Senior/Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Role: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Location: Lisbon, Portugal Contract: Full time Permanent Signify have partnered with a client in Portugal looking for a senior level Cloud Infrastructure Engineer . This is a strategic, hands-on role where you’ll define architectural direction, establish standards, and partner across teams to build a secure, scalable, and future-ready platform. You’ll influence foundational decisions across Kubernetes, cloud networking, edge strategy, and multi-account design ensuring the platform can support growth without adding unnecessary complexity. Key Responsibilities - Drive the evolution of cloud and platform architecture standards across core infrastructure domains. - Design and validate Kubernetes platform architecture, including cluster lifecycle management, autoscaling strategies, node provisioning approaches, and container-optimized OS standards. - Define scalable multi-account and multi-cluster patterns that promote isolation, resilience, and operational clarity. - Establish cloud networking blueprints covering VPC design, routing strategies, ingress/egress patterns, private connectivity, and transit architecture. - Own architectural guidance for traffic management and edge services, including CDN, DNS, and TLS strategy. - Standardize API gateway and north–south access patterns to ensure secure and consistent service exposure. - Produce and maintain reference architectures, design documentation, and architectural guardrails. - Review and validate platform design proposals to ensure alignment with long-term strategy. - Stay hands-on through proof of concepts and technical deep dives to validate architectural decisions. - Partner with engineering, security, and product stakeholders to ensure standards are practical and widely adopted. Requirements - 8+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or cloud engineering roles with architectural ownership. - Strong hands-on experience designing and operating Kubernetes in production environments. - Deep knowledge of AWS infrastructure, including networking constructs, security controls, and managed services. - Experience designing cloud networking and edge architectures, including ingress/egress and traffic management patterns. - Proven ability to translate complex technical requirements into clear standards and reusable reference architectures. - Comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor influencing multiple engineering teams. - Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences