About Our Job
With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.
Application Deadline and Materials
This job posting will accept applications until 11:59PM on Sunday, November 8.
We kindly request that you submit a resume with your application materials.
What We Offer
The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The hiring salary range for this position is $86,634/year - $120,000/year, based on experience, based on experience. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include, but are not limited to:
A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
457B Retirement Plan
140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year
Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date
More information about the perks and benefits we provide to full-time employees to allow them to find balance, thrive, and build a mile high career can be found on our website.
Location & Schedule
The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. In this position, you can expect to work on-site at the Webb Municipal Building (201 W. Colfax Ave.) two (2) days per week. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.
Who We Are
The Technology Services Department (TS) of the City and County of Denver use state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies to deliver and improve the systems, applications, and operations to our customers. Technology Services supports the people, agencies, and ideas that make the City and County of Denver a world-class city. The city offers a unique opportunity to work with a diverse business and technology environment on a large scale as we employ more than 13,000 people, of which 9,000+ are daily technology consumers in support of a diverse population over 700,000 Denverites.
What You’ll Do
In Technology Services, our mission is to improve city performance through reliability, innovation, access, and security. As a Senior Automation Engineer, you will serve as a technical expert responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting automation solutions that enhance the reliability, security, and efficiency of the City's technology environment. This role combines systems administration expertise with modern automation practices to streamline operations, improve service delivery, and support hybrid cloud and enterprise infrastructure initiatives. You’ll play a hands-on role in the following areas:
Automation of standard work
Robotic Process Automation
Process improvement
Hybrid cloud automation
Utilizing your expertise, you will collaborate with the Security, Network, and Application teams to develop and implement automation solutions and apply established processes and best practices.
As a Senior Automation Engineer, you will:
Develop and deploy automation workflows, scripts, and tooling that improve the reliability, security, and efficiency of IT systems and processes.
Design, implement, and support automation solutions for infrastructure management, configuration management, software deployment, and operational support.
Maintain existing code repositories and update solutions to improve security, functionality, maintainability, and sustainability.
Gather requirements for future-state automation and translate them into scalable, supportable solutions.
Monitor, analyze, and optimize system performance, reliability, and operational effectiveness through automation and process improvements.
Troubleshoot and resolve…