🚀 DevOps Engineer Job Description (Servers, Security, CI/CD, In-House Infrastructure)

📍 Location: On-site (Setúbal, Portugal)

💼 Employment Type: Full-time

💰 Salary: €32-€45k

About the Role

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to manage and secure our in-house infrastructure, automate deployments, and optimize our CI/CD pipeline. You will be responsible for server management, security enforcement, networking, and infrastructure automation.

🔹 Responsibilities

1️⃣ Server & Infrastructure Manageme

• ntManage and maintain Linux-based servers (Ubuntu, Debian, CentO
• S)Deploy and monitor on-premises servers, networking, and power system
• s.Implement high availability (HA) and failover strategies for critical servi
• ceOptimize server performance, storage, and backu
• psMaintain and scale a hybrid cloud setup (AWS, on-prem, and private cloud infrastructure

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2️⃣ CI/CD & Code Deployment Automa

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  Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Jenk
• ins.Automate software deployments for web applications and internal to
• ols.Maintain self-hosted CI/CD infrastructure (runners, deployment serve
• rs).Optimize rollbacks, blue-green deployments, and zero-downtime strateg

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3️⃣ Security & Comp

• lianceSet up firewalls, access controls, and server hard
• ening.Enforce SSH key-based authentication & disable root
• login.Implement intrusion detection (Snort, Suricata) & fail2ban for SSH security.Monitor system logs for suspicious activity and conduct regular security a
• udits.Manage encrypted storage, VPN access (WireGuard/Tailscale), and private Git ho
• sting.Authentication management w/ ensuring 2FA & other security improvement opportu

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4️⃣ Networking & Office IT

• SecurityConfigure VLANs to separate office traffic from DevOps infrast
• ructure.Server setup basics required & will have consulting adviceSet up Wi-Fi segmentation (secure internal network vs. general offic
• eWi-Fi).Implement real-time power monitoring (Smart PDUs,Energy Meter at the breake

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anel).

5️⃣ Monitoring, Backups & Disaste

• r RecoverySet up monitoring for servers an
• d network.Implement automated alerts (Slack, email) for CPU spikes, outages, and security threats.Maintain regularbackups (AWS S3, on-prem NAS, offsite re
• dundancy).Plan and test disaster recovery scenarios to minimize

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owntime.

🔹 What You’ll Need (Req

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irements)
✅ 1+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, or System Admin

istration.✅ Strong experience with Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS) server m

anagement.✅ Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, o

rsimilar).✅ Knowledge of networking (firewalls, VLANs, VPNs, BGP

,routing).✅ Familiarity with security best practices (SSH hardening, IDS/IPS, acces

scontrol).✅ Experience managing Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized env

ironments.✅ Comfortable managing physical hardware (rack-mounted servers, PDUs, UP

Ssystems).✅ Understanding of database administration (PostgreSQL, MySQL, o

rMongoDB).✅ Experience with monitoring/logging tools (Grafana, Prometheus, E

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K stack).
🔹 Nice to Have (Preferr

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d Skills)
⭐ Experience working with Hybrid Cloud (AWS, Proxmox, OpenSta

ck, etc.).⭐ Hands-on experience with hardware setup & data center o

perations.⭐ Familiarity with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, S

altStack).⭐ Knowledge of DDoS protection, reverse proxies (Cloudflare, HAProxy

,Traefik).⭐ Experience with energy monitoring & infrastructur

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scaling.
🔹 Wha

t We Offer✔ A chance to build and manage an on-prem infrastructure fro

m scratch.✔ The opportunity to own security, networking, and server a

utomation.✔ A hands-on role in scaling our infrastructure and hybrid cl

oud setup.✔ Work with a team that values security, automation, and fast de

ployments.✔ Competitive salary and the chance to grow with th

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company.
Check us out her: https://www.gr

eatlab.io/