We are currently looking for a Senior Cloud / DevOps Engineer (AWS) to strengthen the Cronos Europa team.
The role is hands-on: operating Kubernetes in production, building and maintaining the Argo workflows that the scientists depend on, managing the AWS estate, and supporting the research users who run analytical and pipeline workloads on the platform.
Location : Lisbon
Office presence :Minimum 3 days per week on site
Start : As soon as possible - at the latest early 2027
Duration : Long-term - likely up to two years
Responsabilities:
- Design, deploy and operate containerised workloads on Amazon EKS and Kubernetes.
- Maintain secure, reliable and up-to-date Kubernetes clusters in production.
- Build and maintain workflow orchestration using Argo Workflows.
- Ensure research pipelines are reliable, observable and easy to rerun.
- Manage AWS compute, storage and database services, including EC2, S3, FSx, EFS, RDS and ECR.
- Implement event-driven and serverless solutions using Lambda, EventBridge, SQS and SNS.
- Apply IAM and AWS security best practices across the environment.
- Support scientists and research users running analytical and pipeline workloads on the platform.
- Automate recurring operational and user needs to reduce manual support.
Technical skills:
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS, including EC2, EKS, Lambda, S3, FSx, EFS, RDS, ECR and EventBridge.
- Proven hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
- Experience with Argo Workflows for workflow orchestration.
- Good understanding of IAM, SQS, SNS and AWS native storage solutions.
- Experience with event-driven and serverless architectures.
- Experience with Posit Workbench is an advantage.
- Experience with Nextflow, or a clear willingness to learn it, is an advantage.
- Experience in life sciences, pharmaceutical or research computing environments is a plus.
Profile :
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Cloud, DevOps or Platform Engineering.
- Senior, hands-on profile with recent experience operating AWS and Kubernetes environments in production.
- Ability to take ownership of an existing production platform and contribute quickly.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex cloud and Kubernetes environments.
- Fluent English, both written and spoken.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Willingness to work from the Lisbon office at least 3 days per week.
- Availability to start as soon as possible, and no later than early 2027.
Why Cronos Group?
We’ll propose you:
- An attractive salary package.
- A good work-life balance environment.
- The assurance of working in cutting-edge technologies in an entrepreneurial spirit.
- The opportunity to develop your skills thanks to tailor-made training courses according to your needs.
- A good job in a friendly place.
If you wish to integrate a dynamic structure on a human scale while working with the latest technologies, don't wait anymore and join Cronos!
Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Cloud, DevOps, or Platform Engineering
- Recent hands-on experience operating AWS and Kubernetes environments in production
- Strong hands-on AWS experience, including EC2, EKS, Lambda, S3, FSx, EFS, RDS, ECR, and EventBridge
- Proven hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
- Experience with Argo Workflows for workflow orchestration
- Understanding of IAM, SQS, SNS, and AWS-native storage solutions
- Experience with event-driven and serverless architectures
- Ability to take ownership of an existing production platform and contribute quickly
- Ability to troubleshoot complex cloud and Kubernetes environments
- Fluent English, written and spoken
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Willingness to work from the Lisbon office at least 3 days per week
- Availability to start as soon as possible and no later than early 2027
- Experience with Posit Workbench
- Experience with Nextflow or willingness to learn it
- Experience in life sciences, pharmaceutical, or research computing environments
What We Do
Cronos Europa is an IT and digital communications company uniquely dedicated to serving the European institutions, agencies and bodies. From the European Union to EUROCONTROL, we partner with a range of supranational and interinstitutional authorities. Our mission is to arm them with the tools they need to thrive in the digital age. Every aspect of our organisation is designed to complement their capabilities - from our people to our processes and our premises. Our brand combines the expertise of former companies Cronos International and C-Dev, with the creative skills of Inspiiro and the breadth of capabilities of the Cronos Group. Today, Cronos Europa employs over 1,000 people in offices across Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, serving institutions across diverse framework contracts. Cronos Europa is part of the Cronos Group, one of the largest IT service providers in the Benelux, employing over 8,000 people across 200 competence centres. By leveraging the Group’s resources, Cronos Europa can help clients extract value from new and emerging technologies, for everything from Artificial intelligence to Zg Quantum. For spontaneous applications: https://cronoseuropa.breezy.hr/p/7a64ee973c6701-spontaneous-application?state=published
