BusPatrol

BusPatrol

IT Ops Automation Engineer

TX - Austin

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 23 days ago
TypeScriptPythonPowerShellNode.jsAzureCI/CDRESTData AnalysisData VisualizationKQLJiraSalesforcePlaywrightSASLeadershipMicrosoft OfficeSharePointNetSuite

About the role

  • At BusPatrol, we're transforming student transportation safety through cutting-edge technology and real-time automated enforcement.
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Responsibilities

  • Design, build, deploy, and support secure IT automations across Azure, Power Platform, and related enterprise platforms using least-privilege and production-ready standards.
  • Develop and maintain automation solutions using TypeScript/Node.js, PowerShell, and Python, selecting the right toolset for each use case.
  • Administer and optimize Azure services that support automation, including Function Apps, Automation Accounts, Logic Apps, Storage, Key Vault, Service Bus, and monitoring tools.
  • Build and support event-driven, scheduled, and API-based workflows that improve IT service delivery, onboarding, offboarding, access management, and audit processes.
  • Create and maintain integrations across core business systems such as Freshservice, Jira, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, SharePoint, and other SaaS platforms.
  • Perform ticket and operational data analysis to identify high-value automation opportunities by evaluating volume, repeatability, business impact, process stability, and technical feasibility.
  • Apply sound engineering practices including testing, source control, CI/CD, logging, error handling, documentation, and reusable design patterns.
  • Establish and document standards for selecting the appropriate automation runtime, architecture, and support model for each workflow.
  • Partner with Service Desk and IT Operations teams to refine processes, reduce operational friction, and mentor others in automation best practices.
  • You will lead the design, build, and operation of these automations end-to-end - a hands-on engineering role embedded in the IT Service Operations & Enablement (ITSOE) team.

Nice to have

  • Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript / Node.js and
  • Durable Functions (orchestrators, activities, fan-out/fan-in, sub-orchestrations, eternal orchestrations).
  • HTTP, Timer, Queue, Service Bus, and Blob triggers.
  • Retry policies, exponential backoff, idempotent activities, and dead-lettering.
  • Production experience with Playwright (Node.js /
  • Microsoft SSO / Entra login flows and stored auth state.
  • Page Object Model, role-based locators, trace/video capture.
  • Running at scale via Microsoft Playwright Workspaces or equivalent (Azure Container Apps, self-hosted runners).

Skills

  • Freshservice Workflow Automator, Custom Objects, Onboarding/Offboarding modules, and Freshservice Analytics.
  • Integrations with Ashby, NetSuite, Salesforce, Tableau, OpenPath, Five9, or 1Password via API or SCIM.
  • Cross-platform observability tooling.
  • Help architect the future of our Automated Safety Platform.
  • Work on modern, cloud-native, and serverless technologies.

Benefits

  • Monitor automation health and performance through dashboards, telemetry, alerting, and trend analysis, and continuously improve reliability and business outcomes.

Company info

  • Be part of a mission-driven company making roads safer for students and communities.

This listing is sourced directly from BusPatrol's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.