Automation Engineer

About the role

The Automation Engineer will design and support automated data pipelines, system integrations, workflow automations, and scalable digital solutions. This role aims to reduce manual processes, improve data accessibility and quality, and strengthen systems supporting organizational reporting, analytics, operations, and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, APIs, scripts, and system integrations.
• Develop workflow automations, digital forms, notifications, approvals, and other process-improvement solutions.
• Create and maintain SQL queries, stored procedures, automation scripts, and data-transformation processes.
• Work with employees and stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and automate manual business processes.
• Support data quality, validation, governance, monitoring, cybersecurity, and troubleshooting efforts.
• Aid in testing, deployment, documentation, user support, training, and ongoing maintenance.
• Research emerging automation, integration, cloud, and data-engineering technologies.
• Participate in strategic digital-services initiatives that strengthen the District's long-term capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, information systems, software engineering, data engineering, business analytics, or a closely related field.
• At least three years of professional experience in data integration, automation, systems development, scripting, database management, or related technical work.
• Experience developing automated workflows, extracting data through APIs, or building ETL/ELT processes.
• Experience working with relational databases, SQL, scripting languages, cloud platforms, or automation technologies.

Skills

• Experience or familiarity in several of the following areas: Relational databases and SQL, APIs and system integrations, Data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes, Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages, Microsoft Power Platform or comparable low-code/no-code platforms, Data validation, quality, governance, and cybersecurity, Troubleshooting automation and data-processing systems, Translating business needs into practical, scalable technical solutions, Communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

Position details include the Department: Digital Services, Supervisor: Digital Solutions Group Leader, Employment Status: Full-time, exempt, Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the job posting.