Automation Platform Engineer [AQ-21159]

Aquent; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent partners with a leading enterprise to evolve and secure its automation and digital platforms. You will drive robust, scalable solutions across Power Platform, RPA, and cloud services, shaping enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives.

Join a collaborative team focused on security, governance, and high-performance delivery, with exposure to cutting-edge AI, integration patterns, and DevOps practices across multiple domains.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft Power Platform environments, DLP, connectors, licensing, and governance.
• Proven experience supporting cloud-based automation, RPA, or digital enablement platforms.
• Solid knowledge of Azure services (Logic Apps, Functions, Key Vault, Application Insights, Managed Identities).
• Practical experience with CI/CD, DevOps, and ALM including packaging and deployment pipelines.
• Deep understanding of identity management, RBAC, security controls, DLP, and data governance.
• Experience with RPA platforms operations (Blue Prism or ServiceNow RPA).
• Familiarity with APIs, integration patterns, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Understanding of Databricks and Data Lakehouse data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain automation and digital platforms including Power Platform, RPA, and cloud services.
• Administer platform environments, RBAC, licensing, connectors, and configurations.
• Implement and uphold DLP policies, identity controls, security standards, and governance frameworks.
• Monitor platform health, connectors, bot controllers, and API integrations.
• Troubleshoot incidents, performance bottlenecks, and integration failures.
• Maintain runbooks, documentation, dashboards, and performance reporting.
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for secure deployments.
• Support ALM practices including packaging, version control, and environment management.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure secure deployment practices and standards.
• Partner with Cloud Infra, Security, Data Eng/Science, Databricks, and Architecture teams on platform enhancements.
• Support AI capabilities including Copilot agents, RAG-based retrieval, model integration, and data connections.
• Champion integration patterns using Logic Apps, APIs, webhooks, and enterprise tech.
• Evaluate new platform features and integrations to enhance capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation platforms, tooling, and efficiency.
• Contribute to CoE standards, platform roadmaps, and governance.

Skills

Power Platform administration

Azure services knowledge

CI/CD / DevOps

RPA operations

Security governance & DLP

Data governance

Troubleshooting & documentation

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Copilot Studio

Alteryx

Databricks

Logic Apps

Job description

Aquent is partnering with a leading organization dedicated to delivering essential services that positively impact a vast community. This forward-thinking company is at the forefront of digital transformation, leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance operational efficiency and service delivery.

We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate engineer to play a pivotal role in evolving and securing our client’s enterprise automation and digital platforms. This is an incredible opportunity to drive significant impact, ensuring these critical platforms are robust, scalable, and high-performing. You will be instrumental in shaping the future of digital operations, working across a diverse technology landscape including automation, AI, integration, and cloud solutions, directly contributing to enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives.

What You’ll Do

• Manage and maintain a diverse portfolio of automation and digital platforms, including Microsoft Power Platform, ServiceNow/Blue Prism RPA, Alteryx, Copilot Studio, Logic Apps, and Foundry.
• Administer platform environments, capacity, licensing, role-based access controls (RBAC), connectors, and configurations.
• Implement and uphold data loss prevention (DLP) policies, identity and access controls, security standards, and governance frameworks.
• Proactively monitor platform health, connector reliability, bot controllers, workflow runs, API integrations, and resource utilization.
• Troubleshoot and expertly resolve platform incidents, performance bottlenecks, integration failures, connector/API changes, and environment degradation.
• Maintain comprehensive operational runbooks, technical documentation, dashboards, and performance reporting.
• Develop and optimize continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, particularly leveraging Azure DevOps, to ensure secure and consistent deployments.
• Support Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) practices, including solution packaging, version control, deployment approvals, and environment management.
• Collaborate closely with automation delivery teams to establish secure deployment practices and consistent development standards.
• Partner with Cloud Infrastructure, Security, Data Engineering, Data Science, Databricks, Integration, and Architecture teams on platform enhancements and enterprise solutions.
• Support advanced AI capabilities, including Copilot agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)/graph-based retrieval, model integration, and secure data connections.
• Champion integration patterns utilizing Logic Apps, APIs, webhooks, Databricks pipelines, and enterprise integration technologies.
• Evaluate and onboard new platform features, connectors, AI capabilities, and integrations to continuously enhance capabilities.
• Identify and champion opportunities to improve automation platforms, tooling, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Contribute actively to Centre of Excellence (CoE) standards, platform roadmaps, and operational governance.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft Power Platform, encompassing environments, DLP, connectors, licensing, and governance.
• Proven experience supporting cloud-based automation, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), or digital enablement platforms.
• Solid knowledge of Azure services, including Logic Apps, Functions, Key Vault, Application Insights, and Managed Identities.
• Practical experience with CI/CD, DevOps, and ALM, including solution packaging and deployment pipelines.
• A deep understanding of identity management, RBAC, security controls, DLP, and data governance.
• Experience with RPA platform operations, ideally Blue Prism or ServiceNow RPA, including controllers and bot scheduling.
• Familiarity with APIs, various integration patterns, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Understanding of data platforms such as Databricks and Data Lakehouse, with exposure to data pipelines and integrations.
• Awareness of AI and data integration concepts, including RAG, embeddings, and Azure OpenAI.
• Familiarity with Copilot Studio and Alteryx.
• Understanding of data governance principles, including Microsoft Purview, data classification, and lineage.
• Experience working in regulated environments, demonstrating an understanding of GDPR, ISO 27001, and associated security requirements.
• Exceptional troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, complemented by excellent documentation and communication abilities.
• Comfort working across multiple technical domains and collaborating effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Relevant Microsoft certifications such as PL-400, PL-600, AZ-104, or AZ-204, or equivalent.
• Blue Prism or ServiceNow RPA accreditation.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub.
• Prior AI/ML or data engineering experience.

Additional Considerations

• Willingness to provide support for occasional out-of-hours deployments or maintenance windows.
• Flexibility to travel to various sites as required.

Client Description

Imagine an enterprise with over 3,000 employees, serving millions of people daily, undergoing the largest infrastructure and technology overhaul in their history.

Backed by a sizeable multi-year investment program – underpinned by top-tier global infrastructure investors – our client is fundamentally rewriting how heavy their sectors operates.

Instead of treating technology as a back-office utility, this client is putting Artificial Intelligence, Power Platform, RPA, and Cloud Orchestration directly onto the frontlines.

Joining our client today means getting in on the ground floor of a high-visibility digital transformation journey. You will not be maintaining old systems; you will be architecting, running, and scaling the future digital engine of a high profile, well known brand.

Other Requirements

1 day in the office a week (Monday) the remainder remote.