Automation Engineer
US$122,000 – US$197,000 / yr base salary
Posted 9 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Sr. Automation Engineer - IT Asset Management”
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
| Base salary | US$122,000 – US$197,000 / yr |
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Sr. Automation Engineer - IT Asset Management
Req ID: GAQ427R222
About the Role
As a Senior Automation Engineer on the IT Asset Management team at Databricks, you will be the technical engine behind transforming how we manage ~$XXM/yr in asset spend across SaaS licenses and hardware. Your primary mission is to eliminate manual toil and build scalable, AI-powered automation that makes asset operations fast, accurate, and effortless as Databricks scales past 14,000 employees.
Your initial focus will be on IT asset management workflows: automating new hire laptop provisioning, SaaS license lifecycle management, asset data reconciliation, and hardware recovery. Over time, you will expand your automation footprint across IT Support and Operations, including IT support workflows, AV/VC and event support, and incident response management.
This role requires a strong automation-first mindset, the ability to learn new domains quickly, and comfort building with AI/LLM tools. You will report to the Senior Manager of IT Asset Management.
The Impact You Will Have
- New hire laptop provisioning: Build end-to-end automation for assigning, configuring, and shipping laptops to new hires, targeting a 75% reduction in manual ticket toil.
- SaaS license lifecycle: Automate license consumption monitoring, inactivity-based seat clawbacks, renewal alerting, and cost optimization workflows to help drive $1.5M+ in annual savings and cost avoidance.
- Asset data quality: Automate CMDB/inventory reconciliation, deduplication, and multi-device detection to bring asset records to audit-ready accuracy.
- Offboarding asset recovery: Automate tracking and recovery of hardware from exiting employees, reducing loss and improving chain-of-custody compliance.
- Broader IT Ops automation (over time): Extend automation into IT support, AV/VC and event support, and incident response management as the ITAM automation foundation matures.
What We Are Looking For
Core Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in IT systems engineering, automation engineering, or a related technical role.
- Proven track record of delivering complex, multi-system automation projects with measurable business impact.
- Strong automation-first mindset: you see a manual process and immediately think about how to build a scalable, reliable automated solution.