Automation Engineer II

About the role

Aurora is seeking an Automation Engineer II to join its IT Operations team. This role will build automation pipelines to streamline IT processes, ensuring they are repeatable, auditable, and scalable.

Responsibilities

• Build automation for employee and contractor onboarding and offboarding workflows
• Create response and task-execution logic for Aurora’s Slack-based IT support bot
• Determine when issues can be resolved automatically and when they should escalate to humans
• Implement full audit logging for all automated resolutions
• Identify high-volume manual and repetitive ticket patterns and automate them
• Design and implement governance automations to maintain compliance
• Set up alerting pipelines for compliance drift and escalate issues when necessary
• Collaborate with the IAM team to build integrations for access reviews and provisioning

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with at least 3 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with at least 2 years of experience
• Proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript for automation and workflow tooling
• Experience with Bash/shell scripting for systems-level automation
• Experience with event-driven architectures and LLM-driven automations
• Familiarity with OAuth2.0/OIDC and API authentication patterns
• Familiarity with SCIM and non-SCIM provisioning
• Experience in IT operations, corporate engineering, or platform engineering

Desirable Qualifications

• Familiarity with prompt-based orchestration frameworks/platforms
• Understanding of when to apply agentic automation

Benefits

The base salary range for this position is $87,000 - $125,500 per year. Aurora offers an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits. The company operates in a hybrid work environment with employees expected to be in the office at least 3 days per week. Aurora is committed to safety and inclusion, and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.