Automation Engineer

Grant Thornton; Metairie (LA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Benefits package

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking an Automation Engineer who lives and breathes Zephyr for a mid-level role in Metairie, LA. The position emphasizes trusted responsibilities, with a salary range of $83,000–$108,000 and temporary flexibility. You will mentor teammates, integrate services, and push the roadmap with Gatling work.

The role prioritizes code quality, collaboration, and decision-making under pressure. This temporary opportunity offers mentorship, benefits, and local flexibility in Metairie, LA.

Qualifications

• Clear thinking under deadline pressure in Metairie, LA.
• Ability to mentor without keyboard takeover.
• Portfolio or work samples demonstrating technology expertise.
• Strong critical thinking and independent judgment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the Grant Thornton stack
• Mentor the mid-level cohort through their first real JIRA on-call at Grant Thornton
• Ship the endlessly-iterating Gatling features that move Grant Thornton's technology roadmap forward
• Reverse-engineer the data-driven Decision Making format Grant Thornton inherited and never documented

Skills

Critical thinking

Mentoring

Decision making under pressure

Portfolio/work samples

Communication

Tools

Zephyr

JIRA

Gatling

Jasmine

Job description

We believe great engineers ship great software, so we are hiring an Automation Engineer who lives and breathes Zephyr. Everything about this mid-level Automation Engineer post says trust — $83,000 - $108,000, temporary flexibility, and 5 years rewarded with real say.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the Grant Thornton stack
• Mentor the mid-level cohort through their first real JIRA on-call at Grant Thornton
• Ship the endlessly-iterating Gatling features that move Grant Thornton's technology roadmap forward
• Reverse-engineer the data-driven Decision Making format Grant Thornton inherited and never documented

What You'll Bring

• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Metairie, LA deadlines bring
• The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
• Comfort steering technology conversations toward a decision
• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your technology expertise
• Critical thinking skills and sound, independent judgment

Grant Thornton is a fast-growing technology company in Metairie, LA, where Security Testing and Jasmine drive everything we do. You'll never have to guess where you stand with your manager in this temporary role.

At Grant Thornton, $83,000 - $108,000 is just the opener; the mentorship, benefits, and Metairie, LA flexibility are where the offer gets good.

Right this second, the Automation Engineer opening at Grant Thornton is taking resumes.

Your Decision Making story isn't finished, and the next chapter might be an Automation Engineer role here.