Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
The Software Support Specialist II Automation Engineer will support Engineering Applications by developing automation & AI agents, improving operational processes, supporting platform activities, and helping deliver reliable technical solutions across global teams.
Role accountabilities:
- Build automation scripts, workflows and tools using PowerShell, Python, Power Platform, REST APIs and Azure services to improve Engineering Applications operations.
- Automate repetitive support, onboarding, deployment, monitoring, reporting and governance activities to reduce manual workload and improve service consistency.
- Develop practical AI and Copilot-enabled solutions, including assistants, knowledge workflows, data lookups and operational process automation.
- Support and improve core Engineering Applications platforms, including automation around access, configuration, health checks, integration and lifecycle management.
- Create and maintain integrations between Engineering Applications, business systems, ServiceNow/Jira, cloud platforms and data sources using APIs, connectors and secure data flows.
- Improve reliability through technical monitoring, alerting, dashboards, automated checks and clear operational reporting.
- Support application modernisation, cloud adoption, platform migrations and automation of application delivery processes.
- Create reusable automation components, templates, runbooks and technical standards for the Engineering Applications Operations team.
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues across engineering applications, integrations, cloud services and automation workflows.
- Lead proof-of-concepts and small technical pilots to test new automation, AI and platform engineering opportunities.
- Work closely with global Engineering Applications teams, to deliver scalable operational improvements.
- Define and track automation KPIs, including manual effort reduction, process cycle time, platform reliability and productivity improvements.
Qualifications & Experience:
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in application engineering, automation engineering, platform operations, DevOps or enterprise application management.
- Strong scripting and automation experience with PowerShell and Python, including building reusable scripts, modules, scheduled jobs or operational tools.
- Good technical experience with Power Platform, REST APIs, Azure services, connectors, data flows and integration patterns.
- Experience working with AI/Copilot technologies, Microsoft Copilot Studio or Azure AI Services is highly desirable.
- Experience supporting SaaS, cloud and enterprise applications in an operations environment, ideally within engineering, design or project delivery platforms.
- Experience with AEC and engineering applications such as Autodesk, Bentley, Esri ArcGIS, or similar platforms is desirable.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across applications, integrations, user access, automation workflows, monitoring and platform services.
- Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, Git, infrastructure automation or configuration management is preferred.
- Able to work independently as a technical contributor while collaborating with global teams.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical solutions clearly to operations, platform and business stakeholders.
- Degree level education in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Success Measures:
- Clear reduction in manual Engineering Applications operational effort through automation and self-service.
- Delivery of practical automation workflows, scripts, dashboards, integrations and AI-enabled solutions.
- Improved platform reliability through better monitoring, alerting, automated checks and operational reporting.
- Faster onboarding, deployment and support processes for Engineering Applications.
- Reusable automation components adopted by the Engineering Applications Operations team.
- Measurable productivity, cost, quality and service improvement across global operations.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. At Arcadis, you will have the opportunity to build the career that is right for you. Because each Arcadian has their own motivations, their own career goals. And, as a ‘people first’ business, it is why we will take the time to listen, to understand what you want from your time here, and provide the support you need to achieve your ambitions.