Site Reliability Engineer (Cloud & AI Platforms)

Location: Hybrid in Lisbon, Portugal, with 3 days per week at the office.

Company

hirify.global is a technology and strategy firm specializing in digital transformation, IT consulting, and nearshore team augmentation in Portugal and Poland.

What you will do

• Ensure the reliability, availability, operational health, performance, and cost efficiency of cloud and data platforms in Microsoft Azure.
• Define and implement SLAs, SLOs, operational models, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Manage incidents and alerting systems while continuously improving operational processes.
• Implement and maintain observability with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and telemetry-driven insights.
• Design automation aligned with the existing architecture, favoring engineering over manual operations.
• Collaborate with architecture, data, and development teams to support cloud-native, data, and AI platforms including Microsoft Fabric and Azure Machine Learning.

Requirements

• Strong experience as an SRE or in a similar reliability engineering role, with a software engineering mindset.
• Solid background in cloud environments, particularly Microsoft Azure.
• Proven experience in automation, observability, and cloud platform operations.
• Experience implementing monitoring, alerting, and disaster recovery strategies from scratch.
• Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and telemetry-based observability practices.
• Experience working with data platforms and/or AI/ML environments, such as Azure Machine Learning or Microsoft Fabric.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with architecture, data, and development teams.
• Hands-on, autonomous approach with the ability to structure and improve operational models.
• Strong technical communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement in Lisbon.
• Work on a project for a technology company.
• Collaboration across consulting, architecture, data, and development functions.