AI-First AWS Cloud Engineer

Based in Portugal, Wire IT is your specialized IT consulting partner with 18 years of experience driven by an experienced and senior team that helps clients make the right decisions in a fast-moving market.

Wire IT's ambition is to grow while keeping true to its nature: agile, people-centered, and fun. As we like to say: Its not only what we do, its how we manage that truly make the difference..

If you're looking for more than just a job - if you're looking for a place where you can truly make a difference - you might be the next person to join WIRE IT.

Role: AI-First AWS Cloud Engineer

Location: Remote Portugal

Requirements:

• +5 years of experience in similar DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, or SRE roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, particularly EKS/ECS, VPC, RDS, IAM, SCPs, and SSO.
• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Solid Kubernetes and Linux experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Proven experience using AI tools as part of day-to-day engineering work, particularly for infrastructure automation, pipeline review, troubleshooting, and technical problem-solving.
• Hands-on experience with Claude and Claude Code is required.
• Experience with Kiro is highly valued.
• Ability to design, execute, and critically evaluate agentic AI workflows in real engineering environments.
• Ability to explain AI agent decisions, assess their output, and identify when human intervention or overrides are required.
• Comfortable working directly with clients and communicating effectively in English.

We offer:

• ­No-term full-time contract;
• Health Insurance;
• 22 days of paid vacation;
• 4 extra days annually (Carnival, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, Birthday);
• Meal Allowance on card (Coverflex);
• Referral Bonus;
• Special discounts and flex options;
• Training annual budget;
• A great team-oriented culture;
• Chance to become a part of a dynamically growing international company;
• Challenging projects giving the unique opportunity to grow and learn.

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