AWS Cloud Engineer

At Magic Beans, we help organisations adopt, modernise and optimise Cloud technologies. With offices in Lisbon, Óbidos, Brussels, Madrid and Barcelona, we work with leading clients on innovative and high-impact cloud transformation projects.

We are looking for an ambitious AWS Cloud Engineer who wants to grow their career while working on cutting-edge AWS environments, cloud migrations and modern infrastructure automation initiatives.

At Magic Beans, great people drive our success. We foster a culture of appreciation, collaboration and continuous growth.

Join our team and grow with us!

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and implement scalable, secure and resilient cloud infrastructures in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Develop Proofs of Concept (POCs) to validate cloud architectures, services and migration strategies.

• Plan and execute cloud migration projects, supporting organisations in moving workloads from on-premises or other cloud platforms to AWS.

• Design and deploy cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code and automation best practices.

• Analyse, troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and deployment challenges.

• Continuously review and optimise cloud environments for performance, cost efficiency and security.

• Ensure all deployments follow security best practices, governance models and company policies.

• Act as a trusted technical advisor, understanding customer needs and recommending appropriate AWS solutions.

• Support customers throughout their cloud adoption and modernisation journey.

• Contribute to technical documentation, architecture diagrams and internal best practices.

Critical Skills & Experience

• Strong expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS), including compute, networking, storage and identity services.

• Hands-on experience designing and deploying AWS infrastructure environments.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform preferred).

• Solid understanding of cloud networking concepts, VPC architecture and hybrid connectivity.

• Experience supporting cloud migration and modernisation projects.

• Familiarity with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.

• Knowledge of Linux environments and system administration.

• Experience with automation and scripting (Python, Bash or similar).

• Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to solve complex infrastructure issues.

• Experience working in customer-facing environments with a consultative mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

• 3+ years of professional experience in Cloud Engineering, with strong exposure to AWS environments.

• AWS certifications (Associate and/or Professional level) are highly valued.

• Certifications in Terraform or Infrastructure as Code tools are a plus.

Language Skills

• Fluent in Portuguese and English (spoken and written).

What Magic Beans Offers

• The opportunity to be part of a fast-growing technology company with a pragmatic and disruptive approach to delivering Cloud and Data projects.

• A culture focused on technical excellence, collaboration and continuous learning.

• Career progression based on performance, impact, curiosity to learn and technical contribution.

• Access to international projects and cross-country collaboration.

• Training and certification support, aligned with your professional development plan.

• A dynamic, supportive and collaborative engineering environment that encourages innovation and problem-solving.