Senior Associate, Automation Engineer @ KPMG - Irvine, CA

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KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate, Automation Engineer to join our BRG, Operations organization.

Responsibilities:

• Manage/monitor Automation Anywhere control rooms (v11 and A360 platforms) and client services daily and notify the support team of any BOT issues; monitor the windows infrastructure (terminal, application, control room, web servers, etc. and related services)
• Lead/manage resolution of infrastructure issues with internal and external IT teams; develop the automation to execute the tasks or processes as specified in the requirements and design documents; review incremental progress with a process subject matter professional to validate functionality and course correct as needed
• Migrate automation codes between multiple environments to facilitate testing; adhere to the bot delivery/governance framework and performs change control/ production code migration post approvals; maintain user and bot accesses in the Automation anywhere control room as approved by system and process owners
• Establish/Monitor code version control through tools like SVN; perform scheduled maintenance activities such as server reboot & software/security patching; support the development and maintenance of training plans and other documentation
• Partner with other team members to perform a seamless transition of support during time zone rotation; work with vendor teams and troubleshoot platform issues; complete end to end functionality testing with test data; validate functionality testing and results with process subject matter professional and adjust as needed
• Maintain proficiency on Automation tools including recommendations, processes and procedures, and track enhancements; contribute to reference architecture definition and maintenance as well in improving standards, guidelines, and leading practices; seek and build relationships to enhance delivery and better understand, identify, and work through issues

Qualifications:

• Minimum three years of recent experience in delivery of IT systems, SDLC, scripting, MS tools, basic development tools, languages, and best practices, preferably within a professional services firm or similar environment; recent experience on RPA platforms such as Automation Anywhere, or Ui Path; and recent experience on tools such as Jenkins, Docker
• Minimum two years of recent experience on Cloud/DevOps technologies such as Azure, AWS, OpenStack and testing tools such as Spirent Avalanche, Commander, or Service Now
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science or a related field
• Prior experience working in a production support environment providing On-Call support
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of automation solutions which leverage best suited methodologies, practice and experience with automation concepts, tools (such as Automation Anywhere, Ui Path, or others) and SDLC preferred
• Solid experience with end-to-end application testing, defect management, change and release management and escalation processes

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