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Leandro Sousa

Sharpshooter · DISC type CD
Head of Engineering & Innovation - DevOps, Automation & Platform Engineering at Noesis
📍 Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal

Leandro is the Head of Engineering & Innovation at Noesis, specializing in DevOps, automation, and platform engineering. With a Ph. D. from the University of Porto, he leads a cross-functional team focused on solving complex customer problems through scalable technology, having grown from a team lead to his current leadership role.

Outside of his primary role, Leandro is passionate about sharing knowledge within the tech community. He hosts hands-on workshops on topics like Kubernetes for students and actively engages in discussions about the future of software development, including the practical role and limitations of AI tools.

He humorously describes being a DevOps Engineer as being "like riding a bike. Except the bike is on fire, you are on fire, everything is on fire and youre in hell. "

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering & Innovation - DevOps, Automation & Platform Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal
Personality Overview

How Leandro shows up

Thorough Evaluator
ROI Driven
Rigorous & Demanding

They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms. They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships.

Priorities

Topics Leandro cares about

DevOps Philosophy
He has published academic research on DevOps adoption and built his career on bridging the gap between development and operations through culture and automation.
Kubernetes Orchestration
Actively educates others on this topic by hosting hands-on workshops like “Kubernetes in Action” to provide students with practical, in-depth knowledge.
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Career

Work history

2-2024
Head of Engineering & Innovation - DevOps, Automation & Platform Engineering
Noesis
3-2023 - 2-2024
DevOps Manager
Noesis
3-2022 - 3-2023
DevOps Team Lead
Noesis
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
2017 - 2019
Mestrado
Coimbra Business School | ISCAC
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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