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# DevOps Automation Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Transaction Network Services
- **Location:** Sheffield, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Network Administration, Release Management, Gitlab, Containerization, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Open Network Automation Platform
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2943177541-2

## About the Role

An extraordinarily talented group of individuals work together every day to drive TNS' success, from both professional and personal perspectives. Come join the excellence!OverviewTNS 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'd prefer someone with 10-15 years in IT who adds a wide set of skills to our own.ResponsibilitiesDevOps Automation Platform EngineerAn extraordinarily talented group of individuals work together every day to drive TNS' success, from both professional and personal perspectives. Come join the excellence!OverviewTNS 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'd prefer someone with 10-15 years in IT who adds a wide set of skills to our own.The Platform Engineer will:Help us shape our DevOps Automation and AI journey;Own our GitLab foundation includingStandards 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, in particular around cloud, virtualized, and physical deployments.Define and document patterns and policies for
safe use and deployment of AI-assisted automation, including but not limited to infrastructure, architecture, and deployment standards.Work with Security and Risk teams to continuously assess our security posture.The position will require interaction with internal teams (Global Systems, NOC, and stakeholders in the Business Units) for requirements gathering and deployment coordination.Experience - requiredSDLC and CI/CD pipelinesRelease management and best practicesSoftware development and engineeringNetwork and software automationMonitoring platforms (Netreo a plus)PythonAWSAnsible / TerraformJinja / DjangoDocker and containerization in generalExperience - desiredNautobot / NetBox or other network management toolNetwork engineeringExperience in international environmentsEducationBA/BS in Computer Science or IT related field (or equivalent experience)DevOps certified (AWS or Azure)QualificationsIf you are passionate about technology, love personal growth and opportunity, come see what