Senior / Lead Automation Engineer – Power Platform & AI

IT Recruitment Solutions; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Hybrid working

1 day in office (Brighton)

Occasional travel between offices

Job summary

IT Recruitment Solutions in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to lead the delivery of enterprise-scale automation using Power Platform and AI. Hybrid role with 1 day in the Brighton office, part of a newly established team.

You’ll design and implement automation solutions, mentor engineers, review code, and drive standards for reusable components and scalable delivery. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering leadership within a regulated context.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering automation at enterprise scale within regulated environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Automate Desktop.
• Building Microsoft Copilot Agents.
• Developing AI-enabled workflows, agents or business applications.
• Power Automate flows, APIs and enterprise system integrations.
• Reviewing code and providing technical guidance to other developers.
• Owning estimates, technical sizing and delivery planning.
• Defining development standards and creating reusable automation components.
• Working with architects to ensure solutions meet enterprise requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver complex automation solutions.
• Provide technical direction and review code across the team.
• Own estimates, sizing, and delivery planning for automation initiatives.
• Create reusable automation components and development standards.
• Collaborate with architects and stakeholders to meet enterprise requirements.
• Contribute to governance and lifecycle management of automation assets.

Skills

Power Apps

Power Automate

Power Automate Desktop

AI-enabled workflows

Copilot Agents

APIs & system integrations

CI/CD pipelines

Code review

Enterprise governance

Agile engineering

Tools

Power Platform

Copilot

APIs

Azure DevOps

Job description

**Please note - this is not a Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM role**

Senior / Lead Automation Engineer – Power Platform & AI

Brighton, East Sussex – Hybrid, 1 day in the office

A Senior / Lead Automation Engineer is required to play a leading role in a newly established team within a large, highly regulated organisation undergoing significant digital transformation.

The organisation is building an enterprise-scale automation capability that will deliver a significant portfolio of Power Platform, Copilot and AI-enabled solutions. The focus is not simply on completing individual projects, but on creating reusable assets, mature engineering practices and a scalable delivery model that can support dozens of automation initiatives.

This is a hands‑on senior engineering position rather than a traditional management role. You’ll design and deliver complex automation solutions while providing technical direction to other engineers, reviewing code, owning estimates and helping to establish consistent development and delivery standards.

You’ll work closely with architects, process specialists and senior stakeholders, taking responsibility for the quality, sizing and technical delivery of automation solutions. As the capability grows, there may also be an opportunity to take on formal team‑management responsibilities.

We are looking for a Senior Automation Engineer with experience in:

• Delivering automation solutions at scale within a large, enterprise-level, complex or regulated organisation
• Strong hands‑on experience with Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Automate Desktop
• Building and deploying Microsoft Copilot Agents
• Developing AI-enabled workflows, agents or business applications
• Power Automate flows, APIs and enterprise system integrations
• Reviewing code and providing technical guidance to other developers
• Owning estimates, technical sizing and delivery planning
• Defining development standards and creating reusable automation components
• Working with architects to ensure solutions meet enterprise requirements
• CI/CD, application lifecycle management, testing and release pipelines
• Working within collaborative Agile engineering teams
• Power Platform governance, including DLP, RBAC and identity management
• Mentoring engineers and improving development quality across a team

They are offering a salary of £60,000 – £72,000 plus great benefits and free parking, as well as, hybrid working, with 1 day a week onsite in their office in Brighton East Sussex, and occasional travel between nearby offices.