Senior IT Automation Engineer
Owns the architecture and delivery of complex IT automation workflows and shared platform components. The role requires at least five years of IT, automation, or systems engineering experience, plus expertise with workflow orchestration, Git-based development, identity tools, and collaboration APIs.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own the technical architecture of IT Tooling automations, driving design decisions on system structure, integration patterns, and tooling across n8n, Airflow, Temporal, and Jira.
- Establish architecture standards and code review practices that raise the team's overall engineering bar.
- Lead as technical DRI on complex, high-impact automation projects from discovery and design through production delivery.
- Partner with Security, Corporate Engineering, and IAM to resolve technical blockers and represent the team in cross-functional architecture discussions.
- Build shared frameworks and reusable components that reduce single points of failure across the platform.
- Produce architecture documentation and decision records that enable the team to scale with minimal dependency on any single individual.
- Manage workload independently, translating loosely scoped problems into production-ready technical specifications.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in IT engineering, automation, or systems engineering, with ownership of architecture decisions, engineering standards, or platform-level systems.
- Deep expertise building and maintaining complex automations using n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira Automation, or Workato.
- Strong Git-based development workflows, including branching, CI/CD, and code review.
- Working knowledge of Okta, Slack API, and Google Workspace administration sufficient to design secure, scalable automation architecture.
- Ability to operate in ambiguous environments and translate loosely scoped problems into production-ready technical specifications.
- Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual base salary: ₹3,419,600 INR.
- Total compensation may also include equity, bonus eligibility, and medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Skills
n8n, Apache Airflow, Temporal, Jira Automation, Workato, Git, CI/CD, Okta, Slack Api, Google Workspace, Generative AI
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