DevOps Engineer (Akamai/Terraform) - Portugal Full Remote

Portugal | Nov. 5, 2026

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Company: HumanIT Digital Consulting

Country: Portugal

Salary: $2,300 - $2,800

Type: Remote

Employment: Full-time

Description:

DevOps Engineer (Akamai/Terraform) - Portugal Full Remote

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

We're looking for a DevOps Engineer with hands-on Akamai expertise to join a well-established international tech consultancy known for its self-organised, low-politics culture and strong engineering standards. You'll own the support, configuration and optimisation of a large-scale CDN ecosystem, ensuring high availability, peak web performance and edge security across critical platforms. This is a senior, high-autonomy role for someone who can hit the ground running and set technical direction from day one.

PROJECT & CONTEXT

• Build Python automation tooling to manage secure cloud infrastructure and core networking components
• Support and optimise the Akamai CDN for highly available, secure, low-latency global asset delivery
• Manage Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Terragrunt, provisioning cloud environments and edge configurations
• Implement and automate edge security: DNS routing, proxies, WAF and bot management
• Define CDN best practices and translate complex networking concepts for technical and leadership stakeholders
• Agile environment within a large enterprise context
• Fully remote from Portugal; occasional national/international travel (0–15%) depending on project needs

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR (Required)

• Proven senior-level experience in Cloud Infrastructure, SRE or DevOps within a large enterprise environment, +6years
• 2–3+ years of recent, hands-on experience supporting and configuring CDNs, specifically Akamai (essential)
• Strong hands-on proficiency with Terraform and Terragrunt for managing cloud environments
• Solid coding skills in Python, plus working knowledge of JavaScript and Shell scripting
• Deep understanding of web fundamentals: DNS, proxies and edge security (WAF, bot management)
• Experience supporting, monitoring and operating critical production environments, and understanding how large-scale websites work at network level
• Strong communication skills and experience working in Agile frameworks
• Fluent English (written and spoken)
• Must be based in Portugal
• Experience with Git, modern automation tools and CI/CD pipelines
• Solid grounding in general DevOps principles and practices

Compensation: €[2300] – €[2800]/month net, depending on experience and seniority level.

Why HumanIT people stay (4.4 Glassdoor, 89% recommend)

• 15th month salary
• Health insurance covering your family
• Birthday off
• Mobility program for digital nomads
• Real work-life balance

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