Engineering Lead Automation - Virgin Australia

• 510160
• Australia Wide, Australia
• Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Brisbane, QLD, Australia
• Full-Time (Permanent)

Hello. We're Virgin Australia. We're the airline that's always done things a little different. Our way. The Virgin way. We're on a mission to make flying better than 'nice'. And to do that, it takes a team of talented people who are passionate about customer experience, doing the right thing always, with a focus on safety - in the air, on the ground and in our workplaces. A team who values real diversity and inclusion, in a big brand with big ambitions.

What you'll be doing

As an Engineering Lead - Automation, you'll provide hands on technical leadership across Virgin Australia's automation capability, with primary responsibility for our cloud hosted UiPath Robotic Process Automation environment.

You'll lead the design, development, and operational support of secure, reliable and scalable automation solutions. You'll guide engineers, establish technical standards, review code and designs, and step into complex delivery or production issues when required.

This is more than a traditional RPA leadership role. You'll be a passionate technologist who stays ahead of developments in automation, cloud engineering, generative AI and agentic technologies, identifying practical opportunities for Virgin Australia to evolve how automation solutions are designed, delivered and operated.

Further responsibilities include:

• Lead the design and delivery of enterprise automation solutions using UiPath products in a cloud hosted environment.
• Translate business requirements and solution architecture into detailed technical designs, implementation approaches, proofs of concept and actionable specifications.
• Provide technical guidance, oversight and leadership to engineers, support teams, project squads and external delivery partners.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, reusable patterns and development guidelines that support secure, scalable and maintainable automation.
• Remain hands on through solution development, exemplar builds, code reviews, design assurance and complex technical problem solving.
• Own the technical quality of automation solutions across their lifecycle, including code, design artefacts, documentation, deployment pipelines and operational readiness.
• Work closely with Architecture, Cloud, Integration, Cyber Security, Service Management and business stakeholders to deliver safe and effective outcomes.
• Take accountability for code bases, ensuring source code is effectively managed, tested, merged and released.
• Champion continuous improvement across development practices, code quality, DevOps automation, release management and production support.