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

Are you ready to revolutionize business processes and drive significant operational improvements that directly support a sustainable future for local communities? In partnership with Aquent, a forward-thinking organization in the essential services sector is seeking an exceptional automation expert to join their dynamic digital innovation team. In this pivotal role, you will have the unique opportunity to translate complex business needs into secure, scalable, and efficient low-code solutions, making a tangible digital impact across the entire enterprise while elevating service delivery for the communities they serve.

The Opportunity

As a key driver of digital transformation, you will collaborate with diverse engineering teams to innovate and continuously improve automation capabilities. You will play a vital role in enhancing operational resilience and streamlining critical workflows. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Leading initial technical evaluations and feasibility assessments, providing expert engineering estimates, delivery assumptions, integration patterns, and comprehensive risk evaluations.
• Translating complex process designs, user stories, non-functional requirements, and acceptance criteria into secure, scalable, and supportable low-code/automation solutions.
• Building 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.
• Implementing and enforcing engineering standards, including comprehensive exception handling, retry logic, structured logging, telemetry, alerting, environment variables, connection references, and secure credential storage.
• Designing and executing thorough unit, functional, integration, regression, and non-functional test strategies, ensuring complete documentation and test evidence against acceptance criteria.
• Actively participating 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.
• Producing and maintaining high-quality technical documentation, including solution designs, system diagrams, test scripts, release notes, and operational runbooks.
• Collaborating effectively with Platform Engineers on environment capabilities and connectors, Architects on design reviews and standards, and Process Engineers on process readiness and standardization.
• Providing L3 engineering support, investigating and resolving production defects, workflow failures, integration issues, and performance bottlenecks for live automations.
• Driving 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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