Senior Devops And Platform Engineering Lead

Transaction Network Services; João Pessoa; On-site; BRL 626,000 - 777,000; Full time

Job summary

Transaction Network Services in the United States seeks a senior, hands-on engineering leader to own and evolve platforms, infrastructure, and software delivery for our network automation ecosystem. You will lead platform reliability, cloud architecture, DevSecOps, and release management across teams including Automation Developers and Network Engineers.

You will own Kubernetes deployments, Nautobot stack, and AWS infrastructure, driving upgrades, observability, and secure, scalable operations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive IT engineering experience with hands-on DevOps or platform engineering.
• Proven experience deploying and operating production apps on Kubernetes.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, Helm, Docker, Git, and GitLab administration.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and release management practices.
• Ability to lead architecture decisions and guide engineers through implementation.
• Experience operating distributed platforms with Kubernetes, Celery, Redis, and containers.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and security scanning.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, deployment, operation, and lifecycle of network automation apps and services.
• Design and operate containerized apps on Kubernetes using Helm, Argo, and Terraform.
• Lead Nautobot platform stack with Python/Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, and AWS.
• Drive platform upgrades, plugin lifecycle, performance tuning, and observability.
• Establish reliable release processes across dev, test, and prod environments.
• Partner with cloud teams to evolve AWS infrastructure, hosting models, and DR strategies.
• Embed DevSecOps practices, including security scanning and validation across the lifecycle.
• Mentor developers, set engineering standards, and influence network automation future.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Strategic thinking

Architecture

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

Helm

Docker

GitLab CI/CD

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

An extraordinarily talented group of individuals work together every day to drive TNS' success, from both professional and personal perspectives. Come join the excellence!

Overview

TNS Automation Development is seeking a senior, hands‐on engineering leader to own and evolve the platforms, infrastructure, and software delivery capabilities behind our network automation strategy. Our automation ecosystem supports more than 70,000 network devices. This role combines deep technical ownership with leadership across platform reliability, cloud architecture, Dev Sec Ops, release management, and operational excellence. You will partner with Automation Developers, Network Engineers, Security, Global Systems, cloud teams, and business stakeholders to build a scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable automation ecosystem.

Responsibilities

What You Will Own

Platform Engineering & Operations

Own the architecture, deployment, operation, and lifecycle of network automation applications and supporting services. Design and operate containerized applications on Kubernetes using Helm, Argo, and Terraform.

Own the Nautobot platform stack, including Python/Django, Celery, u WSGI/NGINX, Postgre SQL, Redis, Kubernetes, AWS, and Git Lab CI/CD.Lead platform upgrades, plugin lifecycle management, performance tuning, capacity planning, resiliency, and observability improvements.Dev Ops & Software DeliveryBuild and manage application images, containers, and deployment workflows.

Own Git Lab standards, branching strategy, runners, CI/CD pipelines, release promotion, and software delivery practices.

Establish reliable release processes across development, test, and production environments.

Cloud, Security & Risk

Partner with Global Systems and cloud teams to evolve AWS infrastructure, hosting models, scalability, disaster recovery, and operational support.

Own and manage AWS infrastructure supporting network automation platforms, including IAM roles and policies, EKS, EC2, VPC networking, security groups, S3, load balancing, and platform monitoring.

Embed Dev Sec Ops practices, including SAST, dependency scanning, container scanning, and infrastructure security validation.

Ensure platform and deployment practices align with corporate security policies and audit requirements.

Technical Leadership

Serve as the senior technical authority for platform engineering and Dev Ops within the Automation team.

Set engineering standards and guardrails, mentor developers, and influence the future of network automation at TNS.

Qualifications

Required Experience

10+ years of progressive IT engineering experience, including 5+ years of hands‑on Dev Ops or platform engineering.

Proven experience deploying and operating production applications on Kubernetes.

Strong hands‑on experience with AWS, Terraform, Helm, Docker, Git, Git Lab administration, runners, and CI/CD pipeline design.

Strong hands‑on AWS experience including IAM, EKS, EC2, VPCs, S3, security controls, monitoring, and cloud networking.

Hands‑on Experience operating distributed application platforms using Kubernetes, Celery, Redis, and containers.

Experience implementing Dev Sec Ops practices and security scanning across the software lifecycle.

Experience supporting highly available production applications with demanding operational requirements.

Ability to lead architecture decisions, solve complex platform problems, and guide engineers through implementation.

Preferred

Experience

ExperienceNautobot, Net Box, or comparable network source‑of‑truth work automation and orchestration, including Ansible.

Python and Django applications; Postgre SQL or Mongo DB.Git Lab Runner architecture and management; Argo‑based deployment workflows.

Enterprise platforms operating in regulated environments.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first 12 months, you will: Lead the transition of the Nautobot AWS/Kubernetes platform from vendor‑managed operations to a TNS‑owned and operated service, including architecture, deployment, upgrades, security, monitoring, and lifecycle management.

Standardize Git Lab workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and release management.

Provide clear technical leadership for platform engineering and automation infrastructure.

Lead the AWS architecture and migration approach for applications, services, and infrastructure moving from on‑premises and legacy environments.

For this role in theUnited States , we anticipate paying $125,000k - $155,000 K. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. TNS offers a competitive benefit package. TNS is an equal opportunity employer. TNS evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.