Senior/Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

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.

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

AWS; Kubernetes; 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