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