Senior AI & Cloud Automation Architect

Klipboard; South Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Klipboard is seeking a Senior AI & Automation Engineer to lead complex automation, IaC, and AI initiatives across Azure and OCI. You will mentor engineers and drive security-first DevSecOps practices while delivering resilient cloud solutions.

The role emphasizes building reusable automation patterns, advancing AI capabilities, and guiding cloud operations with a strong focus on reliability and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years' experience in automation engineering or equivalent.
• Extensive 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 (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 design, development, and delivery of complex automation, IaC, and AI-powered solutions across Azure and OCI environments.
• Develop and implement reusable automation frameworks, standards, and engineering patterns to improve consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Drive the adoption of AI-first ways of working by introducing innovative automation and AI capabilities that enhance service delivery and operational effectiveness.
• Lead initiatives to automate provisioning, reduce manual effort, and improve operational resilience across cloud operations functions.
• Design and maintain IaC solutions to ensure secure, reliable, and repeatable deployments.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines to support efficient, automated, and compliant deployment processes.
• Embed security, identity management, access controls, and secrets management into automation solutions by default.
• Drive improvements in system resilience, recovery capabilities, and operational performance through well-engineered automation solutions.
• Implement cost-optimisation and FinOps practices within automation and cloud provisioning processes to improve resource efficiency and reduce waste.
• Provide technical leadership on complex automation, cloud engineering, and AI initiatives.
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineers, improving automation, AI, and cloud engineering capabilities across the Cloud Operations function.
• Lead code reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and demonstrations to promote engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with internal teams to evaluate, implement, and optimise cloud, automation, and AI tooling.
• Champion engineering standards for security, compliance, reliability, and data protection.

Skills

Automation scripting

Terraform

Bicep

CI/CD pipelines

AI/LLM tooling

Security & IAM

Recovery planning

Mentoring

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

CI/CD tooling

Azure

OCI

Job description

Klipboard is seeking a Senior AI & Automation Engineer to lead complex automation, IaC, and AI initiatives across Azure and OCI. You will mentor engineers and drive security-first DevSecOps practices while delivering resilient cloud solutions.

The role emphasizes building reusable automation patterns, advancing AI capabilities, and guiding cloud operations with a strong focus on reliability and cost efficiency.