Agentic Automation Engineer

We are currently recruiting for a Agentic Automation Engineers to join a major digital transformation programme within the rail industry.

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced AI, Automation and Software Engineers to design and deliver secure, production-ready AI agents and intelligent automation solutions that improve operational performance.

Location

London / York

Hybrid

3 days per week onsite

Contract

12 months

Rate

£795/day Umbrella

IR35

Inside IR35

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy secure Agentic AI solutions.
• Build AI agents capable of reasoning, planning and interacting with enterprise systems.
• Integrate AI solutions with APIs, applications and operational platforms.
• Develop secure APIs, connectors and reusable integration services.
• Build automation workflows and data pipelines using low-code and pro-code technologies.
• Support CI/CD, automated testing, version control and secure software development.
• Provide technical assurance across solution design, estimation, testing and delivery.
• Optimise solutions for accuracy, scalability, resilience and performance.
• Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Develop reusable engineering patterns, components and technical standards.

Essential Experience

Strong experience within the Microsoft/Azure AI and automation ecosystem , including several of:

Copilot Studio | Azure AI Foundry | Azure OpenAI Service | Azure AI Search | Logic Apps | Azure Functions | API Management | Azure DevOps | Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Graph | Entra ID | Semantic Kernel | Dataverse | GitHub

You should also have

• Experience with Agentic AI/orchestration platforms such as AWS Bedrock Agents, Google Vertex AI, IBM watsonx Orchestrate or UiPath Agent Builder.
• Strong API and enterprise integration experience.
• REST/GraphQL APIs, event-driven architecture, webhooks and messaging.
• Git, CI/CD, automated testing and secure software development.
• Docker/Kubernetes and cloud-native development.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C#/.NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java or SQL.
• Experience with Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Strong requirements gathering, process design and solution design experience.

Desirable

• Railway-sector experience.
• Power Platform experience.
• UiPath, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, Camunda or Pega.
• Experience delivering both

low-code and pro-code Agentic AI solutions.

• STEM degree or equivalent qualification.

If you're an experienced Agentic AI / Automation Engineer looking for your next opportunity to work on a high-profile digital transformation programme, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now or get in touch for further details.