How to become an automation and orchestration engineer

Official title: Automation and orchestration engineer

Automation and orchestration engineer designs, develops and deploys end-to-end ICT network operations. He/she formulates network requirements, creates the network blueprint and provisions network slices in alignment with defined service level agreements (SLAs). He/she monitors the deployment and operations of the network to manage network performance, and orchestrates resource sourcing and consumption allocation to ensure that service delivery meets defined standards. He/she also configures, scales and deploys infrastructure components and algorithms, and automates network operations to minimise human intervention.

Main tasks

• Analysing, developing, interpreting and evaluating complex system design and architecture specifications, data models and diagrams in the development, configuration and integration of computer systems
• Researching, analysing, evaluating and monitoring network infrastructure to ensure networks are configured to operate at optimal performance
• Assessing and recommending improvements to network operations and integrated hardware, software, communications and operating systems
• Providing specialist skills in supporting and troubleshooting network problems and emergencies
• Installing, configuring, testing, maintaining and administering new and upgraded networks, software database applications, servers and workstations
• Monitoring network traffic, and activity, capacity and usage to ensure continued integrity and optimal network performance
• Developing of strategies, implementing, configuring and maintaining of virtualisation software within a computer system or a network of computer systems

Ways in

• University: Engineering degrees, Offered by 4 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Cloud specialist
• IT infrastructure specialist
• Data/Database administrator
• Data/Database architect
• Data engineer
• Network/Server/Applications/Computer systems administrator

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Questions people ask

How do I become an automation and orchestration engineer?

Ways in include: Engineering degrees.

Will AI change the work of an automation and orchestration engineer?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026