DevOps Engineer (Akamai/Terraform) - Portugal Full Remote

DevOps Engineer (Akamai/Terraform) - Portugal Full Remote

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

We're looking for a DevOps Engineer with hands-on Akamai expertise to join a well-established international tech consultancy known for its self-organised, low-politics culture and strong engineering standards. You'll own the support, configuration and optimisation of a large-scale CDN ecosystem, ensuring high availability, peak web performance and edge security across critical platforms. This is a senior, high-autonomy role for someone who can hit the ground running and set technical direction from day one.

PROJECT & CONTEXT

- Build Python automation tooling to manage secure cloud infrastructure and core networking components

- Support and optimise the Akamai CDN for highly available, secure, low-latency global asset delivery

- Manage Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Terragrunt, provisioning cloud environments and edge configurations

- Implement and automate edge security: DNS routing, proxies, WAF and bot management

- Define CDN best practices and translate complex networking concepts for technical and leadership stakeholders

- Agile environment within a large enterprise context

- Fully remote from Portugal; occasional national/international travel (0–15%) depending on project needs

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR (Required)

- Proven senior-level experience in Cloud Infrastructure, SRE or DevOps within a large enterprise environment, +6years

- 2–3+ years of recent, hands-on experience supporting and configuring CDNs, specifically Akamai (essential)

- Strong hands-on proficiency with Terraform and Terragrunt for managing cloud environments

- Solid coding skills in Python, plus working knowledge of JavaScript and Shell scripting

- Deep understanding of web fundamentals: DNS, proxies and edge security (WAF, bot management)

- Experience supporting, monitoring and operating critical production environments, and understanding how large-scale websites work at network level

- Strong communication skills and experience working in Agile frameworks

- Fluent English (written and spoken)

- Must be based in Portugal

- Experience with Git, modern automation tools and CI/CD pipelines

- Solid grounding in general DevOps principles and practices

Compensation: €[2300] – €[2800]/month net, depending on experience and seniority level.

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- 15th month salary

- Health insurance covering your family

- Birthday off

- Mobility program for digital nomads

- Real work-life balance

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