manage secrets, identities, and access controls using Azure services.
• Design logging, monitoring, alerts, and observability across apps and infra.
• Review cloud architecture and recommend security, scalability, and ops improvements.
• Drive DevSecOps best practices and security automation across the SDLC.

Skills

DevOps

DevSecOps

Azure

AKS

CI/CD

Security

Tools

Azure DevOps

Checkmarx

SonarQube

Azure Key Vault

WAF

Terraform

Job description

Portugal (hybrid model: 1 day per week in the office)

IT

Full Time Remote 4 days ago

Jaka Lounge is currently supporting our client in the search for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer(Azure).

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to strengthen the security, reliability, and operational maturity of cloud-native platforms running on Azure. You will work closely with Development, Infrastructure, Cyber Security, and Operations teams to improve security across the software development lifecycle, automate security controls, and implement best practices across Azure and Kubernetes environments.

Responsibilities

• Improve the security posture of Azure infrastructure and Kubernetes (AKS) environments
• Review and remediate security vulnerabilities in collaboration with development teams
• Implement and optimize application security scanning within CI/CD pipelines (Checkmarx, SonarQube)
• Manage secrets, identities, and access controls using Azure security services
• Design and improve logging, monitoring, alerting, and observability across applications and infrastructure
• Review cloud architecture and recommend security, scalability, and operational improvements
• Drive DevSecOps best practices and security automation across the SDLC

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Platform Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes security, IAM, Azure Key Vault, Azure Front Door, and Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• Experience with vulnerability management and secure software development practices (SSDLC)
• Experience with logging, monitoring, and observability platforms
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and secrets management

Nice to Have

• Experience with Checkmarx and/or SonarQube
• Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and application security best practices
• Experience with Drupal or WordPress environments

If this sounds like a role where you could thrive, we'd love to hear from you.