Senior Automation Engineer - AI-Enabled Automation Lead

Aquent; Worthing; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidized health & dental

Free online training (Aquent Gymnasium

Retirement plan with company match

Job summary

Aquent is partnering with a leading organization to drive a major digital transformation in automation. The Senior Automation Engineer will lead a growing team, shape the automation roadmap, and deliver end-to-end automation solutions using Power Platform, RPA, Azure, and Copilot technologies.

You will establish standards and governance while influencing architectural decisions, ensuring secure, scalable automation across enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering and leading automation in enterprise environments.
• Experience mentoring technical teams and guiding engineers.
• Strong Power Platform expertise including Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, and IVA.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Automation Engineers.
• Define and execute the automation roadmap aligned with business priorities.
• Design and deploy automation using Power Platform, RPA, Azure, and Copilot technologies.
• Establish governance, standards, and development best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify automation opportunities and ensure security/compliance.
• Drive CI/CD, testing, documentation, and release management practices.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to enhance automation capabilities.
• Provide technical guidance across complex automation projects.

Skills

Automation leadership

Stakeholder management

CI/CD practices

Technical mentoring

Security governance

Tools

Power Platform

Power Automate

Power Apps

Power Pages

Copilot Studio

Azure

Job description

Aquent is partnering with a leading organization to drive a major digital transformation in automation. The Senior Automation Engineer will lead a growing team, shape the automation roadmap, and deliver end-to-end automation solutions using Power Platform, RPA, Azure, and Copilot technologies.

You will establish standards and governance while influencing architectural decisions, ensuring secure, scalable automation across enterprise platforms.