Senior AI & Automation Engineer - Azure/Terraform/AI Automation
Location: Hungerford
Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum
Working Pattern: Hybrid - 3 days onsite
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time
The Opportunity
We're working with an established international software organisation seeking a Senior AI & Automation Engineer to join its growing Cloud Operations team. You'll play a key role in modernising cloud infrastructure, developing scalable automation solutions and introducing AI-powered technologies. This hands-on position offers the opportunity to work across multi-cloud environments, improve operational efficiency and influence engineering practices.
The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in Terraform, Microsoft Azure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), scripting and CI/CD, alongside experience with AI-assisted development tools, LLMs or automation agents.
This isn't simply a role maintaining existing infrastructure. You'll have the opportunity to influence engineering standards, develop reusable automation frameworks, mentor engineers and help shape the future of cloud operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop and implement scalable infrastructure automation solutions across cloud environments.
- Build, maintain and optimise Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, primarily using Terraform.
- Support cloud migration and infrastructure modernisation programmes, automating provisioning, deployment and configuration.
- Identify repetitive manual processes and introduce automation to improve operational efficiency, reliability and consistency.
- Design, develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines to streamline infrastructure deployments and operational workflows.
- Explore and implement AI-powered automation solutions, including LLM-assisted tooling and AI agents.
- Develop reusable automation frameworks, engineering standards and best practices.
- Collaborate with Cloud, Infrastructure, DevOps and Platform Engineering teams to improve existing processes.
- Integrate cloud security, identity and access management (IAM) and secrets management into automated solutions.
- Improve cloud resilience, disaster recovery capabilities and infrastructure performance through automation.
- Investigate complex technical challenges and independently design effective solutions.
- Provide technical guidance, mentoring and knowledge-sharing to engineers across the wider business.
Essential Skills & Experience
We're looking for an experienced Cloud Automation, DevOps or Platform Engineering professional with strong hands-on technical expertise and a passion for infrastructure automation.
Terraform & Infrastructure as Code
- Extensive hands-on experience with Terraform, including designing, building and maintaining reusable infrastructure modules.
- Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles and automated infrastructure provisioning.
- Experience developing scalable and maintainable automation solutions.
Microsoft Azure & Cloud Engineering
- Strong practical experience working with Microsoft Azure.
- Experience supporting cloud migration, infrastructure modernisation or cloud transformation initiatives.
- Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure, provisioning, configuration management and operational processes.
Scripting & CI/CD
- Strong scripting and automation capabilities using Python, PowerShell or Bash.
- Experience designing, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to automate infrastructure deployments, configuration processes and operational workflows.
AI & Intelligent Automation
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools, Large Language Models (LLMs) or automation agents within an engineering environment.
- An interest in exploring how AI can improve infrastructure management and cloud operations.
- Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and identify practical opportunities for implementation.
Security & Technical Leadership
- Knowledge of cloud security, identity and access management and secrets management.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Experience mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practices.
- Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to challenge existing approaches and recommend improvements.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical solutions.
Desirable Experience
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) or other cloud platforms.
- Exposure to Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Pulumi or Bicep.
- Experience automating large-scale cloud migrations or complex infrastructure environments.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Cursor.
- Experience developing AI agents or integrating LLM capabilities into operational workflows.
- Knowledge of disaster recovery, cloud resilience and recovery objectives (RTO/RPO).
- Understanding of FinOps and cloud cost optimisation.
- Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks including ISO 27001, SOC 2 or GDPR.
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