Analyst IT Operations(Automation Engineer – Infrastructure)

Mattel India seeks an experienced Automation Engineer to drive infrastructure automation in a regulated SOX-compliant environment supporting financial systems supply chain e-commerce and global digital operations for iconic toy brands. You will develop and maintain complex scripts and automation solutions to provision configure secure and remediate infrastructure while ensuring full adherence to SOX ITGCs (change controls access management logging/auditing SoD and audit readiness). This role combines hands-on scripting expertise with 24x5 operations and weekend on-call responsibilities to minimize risks reduce manual effort and maintain high availability. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Develop test deploy and maintaincomplex automation scriptsand playbooks for infrastructure tasks (provisioning patching configuration drift remediation backups access provisioning/de-provisioning compliance checks) using tools like Ansible Terraform PowerShell Python Bash or equivalent. 

• ImplementInfrastructure as Code (IaC)to automate secure auditable deployments across hybrid/cloud environments (AWS/Azure on-prem VMware etc.) enforcing SOX-compliant baselines and policies. 

• Automate SOX-required controls and processes including privileged access management (PAM) user access reviews (UARs) change approvals segregation of duties (SoD) audit logging evidence generation and remediation workflows. 

• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure changes (using Jenkins Azure DevOps Git or ServiceNow integrations) with built-in compliance gates and approvals. 

• Provide24x5 supportduring core hours for automation monitoring execution and troubleshooting; participate inweekend on-call rotationfor urgent incidents failover activations or SOX-critical alerts. 

• Respond to incidents/alerts perform automated root-cause fixes where possible escalate as needed and contribute to post-incident reviews with SOX-aligned documentation. 

• Collaborate with Security Compliance Audit Infrastructure and Dev teams to define automation standards SLAs and governance in a SOX/PCI-regulated setup. 

• Refactor legacy scripts optimize for efficiency/reliability and maintain comprehensive documentation (code comments runbooks SOX evidence artifacts). 

• Support annual SOX/PCI audits through automated evidence collection control validation and remediation of findings. 

• Ensure automation aligns with ITIL practices and contributes to operational resilience disaster recovery and continuous improvement. 

Required Skills & Experience 

• 35 yearsof hands-on experience in infrastructure automation scripting and DevOps practices in regulated environments. 

• Advanced proficiency in scripting for complex infra tasks:PythonPowerShellBash/Shell with proven ability to write reusable error-handling and SOX-auditable code. 

• Strong expertise in automation/IaC tools:AnsibleTerraformChef/Puppet(Ansible/Terraform preferred) Git for version control. 

• Deep understanding ofSOX compliancein IT infrastructure: ITGCs change/access management logging/auditing privileged access UARs and audit evidence automation. 

• Experience in24x5/24x7 operationswith on-call (including weekends) for production support incident triage and high-availability systems. 

• Knowledge of infrastructure stack: Windows/Linux servers VMware cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) networking storage firewalls and PAM tools. 

• Familiarity with ServiceNow Jira Splunk/Dynatrace for monitoring/ticketing and CI/CD tools. 

• Strong analytical documentation and problem-solving skills in a global regulated context. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time