Portuguese company hires for hybrid position
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- ️ Only candidates already based in Portugal will be considered
Work Model: Hybrid
️ Language Requirements: Professional English — mandatory; French is desirable
Seniority: Mid-level (2+ years) (with three years preferred)
Sector: Banking
Rate Between €4500 - 4800 RV / €2600 – 2900 CTI
- ️ Instructions: Please send your CV in English and make sure to include all skills and experience that match the requirements of the opportunity. This will significantly increase your chances of success
We are looking for a Senior IT Cloud Infrastructure Administrator to help ensure the stability, security, and operational readiness of production services throughout the project lifecycle.
Working within an Agile and DevOps environment, you will bring production and infrastructure requirements into solution design, product backlogs, deployments, monitoring, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
This opportunity is ideal for an infrastructure and operations professional who understands that reliable production services begin during design and delivery—not only after an application goes live.
Technical Solutions and Production Readiness
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Contribute to the definition of technical and infrastructure solutions;
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Promote existing products and services that reduce delivery time and operational risk;
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Incorporate resilience, monitoring, security, capacity, and supportability into solution designs;
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Advise project teams on infrastructure and production technologies;
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Identify potential conflicts with architecture, security, scalability, and delivery standards;
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Translate production requirements into technical user stories and backlog items;
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Support development teams in delivering solutions securely and efficiently;
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Implement technical user stories or coordinate the required specialists.
Environments and Deployment
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Provision and support production and non-production environments;
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Coordinate the infrastructure expertise and services required by applications;
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Facilitate solution deployments;
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Confirm environment readiness, including performance, access, backup, and restore capabilities;
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Review or support security assessments;
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Verify the traceability of infrastructure and machine access;
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Identify blockers involving networks, security, connectivity, flows, or infrastructure;
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Define action plans and coordinate their resolution.
Operations and Service Reliability
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Maintain services in operational condition;
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Define service levels, production indicators, and monitoring requirements;
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Implement monitoring and supervision for production solutions;
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Ensure that installation and operating documentation remains current;
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Confirm that backup and switchover plans exist and are tested;
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Support release incidents and operational blockages;
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Investigate and coordinate the resolution of production issues;
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Work with Application Production Support on reliability improvements;
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Promote automation, performance optimisation, and operational efficiency.
Team Enablement
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Promote application-production best practices;
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Help product and project teams use Agile and DevOps tools effectively;
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Share operational knowledge across teams;
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Support technical decision-making and continuous improvement;
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Coordinate contributors and encourage ownership of production quality.
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At least two years of relevant experience in IT infrastructure, cloud operations, production engineering, DevOps, or a similar role;
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Practical knowledge of IT infrastructure and production operations;
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Experience supporting production and non-production environments;
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Hands-on knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes;
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Experience with service monitoring and observability;
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Understanding of DevOps delivery chains and CI/CD practices;
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Familiarity with IT risk, cybersecurity, resilience, and operational controls;
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Experience supporting deployments, releases, and production incidents;
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Ability to translate infrastructure requirements into technical actions or backlog items;
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Experience working within Agile and DevOps teams;
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Strong analytical, critical-thinking, coordination, and problem-solving skills;
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Ability to communicate professionally in English;
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Availability to work in a hybrid arrangement in Lisbon;
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Ability to travel outside Portugal when required.
Candidates are not expected to be experts in every tool listed below. The priorities are strong production awareness, infrastructure knowledge, container experience, monitoring, and effective coordination.
Experience with several of the following will be valuable:
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Docker and Kubernetes;
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Elasticsearch;
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Grafana;
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Prometheus;
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Dynatrace;
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GitLab;
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Artifactory;
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Jenkins;
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SonarQube;
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Ansible;
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Mattermost;
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CI/CD pipelines;
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Infrastructure and service-monitoring platforms.
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Three or more years of relevant experience;
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Practical French-language skills;
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Experience with backup, restore, and switchover testing;
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Knowledge of access traceability and infrastructure-security reviews;
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Experience defining service levels or operational KPIs;
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Familiarity with obsolescence management;
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Experience improving automation or production performance;
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Previous responsibility for coordinating technical contributors;
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Ability to train or mentor colleagues in production best practices.
The ideal candidate is a production-minded infrastructure professional who combines technical knowledge with coordination and communication skills.
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Anticipate operational, security, and monitoring needs early;
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Understand how infrastructure decisions affect application reliability;
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Are comfortable with container platforms and modern DevOps toolchains;
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Investigate problems systematically and propose practical action plans;
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Coordinate the right specialists without losing ownership of the outcome;
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Communicate clearly with development, infrastructure, security, and support teams;
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Prioritise effectively and remain composed during incidents;
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Follow standards while identifying opportunities for improvement;
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Share knowledge and help teams adopt stronger production practices;
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Focus on customer satisfaction, quality, and measurable results.
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How many years of experience do you have in infrastructure, cloud operations, production engineering, or DevOps?
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What types of production environments have you supported?
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How would you describe your hands-on experience with Docker?
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What practical experience do you have with Kubernetes?
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Which monitoring and observability platforms have you used?
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Have you worked with Elasticsearch, Grafana, Prometheus, or Dynatrace?
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Which CI/CD and DevOps tools have you used?
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What experience do you have with GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, SonarQube, or Ansible?
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Have you provisioned or supported production and non-production environments?
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Have you translated infrastructure or operational requirements into backlog items?
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What experience do you have facilitating application deployments?
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Have you supported backup, restore, or switchover testing?
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Have you reviewed access traceability or infrastructure-security controls?
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Could you describe a complex production incident or operational blocker you resolved?
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Have you defined service levels, production indicators, or monitoring requirements?
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How have you contributed to production automation or performance improvements?
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Have you coordinated technical contributors or mentored team members?
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What is your English proficiency level?
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Do you have practical knowledge of French?
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Are you currently based in or able to work in Lisbon?
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Are you comfortable with a hybrid working arrangement?
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Are you available for occasional travel outside Portugal?
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Which contract model do you prefer: RV or CTI?
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Is the proposed rate aligned with your expectations?
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What is your earliest possible start date?
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