Sr.Lead DevOps

What We'll Bring:

At TransUnion, we foster a vibrant, inclusive, and forward-thinking environment where collaboration and innovation thrive. Our teams are empowered to explore emerging technologies and agile methodologies, enabling us to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving landscape.

As part of our Global Fraud Solutions team, you’ll work alongside passionate professionals, contribute to pioneering products, and leverage cutting-edge tools to combat fraud on a global scale. This role offers the opportunity to sharpen your existing skills, develop new capabilities, and make a meaningful impact—while discovering and amplifying your unique strengths.

Join us and be part of a mission-driven team that’s redefining trust in the digital age.

What You'll Bring:

• Over 8 years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure, and platform engineering, with a proven track record of leading high-performing technical teams.
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, and Azure, with a strong focus on scalable, secure, and resilient architectures.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and CloudFormation, with hands-on experience in GCP resource provisioning.
• Extensive experience in containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes, enabling efficient deployment and scalability.
• Skilled in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Harness, GitLab CI, and Jenkins, with a strong understanding of modern DevSecOps practices.
• Solid grasp of monitoring and observability using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk and the ELK stack, ensuring system reliability and performance.
• Experienced in incident management, including on-call rotations, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement of operational processes.
• Automate software deployment, configuration, and operational processes using Ansible or equivalent tool.
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux-based systems, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across environments.
• Adept at designing and implementing DevSecOps pipelines with integrated security controls across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and drive alignment across engineering, security, and operations teams.

Impact You'll Make:

• Define and drive the DevOps strategy across the organization, establishing scalable standards, best practices, and governance models.
• Lead automation initiatives for CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning, and system monitoring to enhance efficiency and reliability.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to streamline deployment processes, improve system uptime, and ensure operational excellence.
• Oversee incident response processes, including root cause analysis and post-incident reviews, to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Partner with security and compliance teams to embed security controls and maintain regulatory standards throughout the SDLC.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, with a focus on proactive resource management.
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure team effectiveness, system reliability, and operational health.
• Promote a culture of learning and growth through mentorship, technical training, and cross-team knowledge sharing.
• Having worked in teams using Agile methodologies, strong understanding of DevOps culture, Microservices Architecture, Kubernetes Clusters, Containers, CICD practices.
• Good understanding of the software development agile practices.
• Experience with security and compliance frameworks would be an added advantage.
• Experience with security and compliance frameworks is desirable. Additionally, professional certifications such as Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), and AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional are preferred and will be considered a strong advantage.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.