DevSecOps Engineer

Ignite innovation in DevOps — shape the future of intelligent automation!

Porto-based opportunity with hybrid work model.

As a DevOps & Platform Engineer / AI4DevOps Innovation Lead, you will be working for our client, a leading player in the financial services industry, driving automation transformation and innovative platform solutions within a regulated environment. You will help build intelligent, scalable infrastructure and pioneer AI-driven DevOps initiatives, shaping the future of banking technology.

Your main responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of internal Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions to enable developer self-service and reduce manual toil.
• Build and optimize end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and GitOps workflows to ensure seamless software delivery across teams.
• Drive containerization and orchestration efforts using Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift, embedding automated security and compliance gates.
• Lead innovation labs, prototyping emerging automation tools like service mesh, policy-as-code, and advanced observability solutions.
• Conduct technology watch to identify cutting-edge automation tools, presenting findings to senior leadership and transferring knowledge to IT teams.
• Pioneer AI-driven automation by designing AI agents for infrastructure provisioning, incident remediation, and security hardening within regulated frameworks.
• Develop AI agent governance frameworks, including permissions, sandboxing, and audit trails to ensure secure and compliant automation.
• Measure and improve developer experience by reducing friction and achievingarget DORA metrics, including deployment frequency and MTTR reduction.

You are ideal for this role if you have:

• 6 to 9 years of IT experience, with 5 years in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• At least 3 years leading technological innovation or automation prototypes within complex environments.
• Strong expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Solid knowledge of security & policy enforcement tools like SAST/DAST, container security, Vault, OPA, and Kyverno.
• Hands-on experience with AI frameworks, LLM tooling, prompt engineering, and agent governance protocols.
• Proficiency in observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and programming languages including Python, Go, or Bash.

It is a strong plus if you have:

• Experience with Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd) and GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux).
• Background working within regulated financial institutions with compliance standards like PCI-DSS, GDPR, or SOX.
• Contributions to open-source projects or active involvement in the tech community.

Languages required for the role:

• Fluent in English (mandatory).
• Portuguese (preferred).

Eligibility for the role:

Only candidates with an existing legal right to work in the European Union will be considered for this role.

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Interested? Apply now and include your CV (preferably in English) along with a statement confirming your consent to the processing and storage of your personal data.