Systems Engineer (Identity & Automation)

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Job summary

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Automation Engineer to own and evolve a large-scale PowerShell automation estate across cloud and on-premises infrastructure.

You’ll focus on automation engineering, workflow development, and infrastructure provisioning, rather than daily identity administration, modernising practices and deployment processes within the Identity team.

Qualifications

• Experience with source control, code repositories and CI/CD pipelines.
• Good working knowledge of Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Experience building automated workflows using Okta Workflows, Power Automate, or similar.
• Broad infrastructure knowledge with experience automating across cloud, server and platform environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop infrastructure automation solutions across Azure, VMware, Active Directory, Entra ID and Microsoft 365.
• Build robust PowerShell automation from the ground up, rather than simply maintaining existing scripts.
• Improve code management practices through repositories, version control, DevOps pipelines and deployment automation.
• Enhance an established PowerShell-based provisioning platform responsible for: Azure and VMware deployments, DNS configuration, IP addressing, Infrastructure build automation.
• Develop and improve account creation workflows using Okta Workflows, integrating HR and student systems with Active Directory and Entra ID.
• Deliver solutions through the full lifecycle, including design, testing, documentation, deployment, operational handover and knowledge transfer.

Skills

PowerShell

Automation engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

Azure

VMware

DNS

IP addressing

Power Automate

Okta Workflows

Tools

Okta Workflows

Power Automate

Job description

30 days annual leave + 7 company closure days + bank holidays

We're looking for an experienced Infrastructure Automation Engineer to take ownership of and evolve a large-scale PowerShell automation estate across cloud and on-premises infrastructure. While this role sits within the Identity team, the primary focus is on automation engineering, workflow development, and infrastructure provisioning, rather than day-to-day identity administration.

This is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation where you'll modernise automation practices, improve code management and deployment processes, and help shape the future of infrastructure delivery.

The Role

You will:

• Design and develop infrastructure automation solutions across Azure, VMware, Active Directory, Entra ID and Microsoft 365.
• Build robust PowerShell automation from the ground up, rather than simply maintaining existing scripts.
• Improve code management practices through repositories, version control, DevOps pipelines and deployment automation.
• Enhance an established PowerShell-based provisioning platform responsible for:
• Azure and VMware deployments
• DNS configuration
• IP addressing
• Infrastructure build automation
• Develop and improve account creation workflows using Okta Workflows, integrating HR and student systems with Active Directory and Entra ID.
• Deliver solutions through the full lifecycle, including design, testing, documentation, deployment, operational handover and knowledge transfer.

What We're Looking For:

• Experience with source control, code repositories and CI/CD pipelines.
• Good working knowledge of Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Experience building automated workflows using:
• Okta Workflows
• Power Automate
• Or similar workflow automation platforms.
• Broad infrastructure knowledge with experience automating across cloud, server and platform environments.