Automation Systems Engineer – PowerShell & Azure (Hybrid, 24‑mo FTC)

Gravitas Recruitment Group UK; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

Gravitas Group, in partnership with a leading Higher Education organisation, is seeking a Systems Engineer for a 24-month fixed-term contract. The role emphasises enterprise automation, modernising deployment processes, and delivering scalable solutions across a large technology estate, with hybrid work and on-site days in Surrey.

You will design and develop PowerShell automation across Microsoft and infrastructure technologies, collaborating with infrastructure and platform teams to improve

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience developing PowerShell automation solutions from scratch.
• Experience with source control, repositories, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of Active Directory and Entra ID.
• Experience workflows with Okta Workflows, Power Automate, Azure Logic Apps, or similar.
• Strong infrastructure engineering background with automation focus.

Responsibilities

• Design and build PowerShell-based automation solutions across enterprise infrastructure.
• Develop and improve automated provisioning across Azure, VMware, Active Directory, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365.
• Improve code management, version control, and deployment processes through repositories and pipelines.
• Build and enhance workflow automation supporting account creation and lifecycle management.
• Drive automation best practices across a complex technology environment.
• Produce technical documentation, testing, implementation, and operational handover activities.
• Provide technical expertise and escalation support for automation-related services.

Skills

PowerShell

Source control

Active Directory

Entra ID

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure automation

Tools

Azure

VMware

Microsoft 365

Okta Workflows

Job description

Gravitas Group, in partnership with a leading Higher Education organisation, is seeking a Systems Engineer for a 24-month fixed-term contract. The role emphasises enterprise automation, modernising deployment processes, and delivering scalable solutions across a large technology estate, with hybrid work and on-site days in Surrey.

You will design and develop PowerShell automation across Microsoft and infrastructure technologies, collaborating with infrastructure and platform teams to improve