Microsoft AI & Automation Platform Engineer

Microsoft AI & Automation Platform Engineer | Power Platform | Copilot Studio | M365 | Enterprise Automation

Location: Worthing or Brighton, West Sussex (Hybrid)

Salary: £67,500 - £72,500 + Benefits and Bonus

Working Pattern: Hybrid, Minimum 1 per week, ideally 2 days onsite per week.

Sponsorship: Unfortunately, sponsorship is not available for this position.

As an Automation Platform Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping and managing the organisations growing automation ecosystem.

Their industry is one of society's most essential services, but few people realise the scale of technology innovation driving the industry forward. Therefore they are transforming into a technology-enabled organisation where data, AI, automation and digital innovation are helping them improve services for customers and protect the environment.

They are creating a new Intelligent Automation and Process Engineering capability that will sit at the heart of this transformation. This is your opportunity to help redesign how work gets done, combining low-code technologies, orchestration and AI-powered solutions to deliver smarter, faster and more efficient ways of operating.

You'll work on meaningful challenges with real-world impact, helping to shape a scalable automation ecosystem and influence how this growing capability evolves. If you're excited by innovation, solving complex problems and making a genuine difference, there's never been a better time to join Southern Water.

Working within the Process & Automation Centre of Excellence, you'll take hands on ownership and administration of core platforms like Power Platform & Co-pilot ensuring they're secure, scalable.

You'll partner closely with architecture and security teams to define standards, improve performance, and support the rollout of AI, Automation and Copilot-driven solutions.

This role combines hands-on platform engineering with strategic input, giving you real influence over how automation and AI are adopted across the business.

• Strong experience with Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Admin, Power Platform Admin, Agent 365)
• Background in RPA/automation platforms + Dataverse & Fabric
• Understanding of security principles (DLP, RBAC, Purview)
• Ability to manage enterprise environments (performance, resilience, support)
• Experience producing technical standards and documentation

• MS-102

• Microsoft certifications (PL-200, PL-400, PL-600)
• Experience with Copilot Studio or conversational AI
• Knowledge of Azure OpenAI/RAG solutions
• Familiarity with Dataverse, Graph, or enterprise systems
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools
• Interest in emerging technology and innovation
• Familiarity of AI/Copilot capabilities and governance

We are seeking an experienced Microsoft AI & Automation Platform Engineer to play a key role in shaping, managing and governing an enterprise-scale automation ecosystem.

This is a hands-on platform engineering role focused on the ownership, administration, optimisation and governance of Microsoft Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 and Intelligent Automation platforms within a large enterprise environment.

You will work as part of a newly established Process Engineering & Intelligent Automation Centre of Excellence
, helping define platform strategy, establish governance standards and ensure automation technologies are secure, scalable and aligned with business objectives.

This role requires someone who can think beyond…