Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Miniclip is looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our Cloud Engineering Team in our Lisbon (Portugal) Studio.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer with a strong background in Infrastructure as Code with an extensive experience with AWS services, Kubernetes, Linux system administration, and modern infrastructure automation tools. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, optimizing cloud infrastructure and streamlining DevOps processes. This is a full-time, permanent, hybrid position.

What will you be doing at Miniclip?

Cloud Infrastructure Management:

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and reliable cloud solutions.
• Ensure fault-tolerant, scalable and disaster recovery of cloud solutions.
• Monitor and optimize cloud resources for cost-efficiency and performance.

Kubernetes & Containerization:

• Deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters for scalable containerized workloads.
• Automated Kubernetes cluster management with Helm charts and GitOps tools like ArgoCD.
• Migrating legacy applications to modern/containerized solutions.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

• Automate infrastructure using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Developed and maintained Chef cookbooks for configuration management across Linux servers.
• Developing and maintaining scripts and tools for automating infrastructure provisioning and deployment.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and effective communication.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members and other teams.
• Participate in regular team meetings and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

What are we looking for?

• 6+ years of experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role.
• 5+ years of expertise in using AWS, such as EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, RDS, VPC, CloudFormation, and CloudFront.
• 5+ years of experience with Linux.
• 3+ years of experience in AWS containerized services, such as ECS, EKS, Fargate and containerized tools such as Docker, Helm, ArgoCD.
• 3+ years in network knowledge and troubleshooting
• Highly proficient in infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation.
• Strong background in software development, with proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Go, Ruby.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
• Team leading experience and capabilities.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks effectively.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified SysOps Admin or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
• Experience with other CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and agile methodologies.