GCP DevOps Engineer (Portugal) full time

Remote policy: Full remote

About Us

We’re a digital advertising technology company powering sustainable, ad-funded journalism for some of the largest global news brands. Our systems support high-scale, multi-region infrastructure designed to help publishers thrive. As our technical footprint grows, we’re investing in a small, high-performing systems engineering team with a presence in Portugal.

Why This Role

We’re expanding our existing team of two systems engineers in Portugal! This role is essential to scaling our infrastructure reliably, securely, and sustainably.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across multiple regions using Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Manage Kubernetes (GKE) clusters, supporting a containerized environment at scale.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) for all deployments.
• Build CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins) for streamlined, automated delivery.
• Set up and maintain observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack) for performance and alerting.
• Work closely with engineering teams to propose and validate technical designs.
• Proactively address system security, monitoring, and reliability in production environments.
• Collaborate effectively in English across a remote, multicultural team.

Main requirements

Requirements

• 2+ years of DevOps or Cloud Infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud (GCP), including GKE.
• Strong understanding of Terraform and infrastructure automation.
• Proficiency in CI/CD systems and Git workflows.
• Experience with Python or Bash scripting for infrastructure tasks.
• Familiarity with observability tools and cloud security principles.

Nice to have

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with the Elastic Stack (ELK).
• Advanced Python scripting.
• Experience in digital advertising or media tech environments.

Benefits & Perks

What We Offer

• Competitive Portuguese market rate compensation
• Remote-first work with monthly or quarterly in-person team meetups.
• A mission-driven environment supporting sustainable journalism.
• Growth opportunities as we scale our systems and team.