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The Associate Developer, Intelligent Automation plays a foundational role in the IT team's efforts to deliver smart, scalable automation solutions across the organization. This position is designed for a motivated individual with strong applied skills in Microsoft technologies who is ready to grow from practical, hands-on delivery into broader development responsibilities.

A key focus of this role is bridging capability and confidence across the business: the successful candidate will champion AI Literacy by supporting colleagues in understanding and effectively adopting the AI and automation tools available through the Microsoft ecosystem. In parallel, the role encompasses day-to-day environment management and structured junior development activities, ensuring our automation infrastructure is well-maintained, documented, and continuously improving.

We are committed to fair and transparent compensation. The salary range for this role is based on several factors including experience, skills, and qualifications and is $75,000 to $85,000.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• AI Literacy and Enablement
  • Act as a go-to resource for AI literacy across the organization, helping teams understand, adopt, and confidently use AI-powered tools available through the Microsoft stack. Specific activities include:
  • Deliver structured and informal training sessions on Microsoft Copilot, Power Automate AI Builder, and adjacent AI features embedded in M365
  • Create clear, accessible how-to guides, quick-start materials, and FAQs to support self-service adoption
  • Gather feedback from business users to identify adoption barriers and surface improvement opportunities to the Senior Developer
  • Stay current on Microsoft AI releases and share relevant updates with the team in a digestible format
  • Support the Senior Developer in building an internal AI literacy framework as the function matures
• Environment Management
  • Maintain the health, integrity, and accessibility of the Intelligent Automation development and production environments. This includes:
  • Monitor and administer Power Platform environments (Dev, Test, Production), including access provisioning and lifecycle management
  • Manage solution deployments across environments using ALM practices (including pipelines and managed solutions where applicable)
  • Document environment configurations, dependencies, and change history to enable consistent governance
  • Coordinate with IT Security and Infrastructure on environment compliance, licencing, and data loss prevention (DLP) policy alignment
  • Triage and escalate environment issues promptly, maintaining minimal disruption to business operations
• Associate Development Activities
  • Contribute directly to the delivery of automation and intelligent solution projects under the guidance of the Senior Developer. Responsibilities include:
  • Build and maintain Power Automate flows, Power Apps, and related solutions that meet defined business requirements
  • Write clean, well-commented code and configuration in accordance with team standards and best practices
  • Participate in solution reviews, testing cycles, and defect remediation
  • Maintain solution documentation including process maps, user guides, and release notes
  • Support change management activities to ensure smooth handover and adoption of deployed solutions
  • Proactively raise technical risks, blockers, or scope concerns to the Senior Developer in a timely manner

Required Skills

• Continuous Learning : Actively seeks out new knowledge, takes ownership of personal development, and applies learning quickly in practical settings.
• AI and Digital Curiosity: Demonstrates genuine interest in AI and automation technologies; experiments, asks questions, and shares discoveries with the team.
• Communication and Enablement: Translates complex or technical content into clear, accessible language for diverse audiences; empathetic and patient when supporting others.
• Attention to Detail: Produces accurate, well-structured work; identifies inconsistencies and takes care to ensure quality before delivery.
• Collaboration: Works openly and constructively within the team; shares progress, seeks input, and contributes to a positive team culture.
• Adaptability: Responds well to changing priorities and new information; remains effective and positive in ambiguous or evolving situations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills — able to explain technical concepts to non-technical colleagues clearly

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant field (IT, Business Technology, or related discipline)
• Demonstrable experience using Microsoft 365 tools in a professional or project context (Power Platform, SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, etc.)
• Understanding of, or genuine enthusiasm to learn, automation and AI concepts — prior exposure to Power Automate or similar is an advantage
• Strong analytical mindset with an ability to break down processes and identify automation opportunities
• A collaborative, growth-oriented attitude with comfort in a learning environment
• High attention to detail and a commitment to quality in all outputs

Preferred

• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI)
• Exposure to Copilot Studio, AI Builder, or other Microsoft AI tooling
• Familiarity with Agile or iterative delivery approaches
• Prior experience bridging business and technology teams (e.g., business analyst, Citizen Developer, or similar hybrid role)
• Any relevant Microsoft certification (e.g., PL-900, PL-100, AI-900) or active pursuit of certification

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

As a testament to our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and in alignment with our commitment to fair and transparent compensation, our salary bands are transparent both internally and as a part of our external recruitment process. The targets for this role are dependent on market/ geographic location and range from $75,000 to $85,000.

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• Continuous Learning : Actively seeks out new knowledge, takes ownership of personal development, and applies learning quickly in practical settings.
• AI and Digital Curiosity: Demonstrates genuine interest in AI and automation technologies; experiments, asks questions, and shares discoveries with the team.
• Communication and Enablement: Translates complex or technical content into clear, accessible language for diverse audiences; empathetic and patient when supporting others.
• Attention to Detail: Produces accurate, well-structured work; identifies inconsistencies and takes care to ensure quality before delivery.
• Collaboration: Works openly and constructively within the team; shares progress, seeks input, and contributes to a positive team culture.
• Adaptability: Responds well to changing priorities and new information; remains effective and positive in ambiguous or evolving situations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills — able to explain technical concepts to non-technical colleagues clearly