Junior Automation Engineer

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Job Summary: EY is seeking a passionate Junior Automation Engineer for its FSO team to advise financial sector clients and contribute to growth strategy by evaluating and optimizing businesses. Key Highlights: 1. Advise financial sector clients and optimize their businesses. 2. Be part of a leading global professional services network in Peru. 3. Develop reusable bots and apply error handling in automation. Location: Lima Other locations: Primary Location Only Salary: Competitive Date: Aug 12, 2026 **Job description** ------------------- Requisition ID: 1735294 At EY, we are looking for passionate and visionary professionals like you who are ready to join us in building a better business world. As part of a global professional services network, you would join over 390,000 professionals across 150 countries and 700 offices worldwide. Our local practice comprises more than 2,500 professionals across four cities and serves the country’s largest economic groups, making us Peru’s leading professional services provider. Our goal is to develop exceptional leaders and value diversity and inclusion. Join EY and together let’s build a better business world! **FSO:** As a member of our service line, you will provide advisory services to our financial sector clients. Therefore, you will be an integral part of the team, meaning everything you do will directly impact the quality of service we deliver to our clients, helping them evaluate and optimize their businesses. Additionally, you will be part of our growth strategy focused on accounts aligned with our clients’ needs, relevant topics, and capability-driven initiatives. This is what differentiates EY in the advisory market. **Junior Automation Engineer:** **Requirements** * Bachelor's degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related fields. * 1–2 years of experience in process development or automation, including at least 1 year in production RPA projects. * Proficiency in Python for scripting and data handling. * Experience with at least one automation tool such as Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, or Power Automate Desktop. Knowledge of Blue Prism is preferred. * Proficiency in SQL for queries, data extraction, and validation. * Intermediate English proficiency. **Responsibilities** * Develop reusable bots and business objects following best practices defined by the Technical Lead. * Execute end-to-end unit tests for robots based on the Functional Lead’s specifications. * Apply error handling, exception management, and retry mechanisms per standards defined by the Technical Lead. * Use Python for supporting tasks: file manipulation and data transformation. * Perform SQL queries and data handling for reading from and writing to automated processes.