Aws devops engineer

AWS DevOps Engineer

You’ll be focused in

• Developing and maintaining AWS CDK infrastructure (Python) across 20+ infrastructure projects
• Operating and troubleshooting 20+ ECS Fargate services and 50+ Lambda functions
• Managing and optimizing GitLab CI/CD pipelines across 46 repositories
• Working with RDS PostgreSQL – performance tuning, backup/recovery
• Implementing security principles, build and maintain CloudWatch monitoring, alerting and dashboards
• Taking ownership of specific platform components (data services, importers, integrations)
• Ensuring coding quality and quality in the CI/CD pipelines
• Identifying and fixing technical debt – solve problems, not just work around them
• Improving documentation: runbooks, ADRs, operational guides
• Supporting other team members on complex technical topics
• Collaborating with and coordinating external consultants and team members on shared tasks and cross-cutting topics

In order to succeed, you’ll need

• University degree in computer engineering or comparable work experience
• Minimum of 5 years proven experience working as a DevOps or related role or comparable job expertise
• AWS Cloud Platform experience: ECS Fargate, Lambda, RDS PostgreSQL, CloudWatch, IAM, Secrets Manager
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools
• CI/CD tools: GitLab CI/CD or comparable
• Experience with Docker, ECS Fargate or Kubernetes
• Experience with monitoring & incident Response - CloudWatch or comparable
• Experience with Java/Springboot and PostgreSQL

Nice to have:

• Security mindset: IAM least privilege, secrets management, WAF, GuardDuty
• Infrastructure as code tools: AWS CDK (Python) preferred; or terraform/CloudFormation with willingness to learn CDK

About the product Hands-on engineering role in a complex, enterprise-scale AWS platform in its stabilization and operations phase. Focus is on reliability, consolidation, and reducing technical debt – not greenfield development. You take ownership of critical platform components and work alongside an experienced senior, three mid-level engineers and 2-3 external consultants.

Company benefits

• 1200€ to equip your home office
• Flex allowance: 720€/year (60€ per month x12)
• Performance bonus
• Health insurance extendable to your household
• Wellbeing program extendable to your household
• Life insurance
• Pension fund
• Smartphone & phone data plan
• Discounts on VW Group cars and special financing conditions

Cool things you’ll experience in our work environment

• Tailored remote-friendly setup for every team's vibe!
• Flexible working hours
• Multicultural reality with + 30 different nationalities
• Pet friendly environment
• Boost your career with our internal mobility program, focused on your personal & professional growth
• Mix and mingle across teams for idea-sharing and bonding

About VW Group Digital Solutions [Portugal]

Technology-driven trends such as diverse mobility, electrification and connectivity will revolutionize the mobility industry in the next decade. Volkswagen Group, as world leader in the automotive industry, is setting the pace for this revolution.

At Volkswagen Group Digital Solutions [Portugal] we are the go-to team to tackle complex systems and programming challenges. We make sure that our products flow smoothly in all stages of the digital value chain.

Our main areas of focus: vehicle software & operations, mobile online services, IT security, fleet management, sales & after sales, purchasing & logistics and product portfolio management.

Ready to #ExploreNewRoads? Join us! 🚗