SRE / Platform Engineer (M/F/D) em Portugal, Portugal

Your new role: 
• Design, implement and maintain highly available, scalable and secure platform infrastructure in cloud environments, with a strong focus on reliability and automation 
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters in public cloud environments, preferably Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) 
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including module development, state management and drift remediation 
• Develop and improve CI/CD processes using GitHub Actions and GitOps practices with tools such as FluxCD or Argo CD 
• Define and enhance observability frameworks using OpenTelemetry, Grafana, SLOs, SLIs and proactive alerting mechanisms 
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis and platform reliability initiatives, ensuring service stability and continuous improvement • Implement DevSecOps best practices, including least-privilege access models, secrets management, supply-chain security and container image governance • Support and optimize high-throughput distributed systems and event-driven architectures 
• Collaborate closely with software engineering, architecture and security teams to improve platform efficiency and developer experience 
• Evaluate and leverage AI-powered tools to improve operational efficiency, automation and incident management processes

What You Need to Succeed: 
• Advanced or fluent English (mandatory) 
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or similar roles 
• Strong hands-on experience managing Kubernetes environments in public cloud platforms, preferably Azure AKS 
• Solid experience with Terraform, including reusable modules, state management and infrastructure drift control 
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and GitOps approaches using FluxCD and/or Argo CD 
• Strong knowledge of observability practices, including OpenTelemetry, Grafana, SLOs, alerting strategies and incident management processes 
• Experience working with PagerDuty or equivalent incident response platforms 
• Strong scripting and automation skills with Bash 
• Professional experience with Go, Python and/or C# 
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps principles, including secrets management, least-privilege access controls, software supply-chain security and container security 
• Familiarity with high-throughput and distributed systems such as Kafka, NATS JetStream, Redis and Databricks 
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex production environments and drive reliability improvements

Nice-to-Have Skills: 
• Experience with IoT platforms or large-scale telemetry environments 
• Experience with progressive delivery tools such as Flagger or Argo Rollouts 
• Knowledge of FinOps principles and cloud cost optimization practices 
• Familiarity with ISO 27001 standards and security governance frameworks 
• Experience using AI tools to support operations, automation, troubleshooting and incident triage 
• Experience in highly scalable, real-time or mission-critical environments

What the company can offer you:

• Participation in high-impact projects with leading clients

• Access to our exclusive network of opportunities, featuring projects with Hays partner companies

• Integration into the Hays IT Contracting Hub, providing visibility across a wide range of technological challenges

• Continuous support from a dedicated consultant, from the start of the project through future career transitions

• Guidance for professional development, with a strong focus on improving your skills and expertise

• Additional benefits tailored to your journey as a contracting professional

Next steps:

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