Cloud/Infrastructure Engineer

At Mindera, we craft software with people we love.

We're looking for a Senior Cloud/Infrastructure Engineer (Azure) to join our team

You'll play a key role in designing, building, and evolving the core infrastructure and internal developer platform that empowers our engineering teams to build and deploy.  

This platform will heavily leverage Azure services—with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) at its core for container orchestration and will be built with a strong emphasis on automation, scalability, security and performance. Your responsibilities will span both infrastructure and developer tooling, ensuring high availability and operational excellence while continuously enhancing the developer experience (DevX).This includes creating tools and automation for infrastructure provisioning, continuous integration and delivery, and application lifecycle management, all while leveraging the power of Azure services and adhering to GitOps principles for a secure SDLC.

When you join Mindera we welcome you into a fun and politics-free work culture, built on the principles of lean and self-organisation.

Note: Depending on the project and our clients' needs, you may get the chance to pack your bags and take off every now and then. Typically, we estimate travel time to be between 0% and 15%.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Designing and implementing scalable, secure, and highly available Azure cloud solutions, including exit strategies.
• Managing and monitoring cloud infrastructures for optimal performance and cost-efficiency, automating deployments with Azure DevOps, PowerShell, and ARM templates.
• Ensuring data protection and compliance, and collaborating with development teams to integrate cloud services.
• Conducting disaster recovery planning and implementing backup strategies.
• Optimising resource utilisation, keeping up to date with Azure updates and providing technical support.
• Developing and maintaining documentation, facilitating legacy system migrations and managing security and access controls.
• Implementing infrastructure as code (IaC) and automated data protection practices.
• Supporting cloud adoption, ensuring performance standards, and participating in a 24/7 on-call rotation for technical escalations.

Requirements

YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Strong foundation in software engineeringprinciples and practices, with a focus on cloud-native development and deployment methodologies.
• Extensive experience with theAzure cloud platform, and Azure solution architecture and best practices, including knowledge of Azure services relevant to cloud software development, AKS, networking, storage, and other Azure services relevant to Kubernetes deployments.
• Strong understanding of both infrastructure and software engineering principles, with a focus on cloud-native technologies and Kubernetes, including cluster administration, application deployment, networking, and security.
• Experience with open-source tools and technologies commonly used in Kubernetes environments, such as FluxCD, Kong and Linkerd, and their integration with Azure.
• Experience with CI/CDpipelines and GitOps principles, ideally with experience in GitHub Actions or similar tools, and their integration with Azure Resource Manager and Kubernetes.
• Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies, with a focus on secure development practices and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles, specifically for Azure and Kubernetes deployments.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Go, C#, JS).
• Strong understanding ofsecuritybest practices and zero-trust principles, with knowledge of Azure and Kubernetes security features and best practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience in working effectively with cross-functional teams in a cloud environment.
• Fluency in English.

We'd love to get to know you better

Benefits

THE PERKS OF BECOMING A MINDER:

• Private medical subscription
• Private medical subscription for children
• Counseling and psychotherapy services
• Reimbursement for eyeglasses
• Self-proposal salary process
• Annual profit distribution, subject to company performance and board decision
• Mindera Unit Plan
• Flexible benefits options (sports, medical, cultural, donations)
• Trainings and learning opportunities to grow within your role
• Coaching and development guidance
• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)
• Flexibility to choose where you work from
• Vacation incentive
• Parties, gatherings & trips

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to share with you what it's like to be a part of the Mindera community.

We're a group of friendly and talented individuals who work together to bring projects to life, in a fun, politics-free environment.

Our culture is all about being adaptable and self-organized. We want Minders to take risks, make decisions, work together and feel free to be their most authentic selves, every single day.

We work closely with our clients to truly understand their products and develop high-performance, resilient, and scalable software systems that make a real impact for their users and businesses, worldwide.

We are proud of our work, we're always learning and growing in our Agile and collaborative environment, and we hope you'll love it here just as much as we do

Check out our Handbook & get to know us better:

Mindera around the world: Porto, Portugal | Aveiro, Portugal | Coimbra, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | San Francisco, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India | Blumenau, Brazil | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Valencia, Spain | Casablanca, Morocco | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia & Remote