Senior Automation Engineer: Zero-Touch IT Orchestration

VGW Canada; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

VGW is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to join our IT team in Sydney. You will architect internal orchestration engines, transforming manual IT procedures into automated, zero-touch pipelines and reusable frameworks.

This role focuses on building durable workflows, integrating applications via REST/SOAP, and reducing service desk volume through automated provisioning and access controls. You will work with modern messaging systems and contribute to scalable enterprise automation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience converting manual operational workflows into automated pipelines.
• Strong background in event-driven architectures and messaging systems.
• Extensive API integration experience with REST and SOAP.
• Deep expertise in identity management and zero-touch provisioning.
• Solid software engineering foundation with hands-on implementation skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain durable, automated workflows that replace manual processes across IT and core business functions to eliminate single-person dependencies.
• Design robust, decoupled integration frameworks using APIs (REST/SOAP) and event-driven architectures (Kafka, SQS, Lambdas) to seamlessly connect applications.
• Drive background user account provisioning and zero-touch access control to significantly reduce service desk ticket volume and support rapid organisational scaling.
• Establish maintainable technical standards, self-service scaffolding, and reusable integration assets that empower other internal teams to leverage automation safely.

Skills

Automation pipelines

Event-driven architecture

API integration

Identity management

Software engineering

Tools

Kafka

SQS

Lambdas

REST APIs

SOAP APIs

Secret management tools

Job description

VGW is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to join our IT team in Sydney. You will architect internal orchestration engines, transforming manual IT procedures into automated, zero-touch pipelines and reusable frameworks.

This role focuses on building durable workflows, integrating applications via REST/SOAP, and reducing service desk volume through automated provisioning and access controls. You will work with modern messaging systems and contribute to scalable enterprise automation.