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Platform & Cloud Engineer

Lisbon, Portugal

Job Type

Full Time

Workspace

Hybrid

About the Company

At Sourcing Trust, we are committed to delivering innovative, reliable, and tailored technology solutions that empower businesses to succeed in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. With a focus on excellence, integrity, and collaboration, we build lasting partnerships by understanding our clients' unique needs and providing them with expert support across. Our team is dedicated to fostering a positive and inclusive work environment where every employee's contribution is valued, encouraging continuous growth, learning, and shared success. Join us and be part of a passionate organization driven by innovation and excellence.

About the Role

We are looking for a Platform & Cloud Engineer to operate and evolve a hybrid platform including compute, virtualization, storage, networking, and base services, while managing Azure IaaS (VMs, VNets, NSGs, LB) and operational governance. The role focuses on troubleshooting critical components like AKS, App Services, Azure SQL, ARC, APIM, Azure Local, planning upgrades/patching/capacity, producing runbooks, and collaborating on observability and automation.

Requirements

Main Responsibilities

  • Operation and evolution of hybrid platform (compute, virtualization, storage, networking, services).

  • Administration of Azure IaaS (VMs, VNets, NSGs, LB, diagnostics, policy, tagging).

  • Troubleshooting AKS, App Services, Azure SQL/SQL Server, IIS, Storage, ARC, APIM, Azure Local.

  • Azure DevOps management (repos, pipelines, boards).

  • On-prem virtualization (VMware vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, vSAN/VxRail upgrades, capacity).

  • Planning/executing upgrades, patching, capacity management, lifecycle with acceptance criteria.

  • Producing/maintaining runbooks and operational documentation (troubleshooting, rollback).

  • Collaboration with observability/automation teams for actionable alerting and reducing manual effort.

Deliverables

  • Technical roadmap for platform (lifecycle, versions, risks, capacity).

  • Runbooks and KB for on-prem + Azure operations.

  • Execution of structuring changes with evidence (plan, validation, rollback, lessons learned).

  • Technical standards (baselines, naming/tagging, operational policies).

Requirements

Mandatory Professional Experience

  • 7+ years in enterprise Infra/Platforms with real operational responsibility.

  • 3+ years in production Azure IaaS (administration/troubleshooting).

  • Proven experience in critical operations, upgrades/migrations minimizing downtime.

Preferred Experience

  • Experience with AKS, App Services, APIM, Azure Arc/Local.

  • VMware (vCenter/ESXi/vSAN/VxRail).

  • Azure certifications (AZ-104 or higher), VMware VCP, ITIL.

  • Experience in 24/7 environments (media/broadcast/events).

Technical Skills

  • Infra/Cloud ops, networking fundamentals, security basics (RBAC, least privilege), troubleshooting.

  • Practical knowledge of Windows Server/IIS and SQL Server operations.

  • Familiarity with automation/IaC (Ansible, Terraform) and CI/CD (Azure DevOps) valued.

Soft Skills

  • Autonomy, ownership, focus on quality.

  • Clear communication with technical/non-technical stakeholders.

  • Documentation discipline and teamwork (T-shaped model).

Language Requirements

  • Fluent Portuguese and English.

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Tel:  (+351) 21 601 75 42

Estrada da Luz, N 90, Andar 7E 1600-160, Lisboa Portugal

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