Automation Engineer

Job summary

Graphcore is seeking an Automation Engineer in Bristol, UK, to build and scale automation capabilities across modern platforms, starting with Atlassian Cloud. This role involves establishing a configuration-as-code model, advancing automation efforts, and ensuring smooth operations through reliable CI/CD workflows.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in DevOps, automation, or platform engineering roles
• Expertise in developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, CloudBees or equivalent)
• Experience building workflows for configuration, infrastructure, or SaaS platforms with structured processes
• Experience applying approval, validation, and governance controls within CI/CD pipelines
• Proficient programming or scripting abilities (e.g., Python, Go, PowerShell, or similar)
• Experience working with REST APIs and developing automation for API-reliant systems
• Experience managing source control systems (e.g., Git) as the definitive reference
• Knowledge of identity and access management principles
• Ability to compose and build scalable, maintainable automation solutions
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a distributed environment
• Experience interacting with Atlassian Cloud APIs (Jira, Confluence)
• Experience implementing configuration-as-code or GitOps-style approaches
• Familiarity with Azure AD or other identity providers
• Experience building internal platforms or automation frameworks
• Knowledge of governance, audit, and compliance requirements
• Experience extending automation patterns across multiple SaaS platforms

Responsibilities

• Build and implement CI/CD pipelines for configuration changes with validations, approvals, and deployment stages
• Develop and maintain configuration-as-code workflows, ensuring modifications are version-controlled, auditable, and repeatable
• Build and maintain automated systems for provisioning projects, workflows, permissions, and configurations
• Implement approval gates, policy checks, and validation logic within pipelines to enforce governance and compliance
• Connect CI/CD workflows with identity and access systems (e.g., Azure AD) for secure and auditable provisioning
• Develop automation using APIs and scripting to manage SaaS platforms, initially focusing on Atlassian
• Compose and build reusable automation frameworks and patterns extensible to other API-driven systems
• Collaborate with Atlassian Administrators to automate manual processes
• Work with the Lead Atlassian Platform Engineer to implement platform architecture, standards, and governance through code
• Develop tooling to enforce standards, prevent configuration drift, and improve consistency across environments
• Build automation and tooling using programming or scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, PowerShell)
• Monitor and improve performance, reliability, and scalability of automation workflows and pipelines
• Support audit and compliance requirements by ensuring modifications are traceable and managed through pipelines
• Contribute to documentation, standards, and guidelines for automation and platform operations

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