Senior Associate Automation Engineer

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Your day at NTT DATA

The Senior Associate Automation Engineer is a developing subject matter expert, responsible for researching, developing, designing, and building automated systems and/or applications that are implemented to perform a variety of tasks reducing the need for human intervention in order to maximize efficiency.

Key responsibilities:

• Collaborates with internal stakeholders as well as external partners to identify opportunities to solve problems through technological advancements
• Works on custom automation solutions to support the business area / team
• Implements automated system and / or application improvements with measurable results in revenue, and / or quality
• Programs, configures, and integrates new technology into an existing system and / or application
• Provides technical direction and support/training to more junior engineers
• Assists in planning, organizing, monitoring, and oversight of all phases of test automation
• Prepares reports summarizing information or trends related to automation
• Develops and documents process for internal automation and development projects
• Actively supports/solves intensified issues from both internal and external clients
• Actively participates in design and code reviews from functional teams
• Actively works with internal or external clients to optimize the automation performance to deliver contracted KPIs
• Assists in scheduling and defining resource needs for testing
• Leads the auditing of all current lab processes to identify opportunities for further automation
• Develops and executes performance test scripts specific to business requirements
• Takes lead in developing resilient continuous integration and delivery of automation pipelines
• Performs/leads test execution for both project and support related activities
• Explores and implements new ways to automate systems and / or applications
• Performs any other related task as required.

To thrive in this role, you need to have:

• Developing proficiency in maintaining automation systems and / or applications.
• Developing understanding of computer programming and software development.
• Ability to troubleshoot technology and perform complex system tests.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Creative thinking skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to keep up with the latest technologies.
• A desire to continually upgrade technical knowledge.

Academic qualifications and certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering or similar field.
• Programming/scripting languages such as Python, Java, or C# preferred.

Required experience:

• Moderate level demonstrated experience with robotics, AI and machine learning.
• Moderate level demonstrated project management experience.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) concepts and tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes and methodologies.
• Moderate level programming and scripting skills in languages such as Python, Java, or C#.