Top Automation Engineer Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Lead enterprise automation and agentic AI initiatives, owning the automation and integration stack and Center of Excellence. Build secure, reusable workflows and integration frameworks using platforms such as Zapier, Claude, and Glean. Establish governance, standards, documentation, and prioritization practices while partnering with IT, innovation teams, engineers, business stakeholders, and executives. Identify operational inefficiencies, develop automation roadmaps, and deliver scalable systems with secure data handling, access controls, human oversight, and measurable business impact.

Designs and maintains large-scale Terraform infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments. Responsibilities include developing reusable modules, automating CI/CD pipelines, enforcing policy-as-code, managing state, implementing infrastructure testing, supporting multi-cloud provisioning, embedding security and IAM guardrails, migrating legacy infrastructure to IaC, optimizing costs, documenting systems, and mentoring engineering teams.

Designs and engineers automated internal audit workflows that enable continuous assurance. Responsibilities include re-engineering audit processes, orchestrating AI agents, developing prompt and agent libraries, integrating Power Automate and GRC platforms, automating document and population testing, creating real-time risk dashboards, and ensuring AI governance, privacy, explainability, and human validation. The role requires technical audit transformation experience, LLM orchestration, automation platforms, SQL or Python, data governance, and data warehouse expertise.

Develop and automate CI/CD pipelines for a large-scale national security system. Responsibilities include build and deployment automation, continuous integration, automated testing, security and static code analysis, repository management, and infrastructure as code. The role requires Java-based test automation, CI/CD, Cucumber, Selenium or Serenity, web services, APIs, SQL, and experience across functional, integration, system, and user acceptance testing. An active Final DoD Secret clearance and proximity to Colorado Springs or Columbia, Maryland are required.

Supports manufacturing automation projects involving CNC equipment, robotics, PLCs, HMIs, vision systems, and material handling. Assists with equipment integration, controls programming, testing, validation, startup, troubleshooting, documentation, operator training, and production handoff. Works cross-functionally with engineering, operations, quality, maintenance, tooling, and suppliers to improve safety, reliability, quality, uptime, cycle time, and maintainability.

Designs, develops, tests, deploys, and supports UiPath automation solutions. Translates business requirements into scalable workflows, implements queues, logging, exception handling, credential management, and scheduling, and monitors production automations. The role troubleshoots failures, optimizes existing workflows, documents technical solutions, participates in reviews and UAT, and contributes to reusable components and development standards while maintaining privacy, security, and compliance.

Installs, configures, maintains, and troubleshoots global network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, VPN endpoints, data centers, backbone networks, POPs, and CDNs. Performs upgrades, resolves outages and hardware or software issues, coordinates with ISPs and vendors, handles network traffic inquiries, and supports production and corporate network incidents. Requires broad networking, server, firewall, virtualization, CDN, and internet peering knowledge.

Owns risk-based test strategy, manual testing, and UI/API automation for a data-heavy enterprise banking platform. Builds Playwright and TypeScript test frameworks, manages regression coverage, test environments, data, defects, and Jira/Xray traceability. Diagnoses application, test, infrastructure, and environment issues while improving CI/CD feedback, framework health, and release readiness. The role also evaluates and governs AI-assisted QA workflows, partners with Product and Engineering, mentors teammates, and drives continuous quality improvements.

Build and deploy secure business automations and integrations across SaaS tools, internal systems, and APIs. Partner with stakeholders to identify high-impact workflow improvements, apply AI and agentic patterns where appropriate, and establish scalable engineering practices for documentation, testing, access controls, secrets management, logging, and maintenance. The role also helps shape automation infrastructure and team standards while collaborating with security and IT leadership.

Develops, integrates, validates, and supports automation systems and software workflows for clinical laboratory sample processing. Programs liquid-handling robots, creates user requirements, testing procedures, SOPs, and validation documentation, and coordinates with scientists, engineers, and laboratory end users. The role includes troubleshooting, workflow optimization, user training, and ongoing technical support while ensuring compliance with laboratory quality requirements.

Own the managed services tooling ecosystem, building API, webhook, and email integrations across RMM, monitoring, backup, and ITSM platforms. Configure Jira Service Management, reduce alert noise, troubleshoot tooling failures, establish integration standards, evaluate new tools, and ensure customer-specific rollouts. Produce operational reporting, explain tooling to customers, and maintain auditable documentation within ITIL-aligned change management processes.

Design, implement, and operate CI/CD pipelines for mobile and backend services; maintain build/test/release processes with quality gates and artifact management; configure non-production environments; support release preparation and deployment coordination; integrate monitoring/logging and improve automation, performance, and reliability of delivery pipelines.

Designs, implements, and maintains industrial automation and process control systems at a highly automated steel manufacturing plant. Responsibilities include PLC and HMI improvements, control-system architecture, production and equipment optimization, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, systems integration, technical specifications, and project management. Supports steelmaking and rolling-mill operations while providing maintenance assistance and emergency on-call support.

Designs, develops, deploys, and supports automation solutions, scripts, API integrations, and workflows for Technology operations. Maintains production automations, troubleshoots failures, manages integrations and credentials, documents solutions, and supports technology projects, acquisitions, migrations, and onboarding. Partners with Technology teams to analyze processes, prioritize automation opportunities, develop technical designs, establish governance standards, and improve operational efficiency through scalable automation, reporting, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

Lead complex automation and controls projects across multiple platforms and sites. Architect secure OT networks, develop IEC 61131-3 code libraries, review technical deliverables, estimate project requirements, optimize process and safety systems, enforce engineering standards, and mentor engineers. The role supports design, programming, testing, procurement, deployment, documentation, and quality assurance for industrial automation solutions.

Design and deploy automation systems for high-volume optical transceiver manufacturing, including AI-based machine vision, robotics, motion control, testing, packaging, and process integration. Lead automation from concept through qualification and production ramp, resolve equipment issues, improve yield and throughput, collaborate with vendors and engineering teams, and develop documentation, validation protocols, and capital equipment justifications.

Develops and maintains enterprise infrastructure automations using Ansible, ARIA, Python, Bash, and PowerShell. Builds RESTful APIs, Infrastructure as Code solutions, CI/CD pipelines, integration workflows, and automated testing frameworks. Supports the full automation development lifecycle, troubleshoots production issues, documents solutions, and collaborates with infrastructure, security, and service teams in Agile environments. Requires advanced infrastructure automation experience, Linux and Windows administration expertise, secure coding knowledge, and Public Trust eligibility.

Build and maintain automation systems for package creation, testing, and container image generation. Develop Go-based CLI tools, services, integrations, and AI-powered pipelines for manifest generation, test scaffolding, validation, and quality gates. Contribute to scalable systems design, roadmap planning, and developer tooling while collaborating with distributed teams. The role focuses on improving reliability and reducing manual intervention across Chainguard’s software image factory.

Plan, execute and automate functional, regression and integration tests for mobile (iOS/Android) and backend services. Create and maintain test plans, cases and data; log and track defects; support UAT, performance and stability checks; collaborate with developers, DevOps and architects; integrate automated tests into CI pipelines and validate release readiness across environments and physical devices.

Leads complex mechanical automation, configurator, CAD, product-platforming, and engineering workflow initiatives from architecture through deployment and lifecycle support. Establishes automation standards, validation methods, reusable frameworks, and configuration practices while resolving integration and data issues. Manages large technical projects, influences cross-functional stakeholders, mentors engineers, and advances scalable engineering automation across product families.

Design and improve scalable test automation frameworks for web, API, mobile, and microservice systems. Develop automated, performance, security, contract, regression, and CI/CD tests using modern programming languages and tools. Collaborate with engineering, product, and architecture teams on quality strategy, risk identification, debugging, and incident analysis. Maintain testing documentation and dashboards, improve coverage and reliability, contribute to reusable tools, and mentor junior QA engineers.

Design and maintain automated testing frameworks for web, iOS, and Android fitness applications. Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, build API coverage, test GPS and location features through simulation and sensor mocking, and use AI tools to improve QA workflows. Perform targeted exploratory testing, document defects, collaborate cross-functionally, estimate QA work, and advocate for quality throughout development.

Develop and maintain enterprise Ansible automation, infrastructure-as-code solutions, REST APIs, scripts, CI/CD pipelines, and integrations across complex infrastructure environments. Manage automation projects through the full software development lifecycle, support production systems, document solutions, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate with infrastructure, security, and service teams. The role requires secure coding, Agile delivery, on-call participation, U.S. citizenship, and eligibility for Public Trust clearance.

Leads complex automation projects across manufacturing facilities, identifying technologies and vendors, developing business cases, managing suppliers and contractors, and overseeing commissioning, startup, and training. Provides automation expertise for robotics, packaging, material transport, and production systems; executes smaller capital projects and supports larger implementations. Collaborates cross-functionally to improve safety, resolve operational issues, standardize solutions, and influence stakeholder decisions.

Lead QA strategy and scalable test automation for cybersecurity web applications using Playwright and JavaScript. Build and maintain reliable automated testing frameworks, integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, establish quality gates, diagnose failures, and support security testing. Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, collaborate cross-functionally, and improve testing practices, coverage, reliability, and release quality across multiple products.