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The Panther Group
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Automation Engineer
Posted: 05/19/2025
2025-05-19
2025-07-20
Employment Type:
Contract
Industry: IT Support
Job Number: 43185
Pay Rate: 83.92
Job Description
The Panther Group is seeking an experienced Automation Engineer for a university in the Boston, MA area. This is a hybrid opportunity!
The Automation Engineer position is a hands-on technical role. The Automation Engineer is responsible for identifying, developing, and integrating automation opportunities to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the ITS organization as well as streamlining the customer service request process through fulfillment.
Minimum Qualifications
This role requires occasional availability outside of traditional working hours to address urgent business needs as they arise, including, but not limited to, responding to security incidents, supporting software deployments, resolving software issues or system breaks, and addressing other critical operational requirements. The ideal candidate must be proactive and adaptable, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations by promptly addressing any issues, regardless of time or day. Flexibility and a strong sense of urgency are essential for success in this position.
Other duties as required:
This role requires flexibility in performing duties outside of the primary responsibilities to support evolving business needs. The ideal candidate must be adaptable and willing to take on additional tasks or projects as required, ensuring smooth operations across the organization. This may include stepping in to assist with cross-functional teams, handling unexpected challenges, or contributing to initiatives that support business growth and success. A proactive mindset and the ability to pivot quickly are essential for thriving in this dynamic environment.
Hybrid work schedule:
This role is hybrid and in the office three days a week to facilitate collaboration and teamwork. In-office presence is an essential part of our on-campus culture and allows for engaging directly with staff and students, sharing ideas, and contributing to a dynamic work environment. Being on-site allows for stronger connections, more effective problem-solving, and enhanced team synergy, all of which are key to achieving our collective goals and driving success.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years’ experience working with automation, web development, or similar
- Bachelor's degree or 4 additional years of comparable work experience beyond the required years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a bachelor's degree
- 10+ years of experience with networking or systems administration
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including group, leadership, and executive presentations.
- Deep hands-on experience leading the design, development and deployment of automation technology infrastructure and single source of truth databases.
- Extensive experience in developing monitoring and reporting systems.
- Deep hands-on experience in developing and writing automation scripts and integrations for configuration, monitoring, and reporting.
- Certification in Automation
- Experience working with DevOps methodologies
- Exceptional planning and project implementation skills to achieve high visibility solutions
- Exceptional communication skills
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to prioritize and balance workload in a high-demand environment
- Languages: Python, Perl, Shell, SQL
- Web development frameworks
- Experience with REST APIs, XML, and/or NETCONF
- Automation frameworks: Ansible/Chef/Puppet
- Network automation: Netmiko/Napalm/Nornir
- DCIM: Netbox/Nautobot
This role requires occasional availability outside of traditional working hours to address urgent business needs as they arise, including, but not limited to, responding to security incidents, supporting software deployments, resolving software issues or system breaks, and addressing other critical operational requirements. The ideal candidate must be proactive and adaptable, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations by promptly addressing any issues, regardless of time or day. Flexibility and a strong sense of urgency are essential for success in this position.
Other duties as required:
This role requires flexibility in performing duties outside of the primary responsibilities to support evolving business needs. The ideal candidate must be adaptable and willing to take on additional tasks or projects as required, ensuring smooth operations across the organization. This may include stepping in to assist with cross-functional teams, handling unexpected challenges, or contributing to initiatives that support business growth and success. A proactive mindset and the ability to pivot quickly are essential for thriving in this dynamic environment.
Hybrid work schedule:
This role is hybrid and in the office three days a week to facilitate collaboration and teamwork. In-office presence is an essential part of our on-campus culture and allows for engaging directly with staff and students, sharing ideas, and contributing to a dynamic work environment. Being on-site allows for stronger connections, more effective problem-solving, and enhanced team synergy, all of which are key to achieving our collective goals and driving success.
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