Senior DevOps Engineer — Hybrid (Lisbon) Cloud & AI Infra

The Virtual Forge Limited; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training budget

AWS certifications

Work-life balance

Job summary

The Virtual Forge is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join its Lisbon-based hybrid team. You will design, automate and run AWS and Azure infrastructure across client platforms, working with engineers, data and AI teams.

You’ll implement Terraform-based infrastructure, set up CI/CD in Azure DevOps, and manage container workloads with Docker and Kubernetes. Strong security and ISO-aligned practices are expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps/Platform Engineering or equivalent.
• Production AWS experience: EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch.
• Proficient in Azure equivalents: VMs, Networking, Entra ID, SQL, Storage.
• Strong Terraform skills; production infra from day one.
• Experience with AI coding assistants for infrastructure tasks.
• ISO27001/TISAX/Cyber Essentials aware infrastructure.
• CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps; Git proficient.
• Docker and container orchestration (ECS/Kubernetes).
• Bash or Python scripting; Linux administration.
• SQL database admin and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve AWS/Azure infrastructure; code in Terraform.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Run container workloads with Docker and ECS/Kubernetes.
• Set up monitoring, logging and alerts using CloudWatch/Azure Monitor.
• Implement security by design: IAM, encryption, secrets, patching.
• Ensure ISO27001/TISAX alignment with tagging and env separation.
• Manage reliability: backups, DR, scaling, performance reviews.
• Monitor cloud costs; suggest cost-saving measures.
• Write runbooks and document trade-offs for clients.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Linux

Python

Bash

Cloud Security

IAM & least privilege

Networking fundamentals

English communication

Education

Bachelor equivalent in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Git

Azure DevOps

CloudWatch

Azure Monitor

Job description

The Virtual Forge is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join its Lisbon-based hybrid team. You will design, automate and run AWS and Azure infrastructure across client platforms, working with engineers, data and AI teams.

You’ll implement Terraform-based infrastructure, set up CI/CD in Azure DevOps, and manage container workloads with Docker and Kubernetes. Strong security and ISO-aligned practices are expected.