Automation Engineer

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At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses: interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs.

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

The Enterprise Automation team is part of the Digital Workplace function and plays a pivotal role in driving efficiency across the organisation. The team identifies, develops and implements automation use cases, with a focus on Infrastructure as Code (IaC), cost optimisation, and enhancing the end user experience. It also supports and enables automation across surrounding teams, contributing to Aberdeen’s strategic goals through innovation and technical excellence.

The Enterprise Automation Engineer will be responsible for the full lifecycle of automation use cases—from feasibility analysis and design to development, implementation and transition to support. The role requires a technically curious individual with a passion for solving complex problems and delivering innovative solutions using a wide range of tools and technologies.

• Design, build, deliver and maintain automation solutions including IaC, configuration‑as‑code, policy‑as‑code, CI/CD pipelines and Dev Ops practices.
• Participate in change and release management processes.
• Prototype new tools and technologies to enhance automation capabilities and reduce manual effort.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure reliable, scalable and efficient automated infrastructures.
• Support non‑functional requirements such as data protection, high availability, disaster recovery and monitoring.
• Work with security specialists to implement and test security controls.
• Optimise infrastructure integration across hybrid environments.
• Coach and mentor others to improve organisational outcomes through automation.

• Significant experience developing, managing or supporting IT systems and platforms.
• Experience working with cloud IT infrastructure.
• Strong technical expertise in tooling, strategy, governance and best practices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Technically curious, proactive and eager to learn.
• Creative problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work collaboratively with stakeholders.
• Proficient in ITIL environments.
• Experience with DSC/IaC and tools such as Terraform, Ansible, ARM.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

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