Senior Application Production Engineer

Location: Lisbon, Lisbon, pt

Company Description

Inetum is a European leader in digital services. Inetum’s team of 28,000 consultants and specialists strive every day to make a digital impact for businesses, public sector entities and society. Inetum’s solutions aim at contributing to its clients’ performance and innovation as well as the common good.

Present in 19 countries with a dense network of sites, Inetum partners with major software publishers to meet the challenges of digital transformation with proximity and flexibility.

Driven by its ambition for growth and scale, Inetum generated sales of 2.5 billion euros in 2023.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Application Production Engineer (BI/Data) to ensure the stability, performance, and continuous improvement of data platforms in production, acting as a technical reference in complex batch and streaming environments.

This role has a strong focus on L2/L3 application support, data operations, and close collaboration with Data Engineering, BI, and Development teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical reference for L2/L3 support of data applications and platforms
• Ensure the operation, stability, and performance of data pipelines and ETL processes
• Support and operate batch and streaming data architectures
• Operate, monitor, and troubleshoot environments based on Apache Kafka
• Perform proactive monitoring, incident detection, and root cause analysis
• Lead advanced troubleshooting of data, pipeline, and distributed system issues
• Collaborate with development teams to resolve production issues and improve system design
• Support release, deployment, and change management processes
• Propose and implement improvements in observability, resilience, and automation
• Maintain clear technical documentation and operational best practices
• Provide guidance and technical support to more junior profiles when needed

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in Application Production Support / Data Operations (L2/L3)
• Strong background in data pipelines, ETL, and data platforms
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka in production environments
• Solid knowledge of batch and streaming architectures
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and logging tools
• Proven ability to analyze and resolve complex production incidents
• Experience working in critical production environments with strict SLAs
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational and/or analytical databases
• Good understanding of distributed systems and service dependencies
• Fluent in English
• Fluent in French (is valued)

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Knowledge of orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow)
• Experience with automation, scripting, or Infrastructure as Code
• Background in BI, Data Engineering, or Analytics Platforms
• Experience in large-scale enterprise environments