Automation Engineer

Job Type Fixed Term (Fixed Term) Closing Date 23/11/2025Schroders Personal Wealth aims to improve the way financial advice is offered, by making it more affordable, accessible and powerful for more people. We want to change lives for the better.This is a fantastic opportunity for you to progress your career in IT within a fully cloud based business. As an Automation Engineer you will interact with both internal colleagues and external suppliers to develop, implement and support automated solutions and applications across the organisation. Location Leeds Salary £34,297 to £37,726 Type Fixed Term Contract until 31/12/2026 About the Role As an Automation Engineer, you'll play a key role in advancing SPW's strategic goals by helping to streamline processes and enhance client service through automation. You'll be part of our Cloud Engineering team, which manages cloud infrastructure, collaborative tools and SaaS applications. Within this team, our Automation function is focused on developing and implementing Automation and AI capabilities to improve efficiency across the business.We're looking for someone who's passionate about technology, eager to learn, and excited to contribute to a collaborative and forward-thinking team. Key Focus Supporting, monitoring, and maintaining Power Automate solutions. What You'll Be Doing Monitoring and managing Power Automate flows to ensure reliability and performance Responding to incidents and applying minor configuration changes Maintaining documentation and operational inventories Collaborating with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to resolve issues Supporting the development of our Automation Centre of Excellence Platform Technical Experience Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform for automation and process improvement Understanding of MS365 tools (Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business) Exposure to Office Engineering (Telemetry, Add-On management & governance) Experience or interest in scripting/coding (PowerShell, Power Platform, GraphAPI, JSON, Terraform) Working knowledge of Jira and Confluence Enthusiasm for process improvement using Automation and AI Skills & Attributes Interest in working within cross-functional technical teams Willingness to develop incident management and resolution skills Strong problem-solving mindset and stakeholder engagement Self-motivated with a desire to grow and learn Team-oriented with a positive and proactive approachWe understand not everyone will meet 100% of the requirements, however we encourage you to apply if you think your skills are a good fit for this role.This job vacancy may close earlier than the advertised date if a suitable candidate is found. We encourage interested applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible. Some fantastic benefits SPW colleagues enjoy: Generous Holiday Entitlement: 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell 5 days. Health & Wellbeing: Company-paid Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, and Health Screening. Company Pension Contribution: A matched pension contribution of up to 15% of your base pay. Cash Allowance: Flexible allowance to spend on additional benefits personal to you, including: dental cover, paid sabbatical leave, gym membership, menopause support. Bonus Opportunity: Dependent on individual/company performance (eligible after 3 months' service) Financial Advice : Access to free financial advice to help secure your financial future.To find out more, please visit We support flexible working: At SPW, we know how important it is to be able to achieve a balance. We want to support your lifestyle as well as meeting our business needs, so will always aim to be flexible. As well as traditional working patterns, we have colleagues who work informal flexible hours, reduced working hours, and have job-sharing arrangements. Many colleagues work from home, or in a hybrid way. We warmly welcome applications from those returning to work after a period of leave, providing appropriate support and training where required. You belong here: At SPW, we embrace individuality and diversity of identity, experience, and thought. We actively strive for inclusive behaviours and actions, making appropriate adjustments for disabilities, health conditions and neurodiversities. We ensure equal opportunities for all and transparently report on gender pay to promote fairness.Schroders Personal Wealth operates under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime as a solo-regulated firm and if this role is classed as a Certified Role under that regime you will be subject to enhanced vetting and will have a number of additional conduct and regulatory duties to adhere to, as well as certifying at least annually that you are fit and proper to perform this role."It's great that you have clicked this far. What we are building at SPW has clearly caught your attention and you're interested in working with us to change lives through providing more financial advice to more clients. If you need more insight about what it's like to work here, check out our careers page onIf you are ready to explore our vacancies further, get scrolling! 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