For more than 35 years, Thales acts in Portugal for global Defence and Aerospace markets and promotes and delivers innovative solutions that enhance its customer’s critical systems´ security, on land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, through a technical team of excellence.
We are currently looking for a Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer to join our Airspace Mobility Solutions team!
Responsibilities:
Integrate, configure and validate infrastructure solutions, ensuring all technical and functional requirements are met;
Produce and maintain detailed design documentation, solution specifications, test plans and bills of material;
Lead activities and small teams within agile sprints, coordinating design, integration and break-fix deliveries;
Infrastructrure installation, configuration, validation and handover of equipment to systems integration teams
locally or on customer sites around the worldSupport testing, troubleshooting and hardware/software integration in complex environments;
Identify technical risks and propose effective solutions while actively participating in design reviews and customer meetings.
Requirements:
Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT or related fields, with excellent communication skills and ability to produce clear technical documentation;
Availability for business travelling around the world
Solid experience with Red Hat Linux systems, including configuration, performance tuning, hardening and automation;
Strong skills in automation with Ansible and experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Octopus, Travis);
Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Shell, Perl, YAML) for automation and integration;
Knowledge of hardware and networking (TCP/IP, VLANs, Cisco/HP/Lenovo) and hardware validation processes.
The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.
In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.
For our more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries we open up visionary perspectives, realise individual career paths and enable creative freedom. This is achieved with courage, versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable value-focused management we support diversity actively.
Say HI* – Your journey to us
At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your contact Tiago Vital is looking forward to your online application on our Career portal.
Tiago Vital – Talent Acquisition Partner
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Skills Required
- Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT or related fields
- Solid experience with Red Hat Linux systems
- Strong skills in automation with Ansible
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Octopus, Travis)
- Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Shell, Perl, YAML)
- Knowledge of hardware and networking (TCP/IP, VLANs, Cisco/HP/Lenovo)
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thales and has not been reviewed or approved by Thales.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
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What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
