Senior AI & Automation Engineer — Cloud & IaC Leader

Klipboard

Newcastle upon Tyne

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Klipboard is seeking a Senior AI & Automation Engineer to lead complex automation across Azure and OCI, delivering IaC, CI/CD, and AI-powered tooling. You will mentor engineers and shape security-first, automation-first practices while driving resilience and cost efficiency.

Join a hybrid team in a global company embracing AI and modern cloud practices. You will influence across Cloud Operations and related teams, promoting high-quality, scalable solutions and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Minimum 10 years' experience.
Hands-on automation and scripting across multiple languages.
Advanced Infrastructure as Code across Azure and OCI (Terraform, Bicep).
Proven design and delivery of complex CI/CD and automation solutions.
Experience building and operating AI / LLM-assisted tooling or agents.
Strong grasp of security, identity and secrets management.
Track record of mentoring engineers and leading technical work.

Responsibilities

Lead design, development and delivery of complex automation, IaC and AI-powered solutions across Azure and OCI.
Develop and implement reusable automation frameworks and standards.
Drive AI-first ways of working to enhance service delivery and operational effectiveness.
Lead initiatives to automate provisioning and improve resilience across cloud operations.
Design and maintain IaC solutions ensuring secure, reliable deployments.
Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines for automated, compliant deployments.
Embed security, identity management, and secrets handling by default.
Improve system resilience and recovery capabilities through automation.
Drive cost-optimisation and FinOps practices within cloud provisioning.