At Accenture Digital Core, we help clients continuously innovate at speed and at scale, combining deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver meaningful transformation. You will bring innovation, intelligence and experience together to shape robust, secure and scalable digital solutions.
This is a junior Elasticsearch & Observability Engineer role focused on supporting, maintaining, and assisting in the deployment of the Elasticsearch Stack and observability solutions across multi-platform environments (Mainframe, Open Systems, and Container platforms). This role operates as a structured executor within the team, performing routine operational tasks, platform health checks, basic troubleshooting, and supporting application onboarding under guidance.
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Assist in maintaining, supporting, and extending Elastic Stack components (Beats, Elastic Agents, Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana);
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Execute predefined procedures and runbooks for platform health monitoring, routine maintenance, and alert checks across non-production and production environments;
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Support application teams during onboarding onto the observability platform;
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Assist in configuring basic monitoring, dashboards, log collection, and alerting;
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Participate in routine release execution and incident handling under the guidance of senior team members;
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Follow established coding standards, governance, and CI/CD practices;
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Document operational activities, updates, and ticket resolutions accurately;
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Collaborate closely with team members and communicate progress clearly within the team and with stakeholders.
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Health insurance;
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Life Insurance and Pension Plan Programs;
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Free medical services at the office (Physician, Nutritionist, Psychologist);
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Wellness programs;
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Flexben Program (Support for Education, Kindergarten, Training, Technology, Health);
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Employee Share Purchase Plan;
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Personalized training paths and access to Udemy and Pluralsight Platforms;
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Flex-ability program (financial and flexible support for people with disabilities);
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Special banking conditions;
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Hybrid working model.
Qualifications
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University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a comparable technical field (or equivalent initial experience);
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0-2 years of hands-on experience or familiarity with IT environments, logging, and monitoring concepts;
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Basic understanding of Agile delivery principles and ITIL/incident management processes (is a plus);
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Foundational knowledge of Operating Systems: Linux and/or Windows basic commands, file systems, and core metrics (CPU, memory, storage).
Technical Skills
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Understanding of core Observability concepts (logs, metrics, traces, golden signals) — mandatory;
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Exposure to or willingness to learn the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Elastic Agents) and OpenTelemetry;
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Basic knowledge of version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines concepts;
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Basic understanding of Containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and APIs (REST) is a plus;
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Foundational awareness of IT Security principles (authentication, access management basics);
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Basic knowledge of collaboration and ticketing tools: Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, MS Office.
Profile & Other Requirements
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Professional English C1 (spoken and written) — mandatory; French and/or Dutch is a plus;
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Strong team collaboration skills in distributed environments — mandatory;
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Continuous learning mindset and eagerness to grow technical expertise — mandatory;
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Structured problem-solving attitude, proactivity, and attention to detail;
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Ability to follow guidelines, ask clarifying questions, and escalate risks early;
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Willingness and availability for on-call support and scheduled overtime activities when required;
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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.
