Staff Automation Engineer

As a Staff Automation Engineer at Workato, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing innovative solutions to empower the Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams. Your expertise in SaaS, cloud platforms, and automation will drive the efficiency and reliability of our cloud infrastructure. Here are your key responsibilities: - Lead end-to-end cloud infrastructure automation projects aligned with business requirements, owning architecture, delivery, and outcomes across the project lifecycle. - Design challenging automation architectures for multi-system integrations, event-driven workflows, and infrastructure provisioning pipelines. - Architect and implement cloud infrastructure for project incubation, including provisioning cloud accounts, deploying services, automating CI/CD pipelines, and enforcing security best practices. - Design and automate infrastructure-related processes to enhance operational efficiency, scalability, and reliability. - Collaborate with stakeholders across various departments to translate needs into technical solutions and drive cross-functional project execution. - Develop tools for efficient management and monitoring of cloud services and resources, used by Product, Marketing, and Field teams. - Mentor and elevate peer engineers through design reviews, coaching, and knowledge transfer on complex cloud infrastructure topics. - Champion best practices in solution design, documentation, governance, and continuous learning within the team. - Evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools, and features to enhance automation capabilities and infrastructure operations. Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills required for this role include: - 7+ years of hands-on experience delivering automation and cloud infrastructure projects. - Experience managing full project lifecycles and multi-system integrations in cross-functional environments. - Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, IaC tools, cloud architecture, networking, and security best practices. - Hands-on knowledge of iPaaS, workflow automation, or low-code integration platforms. - Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills. - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (ideal). - Experience mentoring engineers and driving adoption of best practices. - Workato platform certification or advanced proficiency (ideal). - Certifications in major cloud platforms and familiarity with security automation and governance frameworks. - Experience integrating cloud infrastructure with business systems via APIs. Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics required include: - Collaboration & Stakeholder Partnership - Communication - Ownership & Initiative - Adaptability - Influence & Leadership If you are passionate about solving complex challenges with technology in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, this is your opportunity to make a real impact at Workato. As a Staff Automation Engineer at Workato, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing innovative solutions to empower the Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams. Your expertise in SaaS, cloud platforms, and automation will drive the efficiency and reliability of our cloud infrastructure. Here are your key responsibilities: - Lead end-to-end cloud infrastructure automation projects aligned with business requirements, owning architecture, delivery, and outcomes across the project lifecycle. - Design challenging automation architectures for multi-system integrations, event-driven workflows, and infrastructure provisioning pipelines. - Architect and implement cloud infrastructure for project incubation, including provisioning cloud accounts, deploying services, automating CI/CD pipelines, and enforcing security best practices. - Design and automate infrastructure-related processes to enhance operational efficiency, scalability, and reliability. - Collaborate with stakeholders across various departments to translate needs into technical solutions and drive cross-functional project execution. - Develop tools for efficient management and monitoring of cloud services and resources, used by Product, Marketing, and Field teams. - Mentor and elevate peer engineers through design reviews, coaching, and knowledge transfer on complex cloud infrastructure topics. - Champion best practices in solution design, documentation, governance, and continuous learning within the team. - Evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools, and features to enhance automation capabilities and infrastructure operations. Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills required for this role include: - 7+ years of hands-on experience delivering automation and cloud infrastructure projects. - Experience managing full project lifecycles and multi-system integrations in cross-functional environments. - Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, IaC tools, cloud architecture, networking, and security best practices. - Hands-on knowledge of iPaaS, workflow automation,