Automation Engineer

Cozen O'Connor

Automation Engineer collaborating with teams to identify automation opportunities and build solutions. Ensuring compliance with security requirements throughout the development lifecycle.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timePhiladelphia • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityJavaScriptPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with attorneys, paralegals, and administrative staff to understand manual and repetitive workflows that are candidates for automation.
Produce clear, well-structured process documentation including written narratives, step-by-step procedures, and visual flow diagrams.
Translate documented business processes into actionable automation requirements that development and AI engineering staff can build against.
Act as an ongoing liaison between non-technical business users and the Development Operations team — gathering feedback, clarifying requirements, and organizing change requests.
Design and build agents that surface firm knowledge, answer common questions, and route requests for staff and clients.
Integrate Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities and prompt-driven actions into existing firm workflows under the guidance of senior engineers.
Test, iterate, and document each solution; provide user-facing training materials and quick-reference guides.
Verify that AI solutions touching client or matter data respect attorney-client privilege boundaries and existing information barriers.
Help maintain an inventory of AI agents, flows, and Copilot extensions, including their data sources, owners, and risk classification.
Review proposed automations for cyber risk — including data exposure, over-permissioned connectors, prompt-injection exposure, and uncontrolled data egress — and escalate concerns to senior security staff.
Support audit and compliance activities (SOC 2, client security questionnaires, internal reviews) by producing evidence and documentation for AI and automation systems.
Triage and resolve tickets related to automation workflows and processes.
Monitor scheduled flows and agents for failures; perform root-cause analysis and remediation.
Contribute to internal documentation, runbooks, and the firm's AI usage guidelines.
Support the Development Operations project delivery deadlines for firm wide efforts.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Exposure to at least one scripting or programming language (Python preferred; PowerShell, JavaScript, or similar acceptable).
Foundational understanding of cybersecurity principles, including confidentiality, integrity, availability, access control, and basic risk analysis.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical legal and business staff.
Demonstrated ability to gather requirements, document processes, and produce clear technical writing.
Basic working knowledge of SQL and relational data concepts.
Comfort with logical thinking, troubleshooting, and structured problem solving.
Willingness to learn low-code AI tooling, prompt design, and Power Platform development.
Bachelor's degree in Information Sciences and Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
1–2 years of professional or internship experience in IT, information systems, cybersecurity, or business analysis.
Strong interest in artificial intelligence, automation, and the intersection of technology and business process.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonPowerShellJavaScriptSQLautomationAI engineeringprocess documentationrisk analysislow-code AI toolingPower Platform

Soft Skills

written communicationverbal communicationrequirement gatheringtechnical writingtroubleshootingstructured problem solvingcollaborationfeedback gatheringtraining material developmentchange request organization