Automation and Tooling Engineer

VML · Noida, India

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • Posted 2026-08-20
  • Confirmed live on 25 September 2026

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Job description

Who We Are

VML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a Human First philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore.

VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel.

For more information, please visit www.vml.com and follow along on  LinkedIn #WeAreVML.

The opportunity

The Automation & Tooling Engineer is responsible for designing and building the digital capabilities that power the Transformation Office. This role develops intelligent automation solutions, governance platforms, AI-enabled workflows, reporting automation, and self-service tools that improve operational efficiency and enable data-driven decision-making

What you’ll be doing

Build the Digital Operating Platform

• Design and enhance scalable digital solutions that support portfolio governance, executive reporting, resource planning, and strategic program execution.

• Develop intuitive business applications that improve productivity, collaboration, and decision-making.

Drive Intelligent Automation

• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes across governance, reporting, approvals, task management, notifications, and business workflows.

• Optimize operational processes to improve efficiency, consistency, and execution quality.

Enable AI-Powered Productivity

• Integrate AI into business processes to improve reporting, decision-making, workflow automation, content generation, and knowledge management.

• Prototype and implement AI-enabled solutions that deliver measurable business value and improve executive productivity.

Automate Data and Reporting

• Build digital solutions supporting portfolio governance, milestones tracking, risk management, dependency management, action tracking, and executive decision logs.

• Ensure reporting solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with evolving business needs.

Develop Governance Tooling

• Build digital solutions supporting portfolio governance, milestone tracking, risk management, dependency management, action tracking, and executive decision logs.

• Standardize governance tools that improve visibility, accountability, and execution consistency.

Partner Across Business and Technology

• Collaborate with Strategy, Program Management, Data and Insights, IT, Data Engineering, Information Security, and business stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions.

• Ensure solutions integrate seamlessly with enterprise platforms and processes.

Drive User Adoption

• Develop user enablement materials, provide onboarding support, and continuously improve solutions based on stakeholder feedback and evolving business needs.

Establish Technology Standards

• Define development standards, automation frameworks, documentation, and governance practices that ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.

• Promote best practices for low-code development, workflow automation, and AI integration.

Foster Continuous Innovation

• Stay current with emerging automation, AI and low-code technologies, continuously identifying opportunities to modernize business operations and improve organizational agility.

What we want from you

• 5–8 years of experience in Automation Engineering, Business Systems, Digital Transformation, Solution Development, or Technology Consulting within a global technology or SaaS organization.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related field.

• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise automation solutions that improve business operations and operational efficiency.

• Strong expertise in the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI) and modern low-code/no-code development platforms.

• Experience integrating enterprise applications using APIs, web services, connectors, middleware, and enterprise collaboration platforms such as Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Teams.

• Hands-on experience with AI-powered automation and enterprise AI technologies, including Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Services, OpenAI, or similar platforms.

• Strong understanding of SQL, data integration, reporting automation, and modern cloud platforms such as Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Dataverse, Logic Apps, or Azure Functions.

• Working knowledge of scripting or programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, or C#.

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