Automation Engineer

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Automation Engineer to join our team based out of our headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Automation Engineer will report directly to the Infrastructure Reliability and Automation IT Director.

Collaborating with other automation talent, you will be responsible for developing a new capability to leverage automation to reduce cost, increase speed of execution, and deliver consistent results.

This role will also partner with GP Architect to standardize tools and platforms.

Additionally, you will have the opportunity to use your personal knowledge and skills to develop automated processes to address existing problems and opportunities.

This role will have the opportunity to change the way infrastructure is deployed and managed across GP and our corporation (Koch Industries).

The ideal candidate will have the ability to both work independently and collaborate with a team and prioritize a complex workload.

They will also have a passion to apply automation and drive superior business results.

This position can be based out of Atlanta, GA, Green Bay, WI, or Wichita, KS.

Our Team

The Infrastructure Reliability and Automation team is a group of highly talented infrastructure resources with an expectation to deliver value at the GP enterprise level.

Our focus is to deliver always on / always connected' infrastructure to our business.

Your role will focus on advancing automated solutions and creating a culture that embraces automated solutions through partnerships and demonstrated value.

What You Will Do


* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and Business Units to implement and support existing and future automation solutions


* Designing and developing automated processes to deliver consistent results


* Create and maintain automated scripts and workflows using industry-standard automation tools and frameworks


* Developing modern API-based integrations with other applications outside of ServiceNow


* Economically consider opportunities for automation and focus on the highest value


* Consult with customers as the subject matter expert and recommend automation improvements to address cost and reliability


* Stay up to date with industry best practices and emerging automation technologies to ensure our automation strategies remain competitive and effective


* Develop a culture of automation.

Partner with other capabilities and resources to influence mental models to create and advance adoption of automation.


* Coach, influence and educate.

Effectively communicate the value of automation.

Connect stakeholders with 'what needs to change' and 'why we need to change'

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* 5+ years of experience in the following:



* Programming languages such as Python, Java, or Ruby.


* Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.


* Model Driven Programmability, Network Function Virtualization.

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