Junior Automation Engineer

MetLif; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

MetLife in Asia is seeking a Junior Automation Engineer to develop, test, and support secure infrastructure automation across Asia. The role focuses on reducing manual effort, improving reliability, and building reusable automation that supports technology teams regionally.

The position involves creating Ansible playbooks, scripts, templates, and workflows, coordinating with infrastructure and service management teams, and ensuring code quality through GitHub and release practices.

Qualifications

• Develop, test, document, and maintain reusable Ansible playbooks, scripts, templates, and workflows for approved infrastructure and operational use cases.
• Create safe and supportable automation with input validation, logging, exception handling, testing evidence, and appropriate recovery considerations.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, operations and service management teams to translate regional and country requirements into standardized solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide lifecycle support for automation, including monitoring, troubleshooting, documentation, knowledge transfer, continuous improvement, and compliance with applicable MetLife security, access, change, and automation standards.
• Manage automation code through approved GitHub source‑control, peer‑review, and release practices, and support integrations with APIs, ServiceNow, inventories, cloud services, and enterprise platforms.

Skills

Ansible

Scripting

Templates

GitHub

APIs

ServiceNow

Cloud services

Tools

GitHub

ServiceNow

Cloud services

Job description

Working Schedule

Full-Time

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Relocation Assistance Available

No

Posted Date

02-Oct-2026

Job ID

20802

Description and Requirements

The Junior Automation Engineer is responsible for developing, testing, and supporting secure infrastructure and operational automation across Asia. Guided by our purpose, “always with you, building a more confident future,” and our New Frontier strategy focused on stronger growth, attractive returns, and all-weather performance, this is an exciting opportunity to reduce manual effort, improve service reliability, and build reusable automation that supports technology teams across the region.

• Develop, test, document, and maintain reusable Ansible playbooks, scripts, templates, and workflows for approved infrastructure and operational use cases.


• Create safe and supportable automation with input validation, logging, exception handling, testing evidence, and appropriate recovery considerations.


• Coordinate with infrastructure, operations and service management teams to translate regional and country requirements into standardized solutions.


• Manage automation code through approved GitHub source‑control, peer‑review, and release practices, and support integrations with APIs, ServiceNow, inventories, cloud services, and enterprise platforms.


• Provide lifecycle support for automation, including monitoring, troubleshooting, documentation, knowledge transfer, continuous improvement, and compliance with applicable MetLife security, access, change, and automation standards.

About MetLife Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the \"World's Most Admired Companies\" and Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value. Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible .Join us!