Automation Engineer II

Job Description

Automation Engineer — Network Partner Data Platform

About the Role

Client's global network infrastructure relies on thousands of external partners — internet

service providers (ISPs), colocation facilities, hardware vendors, and managed service

providers. We're building a centralized platform to manage all of these relationships,

contacts, and service data in one place.

What You'll Do

Build Workflow Automation

● Design and implement automated workflows for partner onboarding, contact updates,

service renewals, and data lifecycle management

● Create self-service tools that allow operations teams to perform bulk data operations

without needing engineering support

● Build automated alerting for stale data, missing information, or expiring service

agreements

Develop Data Pipelines & Integrations

● Build ETL pipelines that synchronize partner data across multiple internal systems

● Automate the migration of legacy data from spreadsheets, wikis, and siloed

databases into the centralized platform

● Develop reconciliation scripts to detect discrepancies between systems and maintain

data consistency

Automate Operational Processes

● Build tools that auto-retrieve relevant partner contacts during network incidents,

reducing response time

● Create automated escalation and outreach workflows triggered by network events

● Develop runbook automation to standardize and speed up repetitive operational

tasks

Monitor & Report

● Build dashboards tracking data quality, freshness, and platform adoption

● Implement automated health checks and audit scripts to detect duplicates, orphaned

records, or incomplete entries

● Create scheduled reports for leadership on automation ROI and data integrity metrics

What We're Looking For​

Required:

● 3+ years experience in automation engineering, data engineering

● Strong proficiency in Python

● Experience building and consuming APIs (REST and/or GraphQL)

● Familiarity with SQL and data pipeline/ETL concepts

● Experience with job scheduling and orchestration tools (Airflow, cron, or similar)

● Understanding of data quality principles (validation, deduplication, reconciliation)

● Comfortable working with large datasets across multiple source systems

● Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently

Preferred:

● Experience with PHP or Hack (server-side scripting)

● Familiarity with graph databases or relationship/entity management systems

● Experience with CRM, MDM (Master Data Management), or vendor management

platforms

● Understanding of network infrastructure concepts (ISPs, peering, colocation, Points

of Presence)

● Experience with Thrift or similar RPC frameworks

● Background in telecom, network operations, or infrastructure services

● Experience automating processes in a large-scale enterprise environment

Tech Stack

Area Technologies

Scripting & Automation Python, PHP/Hack, Bash

APIs GraphQL, REST, Thrift (RPC)

Data & Pipelines SQL, Hive/Presto (data warehouse), ETL tooling

Monitoring & Dashboards Time-series metrics, log analytics, custom

dashboards

Orchestration Scheduled jobs, event-driven triggers