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Senior Operations Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Operations Engineer to join an international team responsible for ensuring the stability, monitoring, and continuous improvement of critical production environments. This role is ideal for a proactive and autonomous professional with strong analytical skills and proven experience in application operations, infrastructure management, and production support.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the day-to-day operation, monitoring, and availability of critical applications and production platforms.
  • Manage and oversee batch processing workflows using Control-M.
  • Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve production incidents while ensuring SLA compliance.
  • Monitor and support secure file transfer activities using CFT / Connect:Direct (Connect Express).
  • Participate in Disaster Recovery activities, maintenance operations, and planned interventions.
  • Collaborate with development, support, and infrastructure teams to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Maintain operational documentation, CMDB records, and technical procedures.
  • Promote and support best practices in automation, observability, security, and DevOps.
  • 2 to 5 years of experience in application support, operational support, or similar roles.
  • Solid experience working with Linux and Windows environments, including system administration, command-line operations, and scripting.
  • Hands-on experience with Control-M for workload automation and process scheduling.
  • Experience with CFT / Connect Express or other secure managed file transfer solutions.
  • Knowledge of application servers such as Apache Tomcat and Apache HTTP Server.
  • Experience working in public cloud environments (AWS and/or GCP).
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and observability platforms such as Dynatrace is highly valued.
  • Experience with automation and infrastructure scripting tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Bash.
  • Knowledge of ITSM platforms, preferably ServiceNow.
  • Understanding of ITIL best practices and Agile ways of working.
  • Professional proficiency in English (B1 minimum) and basic knowledge of French (A1).

Personal Skills:

  • Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and attention to detail.
  • Proactive mindset with the ability to work independently and drive solutions.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively within multicultural and cross-functional teams.
  • Excellent problem-solving capabilities in complex and business-critical environments.
  • Capacity to remain focused and make sound decisions under pressure.
  • Workplace type: Hybrid (50% onsite, 50% remote).
  • Location: Parque das Nações, Lisboa.

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