Job Title: Agentic Automation Engineer
Location: London / Hybrid (3 days/week on site)
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Daily Rate: £795/day (Umbrella)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Essential
• Proven experience developing enterprise automation solutions within the Microsoft low-code and pro-code ecosystem (Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure API Management, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Graph, Microsoft Entra ID, Semantic Kernel, Dataverse, GitHub, etc.)
• Experience with one or more other agentic orchestration platforms (e.g. AWS Bedrock Agents, Google Cloud Vertex, IBM watsonx Orchestrate, UiPath Agent Builder)
• Experience developing operational copilots and integrating enterprise systems and APIs, designing and implementing REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, event-driven architectures, webhooks, message queues and integration middleware
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, automated testing, secure software development, source control, containerisation (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud-native development
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, .NET, C#, JavaScript / TypeScript, Java or SQL
• Comprehensive solution requirement capture, process design, solution design and solution definition documentation experience
• Experience with cloud platforms and their components (e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP,) for deploying and managing solutions
• Excellent problem-solving abilities, innovative thinking and a collaborative mindset
Desirable
• Familiarity with the railway sector and its operational challenges is a plus
• A degree (or equivalent qualification) in a STEM discipline or a closely related field
• Experience with Power Platform and one or more of UiPath, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, Camunda or Pega is an added advantage
• Experience developing both low-code and pro-code Agentic AI solutions is highly desirable

The Role:
• Design, develop, test and deploy safe and secure AI agents capable of reasoning, planning, coordinating activities and interacting with business systems to automate increasingly complex operational and knowledge-based activities safely and effectively
• Integrate Agentic AI solutions with enterprise platforms, software applications and operational systems by developing secure APIs, connectors and reusable integration services using low-code technologies
• Configure, extend and maintain low-code platforms and data pipelines to enable the automation of business processes and workflows across the rail industry
• Create and continuously improve reusable capability products by documenting engineering patterns, reusable components, reference implementations, standards and technical guidance, to strengthen industry professional capability and enable faster, more consistent delivery
• Provide technical delivery assurance by assessing technical complexity, estimating engineering effort, conducting solution testing and resolving technical issues throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Support the deployment of solutions that meet operational needs and deliver measurable value by translating business requirements and process definition documents to inform user-centred design of automation solutions
• Optimise agentic automation solutions to maintain accuracy, scalability and resilience by peer reviewing solutions, maintaining solution quality and continuously improving delivery approach and outcomes
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary Delivery Pods and contribute technical expertise alongside Pod members to deliver integrated solutions that improve operational performance
• Operate within governance frameworks by applying security controls for intelligent and agentic automation solutions and maintaining adherence to organisational standards and industry best practices
• Support strategic initiatives and foster innovation across the industry by developing and maintaining processes for continuous integration, automated testing, and version control of automation solutions in production environments.

Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   
CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.
We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181