Automation Engineer
Talascend is currently seeking an Automation Engineer for a contract opportunity with our client in Mountain View, California.
Overview
This role is for a highly skilled automation engineer who will drive organizational efficiency by automating manual repetitive processes and administering core tools. This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining automated data pipelines that ingest, transform, and manage data efficiently across data lake and data warehouse architectures.
Responsibilities
- Configure and maintain JIRA instances, including managing workflows, custom fields, permission schemes, and user roles.
- Develop and maintain complex automation logic and custom transitions using Groovy scripts and Java.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, filters, and reports for various levels of the organization to provide stakeholders with actionable insights into project and program health.
- Partner with leadership to identify automation opportunities, present technical strategies, and demonstrate ROI to align with business objectives.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for agile methodologies and ensure the tools align with and enforce best practices across the organization.
- Continuously audit existing workflows to identify gaps and implement automated fixes that reduce manual effort and human error.
- Provide documentation and training to both technical and non-technical teams on utilizing JIRA and automation tools effectively.
- Deploy and configure capacity planning tools to support resource management.
- Track and visualize team capacity, availability, and workload distribution to prevent resource overallocation or underutilization.
- Use the tools to forecast future resource requirements and plan for upcoming initiatives, releases, and projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree with 10+ years of experience
Requirements
- Proven experience as a JAVA, Python, JIRA/Atlassian Administrator in a corporate environment, including practical experience with Agile.
- In-depth knowledge of JIRA configuration, including custom workflows, fields, screens, and permissions.
- Use languages like Python, Java, and C# to write the scripts and programs that power automation.
- Snowflake experience.
- Experience building dashboards through data lake.
- Experience in Easy BI, analytical & visualization tools.
- Strong understanding of agile principles and frameworks, such as Scrum and Kanban.
- Experience with scaled agile methodologies is highly desirable.
- Ability to build complex dashboards and reports that translate data into meaningful insights for various audiences.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide training and support to users with varying technical backgrounds.
- The ability to identify bottlenecks and find solutions to complex problems.
Preferred Requirements
- Atlassian certifications (e.g., ACP-JA, ACP-JSM) are a plus.
Shift
Fully onsite
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.
Drug Screen may be required.
We will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to Federal, State and Local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Talascend is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Applicants with criminal histories are encouraged to apply. To find out more visit California Fair Chance Act.
Pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. Talascend also offers a variety of benefits including: health and disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, plan requirements, schedule type, and client work site mandates.
Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.