# What is an automation engineer? A growing role to address IT automation

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/what-is-an-automation-engineer-a-growing-role-to-address-it-automation/
- Published: 2023-08-08T09:45:31-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image credit: Thinkstock. Article by Sarah K. White. CIO – August 4, 2023. IT automation engineers help develop, test, and implement technologies aimed at automating business, IT, and development processes — a growing business imperative. Automation has been a hot topic in the job market for several years now, with plenty of pros and cons surrounding both the idea of job creation and job loss. A study from Zippia found that automation has the potential to eliminate 73 million jobs by 2030, with 35% of Americans worried about automation displacing them and 25% of American jobs “highly susceptible” to automation. […] Click here to view original web page at www.cio.com