DevOps Automation Platform Engineer

About the role

TNS Automation Development is looking for a passionate, motivated Platform Engineer to join our global team of Automation Developers and mature our DevOps processes and automation infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have experience mapping, building, implementing, and maintaining platform management plans, great communication skills, and a passion for network automation. We prefer someone with 10-15 years in IT who adds a wide set of skills to our team.

Responsibilities

• Help shape our DevOps Automation and AI journey.
• Own our GitLab foundation, including:
  • Standards around repo creation, pipelines, and deployment.
  • Design, build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines.
  • Standardize and coordinate unit, integration, and security testing.
• Plan, coordinate, publicize, and monitor application releases and updates.
• Maintain the health and stability of our automation and orchestration applications, plugins, pipelines, and functions.
• Define and document environment and infrastructure requirements, particularly around cloud, virtualized, and physical deployments.
• Define and document patterns and policies for safe use and deployment of AI-assisted automation, including infrastructure, architecture, and deployment standards.
• Work with Security and Risk teams to continuously assess our security posture.
• Interact with internal teams (Global Systems, NOC, and stakeholders in the Business Units) for requirements gathering and deployment coordination.

Requirements

• SDLC and CI/CD pipelines
• Release management and best practices
• Software development and engineering
• Network and software automation
• Monitoring platforms (Netreo is a plus)
• Python
• AWS
• Ansible / Terraform
• Jinja / Django
• Docker and containerization

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Computer Science or IT-related field (or equivalent experience).
• DevOps certified (AWS or Azure).
• 10-15 years of experience in IT.
• Experience with Nautobot / NetBox or other network management tools (desired).
• Network engineering experience (desired).
• Experience in international environments (desired).