AWS Cloud Enginer

AWS Cloud Enginer
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

AWS Senior Cloud Engineer

Location: Lisbon, Portugal (Hybrid – 3 days
- site)

Industry: Insurance

Seniority: Senior

Experience Level: 5+ years

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to collaborate closely with a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCo
E) in defining, implementing, and enforcing best practices for cloud operations. This is a
- time,
-
- materials engagement within the insurance domain, operating in a hybrid model with
- site presence required three days per week in Lisbon.

The role focuses on supporting new initiatives through architectural guidance, Infrastructure as Code (Ia
C) deployments, and leading incident response and
- resolution activities in
- critical environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCo
  E) to define, standardize, and enforce AWS operational best practices.
• Design and implement scalable, secure cloud architectures aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and AWS Cloud
  Formation).
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated and reliable deployments.
• Lead troubleshooting, incident response, and
  - cause analysis for critical AWS workloads.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, governance, and regulatory standards.
• Optimize AWS environments for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong
  - on experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and related
  - native components.
• Advanced proficiency in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (Ia
  C) methodologies.
• Practical experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Git
  Hub Actions, and AWS Code
  Pipeline.
• Solid background in monitoring, observability, and performance optimization within AWS environments.
• Proven
  - solving skills and the ability to lead technical efforts under
  - pressure conditions.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• AWS Certified Sys
  Ops Administrator
• Terraform certification

Qualifications & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or related technical roles.
• Senior-level experience designing, deploying, and operating AWS solutions in
  - scale environments.