Senior AI and Automation Engineer

Location: Hungerford
Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum
Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days onsite
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time

We’re working with an established international software organisation seeking a Senior AI andamp;
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.

• 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, Dev Ops 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.

We’re looking for an experienced Cloud Automation, Dev Ops or Platform Engineering professional with strong hands‑on technical expertise and a passion for infrastructure automation.

• 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.

• 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.

• Strong scripting and automation capabilities using Python, Power Shell or Bash.
• Experience designing, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to automate infrastructure deployments, configuration processes and operational workflows.

• 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…