Senior AWS DevOps Engineer Permanent Location: Portugal – Remote Salary: 70,000 - 80,000 Euros (+ benefits) Skills: AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Containerisation, CI/CD, Multi-Region Cloud Platforms, Infrastructure as Code, Platform Engineering, Automation We are working with a fast-growing technology business looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join their Cloud Platform team. This is a fully remote role based in the Portugal. This is a key role focused on designing, building, automating, securing and operating AWS-based cloud infrastructure. The organisation has a significant pipeline of infrastructure work planned and needs someone who can assess the current environment, prioritise what needs to happen first, document existing clusters, propose improvements and help deliver scalable cloud platform solutions. A major focus of the role will be the design and build of a multi-region AWS platform solution, so previous experience architecting, deploying or operating multi-region cloud environments is essential. You will work closely with architects, software engineering teams, security colleagues and technology leadership to improve platform reliability, automation, security, observability and operational excellence. Key responsibilities: Design, build and maintain scalable AWS cloud infrastructure Lead and support the delivery of a multi-region AWS platform solution Review existing infrastructure, clusters and cloud environments, then document findings and propose improvements Prioritise infrastructure work across a significant pipeline of upcoming projects Build and manage highly available, fault-tolerant and secure cloud environments Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform Design, implement and improve CI/CD pipelines Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployment and operational processes Support containerised workloads using Kubernetes and related technologies Improve platform monitoring, observability, alerting and operational dashboards Support incident management, root cause analysis and problem management Work with security teams to address vulnerabilities, compliance requirements and secure-by-design principles Contribute to cloud standards, technical roadmaps, documentation and knowledge sharing Essential experience: Strong experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE or Infrastructure Engineering Significant hands-on AWS experience in production environments Proven experience designing, building or operating multi-region AWS cloud solutions Strong Terraform / Infrastructure as Code experience Experience with Kubernetes and containerised workloads Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins or similar Strong Linux administration skills Scripting or automation experience using Python, Bash or similar Good understanding of AWS networking, DNS, IAM, security and cloud architecture principles Experience with monitoring, observability and operational tooling Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills Relevant AWS services may include: EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, VPC, Route 53, CloudFront, S3, IAM and CloudWatch. Desirable experience: AWS Professional or Specialty certifications Platform engineering experience SaaS, EdTech, FinTech or regulated environment experience Security frameworks, compliance controls or secure cloud operations FinOps / cloud cost optimisation SRE principles and reliability engineering Elasticsearch or related search technologies This role would suit a senior hands-on AWS DevOps Engineer, Cloud Platform Engineer or SRE who is comfortable combining architecture, automation, documentation and hands-on delivery in a modern cloud platform environment.