Automation Engineer
About The Position
The Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automation solutions that drive operational excellence, reduce manual effort, and improve service reliability across MC&O. This role leverages software engineering, automation technologies, data analysis, and modern infrastructure practices to automate operational workflows, monitoring, reporting, and system integrations. The engineer will collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Support teams to identify automation opportunities, streamline processes, and build scalable solutions that enhance performance, resilience, security, and efficiency. Success in this role is measured through measurable improvements in operational effectiveness, automation adoption, quality, reliability, and reduction of manual intervention.
Requirements
- Experience developing automation solutions using one or more scripting or programming languages.
- Strong SQL and data analysis skills for reporting, workflow optimization, and operational insights.
- Understanding of cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and modern DevOps practices.
- Experience integrating systems using APIs and automation platforms.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to produce maintainable, well-documented, production-quality solutions.
- An automation-first mindset and a continuous seeking of opportunities to improve efficiency and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions that eliminate manual effort and improve operational efficiency.
- Develop scripts, queries, integrations, and lightweight applications using technologies such as Python, SQL, and other automation platforms.
- Automate operational workflows, monitoring processes, reporting functions, and system integrations through APIs and internal tools.
- Analyze operational data and create automated reporting and insights that support business decision-making.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation practices to improve consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Support cloud-based and distributed technology environments through automation and operational tooling.
- Contribute to CI/CD automation and deployment processes that improve speed, quality, and reliability.
- Apply software engineering best practices including testing, documentation, version control, and operational support.
- Partner with stakeholders to identify operational pain points and transform repetitive activities into scalable solutions.
- Measure and report automation outcomes, focusing on efficiency gains, service reliability improvements, and operational quality.
Benefits
- insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
- flexible spending account and health savings account
- 16 weeks of new parent leave
- up to 20 days of bereavement leave
- 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
- 25 days of vacation time
- 5 personal days
- 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
- 401k with a best-in-class company match
- deferred compensation for eligible roles
- fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
- eligibility for tuition reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
