Automation Engineer / Power Platform Developer (Power Automate) [213172]

In partnership with Aquent, we are seeking an exceptional automation expert to join a multidisciplinary digital innovation team for a forward-thinking, community-focused organization in the essential services sector. In this pivotal role, you will revolutionize business processes and drive significant operational improvements by designing, building, and deploying high-impact automation solutions. Your expertise will directly shape how this organization operates, streamlining critical workflows, boosting efficiency, and elevating service delivery to support a sustainable future for the communities it serves.

The Opportunity

As a key driver of digital transformation, you will translate complex business needs into secure, scalable, and efficient low-code solutions. This role offers an exciting opportunity to innovate, collaborate with diverse engineering teams, and continuously improve automation capabilities. You will play a vital role in enhancing operational resilience and service delivery across the entire enterprise, making a tangible digital impact.

What You'll Do

• Lead initial technical evaluations and feasibility assessments, providing expert engineering estimates, delivery assumptions, integration patterns, and comprehensive risk evaluations.
• Translate complex process designs, user stories, non-functional requirements, and acceptance criteria into secure, scalable, and supportable low-code/automation solutions.
• Build robust automations and API integrations using Microsoft Power Platform technologies, including Power Automate (Cloud/Desktop), Power Apps, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio, adhering to approved architectural patterns.
• Implement and enforce engineering standards, including comprehensive exception handling, retry logic, structured logging, telemetry, alerting, environment variables, connection references, and secure credential storage.
• Design and execute thorough unit, functional, integration, regression, and non-functional test strategies, ensuring complete documentation and test evidence against acceptance criteria.
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, demos, retrospectives, and backlog refinement, managing Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and version control via Azure DevOps.
• Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation, including solution designs, system diagrams, test scripts, release notes, and operational runbooks.
• Collaborate effectively with Platform Engineers on environment capabilities and connectors, Architects on design reviews and standards, and Process Engineers on process readiness and standardization.
• Provide L3 engineering support, investigating and resolving production defects, workflow failures, integration issues, and performance bottlenecks for live automations.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying automation candidates, building reusable components, defining standard patterns, and promoting engineering best practices across the team.

What You'll Bring

• Proven hands-on expertise in designing and delivering automation solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Automate (Cloud & Desktop), Power Apps, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio.
• Strong background in low-code automation development, API integrations, and constructing complex process workflows.
• Solid understanding of Power Platform governance and security best practices, including environment strategies, managed solutions, connection references, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and secure credential handling.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps for Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), CI/CD release pipelines, and version control.
• Demonstrated experience implementing end-to-end testing strategies (from unit to non-functional) alongside robust error-handling, logging, and recovery mechanisms.
• Experience working effectively within Agile/Scrum teams, coupled with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Microsoft certifications (e.g., PL-500, PL-200, PL-400, AB-620) or relevant Azure/AI credentials.
• Exposure to Copilot tools or Machine Learning platforms (e.g., Azure ML).
• Experience integrating with enterprise platforms such as Workday, ServiceNow, or SAP.
• Awareness of GDPR, platform security practices, identity management, and compliance standards within regulated environments.

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