DevSecOps Engineer

Unleash intelligent automation — engineer secure, scalable platforms that transform DevOps for financial services! Lisbon- or Porto-based opportunity with a hybrid work model, including up to 2 remote days per week. As a Senior DevSecOps & AI Automation Engineer, you will be working for our client, a financial services organization supporting Corporate & Investment Banking and Asset & Wealth Management. You will join an Innovation & Development team focused on automation transformation, self-service platform engineering, secure software delivery, and AI-driven operations across the development and deployment ecosystem. Your main responsibilities: - Design and implement CI/CD pipeline automation, infrastructure-as-code, GitOps practices, and automated security validation gates. - Engineer and optimize containerized environments using Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift. - Lead innovation lab activities, prototype emerging technologies, and assess advancements in service mesh, policy-as-code, and observability. - Build and maintain self-service platform capabilities that enable secure resource provisioning, deployments, and rollbacks without manual intervention. - Improve developer experience by reducing operational friction, measuring developer toil, and establishing fast feedback loops. - Drive improvements in DORA metrics, including deployment frequency, lead time, recovery time, and change failure rate. - Develop AI-driven automation for infrastructure provisioning and incident remediation, supported by appropriate governance and permission frameworks. - Promote knowledge transfer and support the adoption of innovative technologies across development teams. You're ideal for this role if you have: - A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent field. - At least 5 years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related role. - At least 3 years of experience driving innovation, prototyping technologies, or leading architectural improvements. - Expert-level experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions. - Strong knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Linux/Unix administration, Git, and multi-cloud environments. - Practical experience with security automation, including SAST/DAST, container security, secrets management, and policy-as-code. - Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or Bash, as well as REST APIs and microservices. - Experience with observability tools and practices, including centralized logging, APM, and distributed tracing. It is a strong plus if you have: - Experience working in financial services or other regulated industries. - Knowledge of AI agents, LLMs in operations, agent governance, sandboxing, or hybrid human-AI workflows. - Exposure to LangChain or AutoGen. - Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, Jaeger, or New Relic. Language Required for the role: Fluent English. Eligibility for the role: Only candidates with an existing legal right to work in Europe will be considered for this role. #MAKEYourCareerBETTER 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.