Senior Platform Engineer – Azure

Decskill; Portugal; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working model

International career opportunities

Job summary

Decskill is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer – Azure for a project with a remote working model. You will design and evolve infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt, automate provisioning with Ansible and scripting, and advance CI/CD pipelines in Azure and Kubernetes environments.

You will collaborate across stakeholders, promote DevOps and Cloud Native practices, and help optimise cloud costs while ensuring reliability and developer experience.

Qualifications

• Strong IaC experience with Terraform, including reusable modules.
• Experience designing reusable infrastructure with self-service.
• Knowledge of configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible.
• Strong GitLab and GitLab CI/CD experience.
• Professional experience with public cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Good knowledge of Kubernetes and containerisation.
• Familiarity with GitOps, preferably Argo CD.
• Automation using Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
• Good understanding of DevOps, Cloud Native, and SRE principles.
• Fluency in English is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders, developers and engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions on time.
• Design, implement, and evolve Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and tasks using Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible, and scripting.
• Build reusable Terraform modules and self-service capabilities for developers.
• Improve infrastructure platform by reducing manual toil and technical debt.
• Design and improve CI/CD pipelines supporting infrastructure and applications.
• Manage and evolve Microsoft Azure infrastructure and services for scalability, security and cost efficiency.
• Contribute to Kubernetes/AKS evolution within the platform.
• Promote Cloud Native, DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure as Code and GitOps best practices.
• Support FinOps and cloud cost optimisation opportunities.
• Analyse, troubleshoot and resolve complex incidents; ensure root causes are addressed.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Azure

Kubernetes

GitOps

CI/CD

Argo CD

Python scripting

Terragrunt

Automation

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

Ansible

Kubernetes

Azure

GitLab CI/CD

Argo CD

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Job description

We are growing. And we are looking for talented people.

At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent.

We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long-term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.

As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long-term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams.

We would like to meet a Senior Platform Engineer – Azurefor a project with a remote working model.

What You’ll Do:

• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, developers, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions on time.
• Design, implement, and continuously evolve Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and operational tasks using Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible, and scripting.
• Build reusable Terraform modules, automation, and golden paths that enable development teams to provision and consume infrastructure through self-service.
• Continuously improve our infrastructure platform by reducing manual processes, operational toil, and technical debt.
• Design and improve CI/CD pipelines supporting infrastructure and application delivery.
• Manage and evolve our Microsoft Azure infrastructure and services, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Contribute to the management and evolution of our Kubernetes / AKS environment as part of the wider platform.
• Design and implement new platform capabilities that improve reliability, scalability, quality, and developer experience.
• Promote Cloud Native, DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps best practices across teams.
• Support FinOps principles and continuously identify opportunities for cloud and infrastructure cost optimisation.
• Analyse, troubleshoot, and resolve complex infrastructure and platform incidents, ensuring root causes are identified and recurrence is prevented.
• Establish and promote code review, testing, validation, and quality practices for infrastructure and automation code.
• Help build a culture where infrastructure and operational processes are managed through version-controlled code rather than manual provisioning and administration.

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform, including reusable modules, state management, and infrastructure automation.
• Experience designing reusable infrastructure, automation, and platform capabilities, with a strong focus on standardisation and self-service.
• Knowledge of configuration management and automation tools, preferably Ansible.
• Strong practical knowledge of GitLab and GitLab CI/CD, including pipeline development and automation.
• Professional experience with public cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Good knowledge of Kubernetes and containerisation.
• Familiarity with GitOps methodologies, preferably Argo CD.
• Ability to develop automation using Python, Bash, or similar scripting/programming languages.
• Good understanding of DevOps, Cloud Native, and SRE principles.
• Experience with code repositories, code reviews, automated testing, and software engineering best practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, combined with a proactive and autonomous mindset.
• Fluency in English is mandatory.

Nice to Have:

• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes / AKS and the wider CNCF ecosystem.
• Experience with observability, including monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing.
• Familiarity with developer self-service and automation, particularly using Atlassian tools such as Jira, Confluence, and JSM.
• Good knowledge of Linux administration and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of FinOps and cloud cost optimisation.
• Experience with internal developer platforms and developer tooling.
• Exposure to Agile ways of working, particularly Kanban.
• Relevant certifications in Terraform, Azure, Kubernetes, or related technologies.
• A strong curiosity and motivation to learn new technologies and continuously improve processes.
• Excellent autonomy, critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Are you looking for an environment that values curiosity and commitment? Here, your contribution has real impact and individual growth is taken seriously.

Find with us the right opportunity to grow!

What you can expect from us

• Long-term projects with national and international context.
• Opportunities to grow technically and professionally
• A people-first culture, focused on transparency and trust.
• Teams that value ownership, collaboration and stability.