Senior Elasticsearch & Observability Engineer

Accenture; Lisboa; Híbrido; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health insurance

Life Insurance and Pension Plan

Hybrid working model

Flexible benefits

Resumo da oferta

Accenture in Lisbon is seeking a Senior Elasticsearch & Observability Engineer to design, build, and extend the Elastic Stack across mainframe, open systems, and container platforms. You will drive observability practices, work with development and operations teams, and mentor peers while aligning with CD/CI governance.

The role requires hands-on expertise in Elastic Stack, OpenTelemetry, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools, with strong English communication and a hybrid Lisbon-based work model.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 5–10 years of hands-on observability and production support experience.
• Proven track record in Agile delivery and incident/release management.
• Strong cross-team collaboration, stakeholder communication, and effort estimation.
• OS & Infrastructure knowledge: Linux and Windows fundamentals.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, maintain, and extend the Elastic Stack for observability across Mainframe, Open Systems, and Container platforms.
• Drive observability practices and design solutions for diverse environments.
• Ensure platform performance, data lifecycle management, and secure access control.
• Collaborate with development, architects, and operations teams for CI/CD integration.
• Coach and mentor team members and govern observability adoption.
• Lead RCA, incident handling, and release execution.

Conhecimentos

Elasticsearch

Observability

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Java/REST

Git/Jenkins

OpenTelemetry

Linux

Formação académica

University degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Ferramentas

Elastic Stack

Bitbucket

Git

Jenkins

UCD

Ansible

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Description

Role description and responsibilitiesThis is a Senior Elasticsearch & Observability Engineer role focused on designing, building, maintaining, and extending the Elasticsearch Stack to drive observability practices across complex environments (Mainframe, Open Systems, and Container platforms). Day-to-day work combines technical execution, platform optimization, cross-team collaboration, continuous delivery governance, and coaching to drive observability adoption.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, maintain, support, and extend the Elastic Stack (Beats, Elastic Agents, Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana);
• Drive Observability practices and design solutions for applications hosted on Mainframe, Open Systems, and Container platforms;
• Ensure platform performance, indexing efficiency, log retention policies, data lifecycle management, and secure access control;
• Follow vendor updates, new feature releases, and market trends to continuously evolve the observability platform;
• Work closely with development teams, architects, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration of observability and CI/CD knowledge;
• Establish best practices and governance for application monitoring and compliance with coding standards/guidelines;
• Coach and mentor team members, driving the adoption of new observability solutions across the organization;
• Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze needs, estimate effort for new features, co-create value-driven roadmaps, and report progress to Product Owners/Management;
• Lead production troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), incident handling (P1/P2), and release execution.

RequirementsQualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or comparable technical field;
• 5-10 years of hands-on experience in IT environments with focus on observability and production support;
• Proven track record in Agile delivery models and incident/release management;
• Solid experience in cross-team coordination, stakeholder communication, and effort estimation;
• OS & Infrastructure knowledge: Linux and Windows fundamentals (processes, file systems, shell, key metrics).

Technical Skills

• Strong hands‑on expertise with Elastic platform (Beats, Elastic Agents, Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana, OpenTelemetry standards);
• Observability core concepts: logs, metrics, traces, golden signals, log analysis, dashboard creation, and alerting configuration;
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD tools (Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, UCD, Ansible) and automated testing frameworks;
• Container & Cloud technologies: Docker & Kubernetes; APIs and system integration (REST API fundamentals);
• Basic understanding of security controls: authentication, RBAC, access management, and audit compliance;
• Tools: Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, MS Office.
• Profile & Other Requirements
• Professional English C1 (spoken and written) — mandatory; French and/or Dutch is a plus;
• Strong collaboration & coaching skills — comfortable mentoring peers and interacting with technical and non‑technical stakeholders;
• Proactive mindset with strong ownership, structured problem‑solving, and continuous learning attitude;
• Willingness and availability for on‑call support and scheduled overtime activities when required;
• Lisbon/Portugal-based — hybrid working model (CET alignment required).
• Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space nationality to legally work in Portugal.

Nice to haveMainframe knowledge is a plus;Elasticsearch certification and Microsoft Azure knowledge are a strong plus;Experience in regulated environments (e.g., Financial Services) is a strong plus;French and/or Dutch is a plus.

Perks

• Health insurance;
• Life Insurance and Pension Plan Programs;
• Free medical services at the office (Physician, Nutritionist, Psychologist);
• Wellness programs;
• Flexben Program (Support for Education, Kindergarten, Training, Technology, Health);
• Employee Share Purchase Plan;
• Personalized training paths and access to Udemy and Pluralsight Platforms;
• Flex‑ability program (financial and flexible support for people with disabilities);
• Special banking conditions;
• Hybrid working model.

Skills

Required: Docker, ElasticSearch, Linux, Kibana, Ansible, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, OpenTelemetry, Logstash, REST API