Cloud Infrastruture Engineer

Cloud Infrastruture Engineer
Viseu
Viseu, Viseu District, Portugal

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Founded in 2006 under the mission "To Challenge Complexity", Closer Consulting is a Data Science and Software Engineering company specialized in Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Software Development.

Through projects across industries – Banking, Telecommunications, Health, Retail, Energy, Insurance, and Aviation – we transform complexity into clarity, enabling our clients to make the best decisions for their businesses.

We are now looking for a Cloud Infrastruture Engineer to join our team in Portugal.

*For this position, you have to be already in Portugal, and have legal documentation to work in Portugal.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure for complex enterprise Saa
  S applications using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar tools).
• Deploy, scale, and monitor containerized and serverless workloads across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines (e. G. , Git
  Hub Actions, Git
  Lab CI) for automated testing and deployment.
• Monitor system performance, reliability, and security, and resolve issues efficiently.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams to deliver and support
  - critical features.
• Ensure infrastructure is secure,
  - effective, and highly available.
• Contribute to system architecture and help document processes and best practices.
• Troubleshoot production issues and participate in an
  - call rotation as needed.

Requirements:

• Proven experience building and maintaining infrastructure for
  - scale, enterprise Saa
  S applications.
• Proficiency with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and familiarity with their native services and best practices.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi.
• Experience with container orchestration (e. G. , ECS, EKS, GKE, AKS) and serverless platforms.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and modern Dev
  Ops/Git
  Ops practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools for distributed systems.
• Strong fundamentals in software engineering and systems architecture.
• A fast learner;
  
  able to pick up new technologies and adapt to new environments quickly.
• Able to clearly communicate technical concepts and work collaboratively with
  - functional teams in a fully remote, international setting. Fluent English is mandatory.
• Ownership mindset;
  
  takes
  -
  - end responsibility for the quality and reliability of delivered solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in
  - cloud environments.
• Exposure to data platforms like Databricks or Snowflake.
• Background in
  - growth or
  - focused Saa
  S companies.
• Familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure is a plus.

Our Hiring Philosophy:

• We look for engineers who bring new skills and diverse perspectives to the team.
• We value clear, direct communication and strong
  - solving abilities.
• We prioritize learning ability, technical fundamentals, and a sense of ownership over specific credentials.

We believe we are the ones too, by:

• Providing a Multidisciplinary Team;
  
  
• Offering a home office kit to ensure remote performance;
  
  
• Supporting yourcareer through a custom training and career plan;
  
  
• Ensuring professional growth and leadership opportunities;
  
  
• Helping you reach happiness at work.

Oh… and by the way, we also have:

• Several challenging and complex projects;
  
  
• Stimulating teams and leaders;
  
  
• World-class Clients and Partners.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Closer, we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to fostering an environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, regardless of race, gender, beliefs, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other personal characteristics. We embrace unique perspectives and experiences as a fundamental driver of our success.