Lead Automation Engineer

Infinigate Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Electric Car Lease Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Life assurance 4x salary

Pension 5% matched after 3 months

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Infinigate Group is seeking a Lead Automation Engineer - Power Platform to design, develop and support scalable automation solutions using Power Platform, Microsoft 365 and Azure services. You will set technical standards, mentor colleagues and ensure secure, scalable, user-focused outcomes.

This permanent, full-time role is hybrid, based at one of four offices (Fareham, London, Woking or South Cerney) with 3 days in office and 2 days from home.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Power Automate cloud flows, approval workflows, scheduled automations, event-driven processes and integration with business systems.
• Experience building canvas apps and model-driven apps, including Dataverse data modelling, forms, views, business rules, security roles and user experience design.
• Practical experience integrating Power Platform with APIs, Azure services, SQL databases, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Graph or other enterprise systems.
• Ability to design secure and governed Power Platform environments, including DLP policies, environment management, connector strategy and centre of excellence practices.
• Experience with Power BI reporting, dashboards and operational insight to measure automation performance, adoption and business impact.
• Familiarity with Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault, service principals, managed identities or comparable integration and security capabilities.
• Experience with DevOps practices including Git, automated testing, CI/CD, release management, solution versioning, monitoring and incident support.
• Ability to use AI-assisted development tools and Microsoft Copilot capabilities responsibly to improve productivity, documentation and solution quality.
• Proven track record delivering automation, workflow, application or integration solutions into production environments for business operations, analytics, service delivery or decision support use cases.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and deployment of automation solutions using Microsoft Power Platform to address priority business use cases
• Analyse business processes, identify automation opportunities and translate requirements into robust, scalable and maintainable technical solutions
• Design and build solutions using Power Automate, Power Apps, Dataverse, Power BI, Copilot Studio, SharePoint, Teams and Microsoft 365 connectors
• Define automation design standards for reliability, exception handling, monitoring, performance, security, data privacy and maintainability
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, data teams, IT, security and operations teams to deliver automation solutions that are practical and adopted by users
• Apply software engineering and application lifecycle management best practices including solution packaging, environment strategy, source control, testing, deployment pipelines and documentation

Skills

Power Platform

Power Automate

Power Apps

Dataverse

Power BI

SharePoint

Teams

Microsoft 365 connectors

Azure services

Security governance

DevOps / CI/CD

Git

AI-assisted development

Production deployment

Tools

Copilot Studio

Job description

Role Purpose

Join the Infinigate Group AI and Data Team as a Lead Automation Engineer - Power Platform, where you will design, develop and support scalable automation solutions that drive business value. Working in a collaborative and innovative environment, you will lead the delivery of automation and low-code solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365 and Azure services, while setting technical standards, mentoring colleagues and ensuring solutions are secure, scalable and user-focused.

We are pleased to offer this permanent opportunity as a fulltime role, based hybrid from one of our 4 office locations (Fareham, London, Woking or South Cerney) - 3 days in office, 2 working from home.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and deployment of automation solutions using Microsoft Power Platform to address priority business use cases
• Analyse business processes, identify automation opportunities and translate requirements into robust, scalable and maintainable technical solutions
• Design and build solutions using Power Automate, Power Apps, Dataverse, Power BI, Copilot Studio, SharePoint, Teams and Microsoft 365 connectors
• Define automation design standards for reliability, exception handling, monitoring, performance, security, data privacy and maintainability
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, data teams, IT, security and operations teams to deliver automation solutions that are practical and adopted by users
• Apply software engineering and application lifecycle management best practices including solution packaging, environment strategy, source control, testing, deployment pipelines and documentation

General Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Power Automate cloud flows, approval workflows, scheduled automations, event-driven processes and integration with business systems
• Experience building canvas apps and model-driven apps, including Dataverse data modelling, forms, views, business rules, security roles and user experience design
• Practical experience integrating Power Platform with APIs, Azure services, SQL databases, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Graph or other enterprise systems
• Ability to design secure and governed Power Platform environments, including DLP policies, environment management, connector strategy and centre of excellence practices
• Experience with Power BI reporting, dashboards and operational insight to measure automation performance, adoption and business impact
• Familiarity with Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault, service principals, managed identities or comparable integration and security capabilities
• Experience with DevOps practices including Git, automated testing, CI/CD, release management, solution versioning, monitoring and incident support
• Ability to use AI-assisted development tools and Microsoft Copilot capabilities responsibly to improve productivity, documentation and solution quality
• Proven track record delivering automation, workflow, application or integration solutions into production environments for business operations, analytics, service delivery or decision support use cases

Personal requirements

Infinigate’s values underpin a strong collaborative working culture and successful inclusive working environment.

• Own it! Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability translate concepts to multiple stakeholders
• Aim high! A self-starter with excellent multitasking abilities
• Be open! A team player, embracing business concepts and flexible to change
• £80,000 - £90,000 salary per annum
• 25 days annual leave rising to 28 days with length of service, plus bank holidays.
• Day off on your birthday.
• Electric Car Lease Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life assurance of 4 x basic salary and group income protection from start date
• 5% employer matched pension contributions after 3 months service.
• Individual cover for private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan following successful completion of probationary period.
• Hybrid working arrangements and standard office working hours are 9am - 5.30pm
• Employee assistance programme for practical and emotional support.
• Free parking and complimentary refreshments onsite.

Infinigate Group

are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where differences are not only accepted but also valued and appreciated. If any reasonable adjustments would support you through the recruitment process, please make us aware by answering the relevant application questions. For any further queries, please contact us at [e-mail].