HR Data & Automation Engineer (Project Based)

About the role

This project‑based position focuses on improving the accuracy, structure, and reliability of HR information for a partner company in the United Arab Emirates. You will clean and reconcile employee master data and historical leave records, then design automated, auditable workflows for leave requests, approvals, and balance tracking.

Key responsibilities

• Review existing employee and HR data sources to identify duplicates, inconsistencies, missing information and data‑quality issues.
• Define and implement a standardized employee master‑data structure with validation rules, ownership and governance standards.
• Aggregate, clean, reconcile and verify historical leave records from multiple systems, spreadsheets and communications.
• Design and implement a future‑state leave‑management workflow covering requests, approvals, notifications and record maintenance.
• Automate HR workflows using Google Workspace tools (Forms, Sheets) or recommend stronger alternatives.
• Establish ownership models, validation controls, role‑based access permissions and audit trails for sensitive HR data.
• Document data structures, workflows, controls and maintenance procedures for ongoing administration and replication.

Required profile

• Strong experience cleaning, reconciling and structuring complex datasets from multiple sources.
• Professional experience with HRIS platforms, employee master data and HR data management.
• Hands‑on experience with Google Workspace automation (Forms, Sheets, notifications).
• Understanding of data quality, validation, ownership, permissions and governance principles.
• Ability to work independently, manage a fixed‑scope project from assessment through implementation and documentation.

Required skills

• HRIS platforms
• Google Workspace automation
• Google Forms
• Google Sheets
• Workflow automation
• Audit trails
• Data quality validation

What we offer

• Fully remote, project‑based engagement with a self‑directed work environment.
• Flexible schedule; compensation defined by candidate‑proposed RFQ.
• Opportunity to work on meaningful HR data quality, automation and workflow transformation initiatives.
• Exposure to employee master‑data management, leave automation, audit controls and HR process governance.
• Design scalable solutions that can support additional teams and international branches.
• International, multicultural working environment with limited meetings and management touchpoints.