IaaC Automation Engineer

At Klipboard we've introduced a flexible hybrid work policy, where employees spend three days in the office and two days working from home. This approach promotes a balanced work environment that combines office collaboration with the comfort and convenience of remote work.

Klipboard provides specialist software, services and support to deliver fully integrated trading and business management solutions to companies in the distributive trade – wherever they are in the world. With a unique depth of knowledge and experience in ERP/SaaS solutions, Klipboard has a wide range of clients includes wholesalers, distributors, merchants and retailers from small traders to multinational enterprises. Klipboard has offices in the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, South Africa, Kenya and North America.

Our mission is simple: to design and deliver high performance, integrated ERP solutions that enable our distributive trade customers to source effectively, stock efficiently, sell profitably and service competitively.

Klipboard is a global, growing business that embraces AI and emerging technologies to enhance customer outcomes, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We’re looking for people who are curious about or fluid with AI, open to change, and excited to learn how technology can improve the way we work and help our customers which is always supported by strong human insight and communication.

Klipboard is a market leader in the development and provision of trading and financial software solutions for specialist Distribution, Wholesale, Merchant and Retail sectors. Klipboard supports both single and multi-branch operations and provides solutions for organisations operating point-of-sale showrooms and warehouse environments.

The Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) Automation Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, support and continuous improvement of automated infrastructure and platform deployment solutions across Klipboard environments in the cloud. The post holder will play a key role in driving standardisation, efficiency, scalability and service quality through the use of automation, scripting and repeatable deployment practices. Working collaboratively across technical and operational teams, the role will contribute to the delivery of resilient, secure and well-governed platform services aligned to business and customer requirements.

• Design, develop, implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code and automation solutions to support the delivery of cloud-based platforms.
• Develop and support automated provisioning, configuration and deployment processes using approved technologies, tooling and scripting languages.
• Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve issues affecting automated deployments, infrastructure configuration and platform consistency.
• Work collaboratively with engineering, support and service teams to improve standardisation, resilience, repeatability and operational efficiency.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date technical documentation, automation artefacts and operational standards in line with departmental requirements.
• Monitor the effectiveness of automation solutions and identify opportunities for continuous improvement, optimisation and risk reduction.
• Provide technical guidance and support to colleagues and contribute positively to knowledge sharing across the wider team.
• Ensure that activities are delivered in accordance with agreed processes, governance standards, security requirements and service expectations.
• Participate in training and development activities as required to maintain and enhance knowledge, skills and professional capability.

• Demonstrable experience in infrastructure automation, platform engineering, Dev Ops, systems engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure-as-code and configuration management principles, with practical experience of tools such as Terraform, Ansible, ARM, Bicep or equivalent technologies.
• Experience of working with cloud platforms and services, ideally Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using technologies…