Quick Summary
Seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer, remote in Portugal, specializing in Azure environments to scale a high-availability B2B service platform under a pure GitOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) culture. The role requires 5+ years of experience, expert command of Azure, deep proficiency in AKS/Kubernetes and Helm, and advanced skills in Terraform and Ansible. Key responsibilities include leading GitOps evolution using ArgoCD, optimizing CI/CD pipelines via Jenkins, and managing observability stacks (ELK/EFK, Grafana). Professional fluency in both English and Spanish is required.
TechRivo, a software consulting company based in Portugal serving customers in Europe and Australia across Fintech and Education sectors, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer.
Role Summary: Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure Focus)
We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with a solid background in Azure environments to join our client’s team. You will work directly with the DevOps Lead to scale a high-availability B2B service platform and ensure the resilience, automation, and continuous improvement of our Kubernetes stacks and CI/CD pipelines under a pure GitOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) culture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Infrastructure Management (IaC): Maintain and evolve core infrastructure on Azure using Terraform, leading the creation of reusable modules and automated deployments.
- Container Orchestration: Operate, secure, and optimize AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) clusters, managing application packaging and deployments via Helm Charts.
- Operations Automation: Design complex Ansible playbooks for Node.js and PHP application configurations, implementing advanced deployment strategies (Blue-Green, Canary, Rolling updates).
- GitOps Evolution: Lead the implementation and enhancement of workflows using ArgoCD to achieve 100% adoption of the GitOps model across the organization.
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Optimize pipelines in Jenkins and Bitbucket Pipelines, ensuring artifact integrity in Nexus and managing the container image lifecycle in Azure Container Registry or Harbor.
- Observability: Guarantee platform health and performance by managing ELK/EFK logging stacks and developing advanced monitoring dashboards in Grafana.
Requirements:
- Experience: 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering roles.
- Public Cloud: Expert-level command of Azure (Networking, Security, Compute, and Cost Management). Knowledge of AWS or GCP is a plus.
- Kubernetes: Deep proficiency in K8s (operation, troubleshooting, and deployment architecture) and software management with Helm.
- Infrastructure as Code: Advanced experience with Terraform and configuration management with Ansible.
- CI/CD & GitOps: Professional use of ArgoCD, Jenkins, and Bitbucket. Solid understanding of GitFlow.
- Security & Artifacts: Experience with container registries (Harbor/Nexus) and secure secret management.
- Logging & Monitoring: Proven experience with the Elastic Stack (ELK/EFK): Elasticsearch, Logstash, Fluentd/Fluentbit, and Kibana.
Soft Skills:
- Ability to propose stack improvements and defend technical solutions to stakeholders.
- Proven ability to lead infrastructure projects from conception to completion.
- Advocate for best practices, continuous improvement, and maintaining high-quality technical documentation.
- Full-time availability.
- You should speak/write English and Spanish at a professional level.
- You should be keen on doing video calls.
What you can expect from this process:
- Our team will carefully review your application, and if your experience and qualifications match our needs, we’ll invite you for an initial call
- Technical Assignment on TestGorilla
- Call with CTO
- Call with Client
Submit your application using this form. Please note that applications made through other channels, will not be considered.