Automation Engineer

About us

KnitWell Group, a specialty retail operating company, comprises some of the most iconic brands in America – Ann Taylor, Chico's, Haven Well Within, Lane Bryant, LOFT, Soma, Talbots, White House Black Market. Individually, our brands are unique and strong. Together, we are powerful.

Our common thread is our commitment to create exceptional products, provide memorable experiences, and achieve superior results. Our associates are innovators who thrive through collaboration and are dedicated to excellence. At the heart of it all are the customers we serve. We are dedicated to creating fashion that not only looks good but also makes our customers feel good.

About the role

Under the direction of the Director for Identity and Tools, the Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining automation solutions that improve the efficiency, reliability, and security of our IT operations. This role will partner closely with Infrastructure, Security, Service Desk, and Application teams to automate identity lifecycle processes, device provisioning, cloud deployments, patching, monitoring, and compliance workflows. The ideal candidate is highly skilled in scripting, orchestration, and systems automation, with the ability to translate manual processes into scalable, repeatable, self-healing workflows. This position will play a critical role in reducing cost and operational workload, improving service quality, and enabling the IT organization to support a growing business without proportional headcount increases.

The impact you can have

• Enhance Identity program as needed to fill gaps for IDM tool or process

• Work with IT partners to automate executive reporting and proactively monitor status to ensure reports are delivered to executives on time and with the expected accuracy

• Automate health checks, log collection, and alert validation

• Build dashboards and scheduled reports for patching, compliance, inventory, and uptime

• Reduce false positives and accelerate root cause analytics with automated enrichment

• Implement configuration drive detection and auto remediation scripts

• Build scripts to reduce repetitive Service Desk workload (resets, cleanup, diagnostics)

• Automate server/workload provisioning, patching, and configuration baselines

• Build automated remediation for recurring issues across servers and applications

• Create standardized deployment workflows for Windows/Linux systems

• Automate vulnerability detection to remediation

• Automate containment actions such as isolating compromised endpoints

• Integrate automation tasks with SIEM/SOAR tooling to enrich alerts and accelerate response

• Build compliance verification scripts based on CIS, NIST, and internal baselines

• Partner with IT teams to identify automation opportunities across the organization

• Document workflows, runbooks, and automated processes

• Provide training and enablement to teams adopting new automation solutions

You’ll bring to the role

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, other related fields, or equivalent work experience

• 7+ years of IT work experience, with at least 2 years of experience working in automation solutions for IT organizations

• Experience in Python, C#, or Powershell

• Expeirence with API integration and automation via REST/Graph API

• Experience with SIEM/SOAR platforms a plus

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

• Knowledge of Intune advanced automation and Azure governance automation a plus

• Experience creating self-service portals or automated workflow approvals

• Ability to work and communicate, in a team environment, using strong communication skills

• Ability to interact with all levels of management

• Understanding of the retail industry a big plus

Benefits

• You will be eligible to receive a merchandise discount at select KnitWell Group brands, subject to each brand’s discount policies.

• Support for your individual development plus opportunities for career mobility within our family of brands.

• A culture of giving back – local volunteer opportunities, annual donation and volunteer match to eligible nonprofit organizations, and philanthropic activities to support our communities.*

• Medical, dental, vision insurance & 401(K).*

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Time off – paid time off & holidays.*

• The target salary range for this role is: $115,000 - $125,000

• Any job offer will consider factors such your qualifications, relevant experience, and skills. Eligibility of certain benefits and associate programs are subject to employment type and role.

• Remote : This position works remotely. Occasional travel to a company office may be required.

Applicants to this position must be authorized to work for any employer in the US without sponsorship. We are not providing sponsorship for this position.

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Location:

Ascena Corp ETNA-ascena-Pataskala, OH 43062

Position Type:

Regular/Full time

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. Hiring decisions are based upon a candidate's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration and are made without regard to sex (including pregnancy), race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other category protected by applicable law. The Company is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for job applicants with disabilities. If you require an accommodation to perform the essential duties of the position you are seeking or to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]. The Company will make reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified applicants or employees, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the operations of the Company’s business. The Company will not revoke or alter a job offer based on an applicant’s request for reasonable accommodation.