Senior AI & Automation Engineer - Hybrid Cloud & IaC Lead

Emponics

Shiremoor

Hybrid

GBP 63,000 - 77,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Emponics in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior AI & Automation Engineer to shape automation, IaC and AI usage across Azure and Oracle Cloud. Based in Newcastle or Yorkshire, the role blends three days in the office with two days from home.

You will lead large‑scale automation projects, mentor engineers, and drive AI‑first practices, security and resilient cloud architectures. The position emphasizes hands‑on cloud automation, Terraform/Pulumi, CI/CD, scripting and AI‑powered tooling, with scope

Qualifications

10 years' experience + in automation and scripting
Advanced IaC across Azure and OCI (Terraform, Bicep)
Proven design and delivery of CI/CD and automation solutions
Experience building and operating AI / LLM‑assisted tooling or agents
Strong grasp of security, identity (Microsoft Entra / IAM) and secrets management
Understanding of resilience, DR and recovery objectives (RTO/RPO, failover)
A track record of mentoring engineers and leading technical work

Responsibilities

Lead the AI & Automation team to design large-scale automation and AI agents across Azure and OCI
Mentor engineers and drive AI-first, automation-first standards
Shape adoption of Infrastructure as Code and secure cloud architectures
Collaborate to improve resilience, recovery times, and reduce manual effort