Automation Engineer in Melbourne

Full time, ongoing role at Parkville location, with multiple public transport options available. Salary: $114,436 - $124,912 + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave + monthly ADO’s.

The Royal Women’s Hospital is one of Australia’s oldest and most distinguished tertiary hospitals dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health. Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and to provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.

About the team:

The Digital Innovation Service (DI), hosted by the Women’s, provides a unified ICT capability across the Parkville Local Health Service Network. DI supports the Women’s, RMH, and Peter Mac by delivering shared digital infrastructure, systems, and innovation services critical to their clinical and operational performance. Between July 2024 and June 2025, DI managed over 139,000 support tickets, supporting more than 19,000 staff across the health services, highlighting its essential role in enabling safe, reliable, and connected care across the precinct.

About the role:

As an Automation Engineer, you’ll be part of the Strategic Automation & Digital Experience team, designing, developing and supporting automation and digital solutions that make a genuine difference to the way people work. A regular day will see you:

• Design, develop, test and deploy end-to-end automation and digital solutions.
• Build innovative solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio and Dataverse.
• Develop and maintain integrations across enterprise applications, APIs, databases and other technology platforms.
• Contribute to the development and support of UiPath automations and workflows.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of automation solutions leveraging Microsoft Azure services, including cloud, integration, and AI capabilities.
• Explore emerging AI and automation technologies, including Azure AI Foundry.
• Troubleshoot and optimise production solutions, ensuring they remain reliable and effective.
• Work with stakeholders to identify opportunities for automation and translate their needs into practical technology solutions.

About you:

We're looking for someone who enjoys getting hands-on and isn't afraid to tackle complex problems. You’ll bring with you:

• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, testing and supporting automation and digital solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Power Platform, particularly Power Automate, Power Apps and Dataverse.
• Experience managing Power Platform solutions across development, test and production environments.
• Experience integrating technology solutions with applications, APIs, databases and other platforms.
• Understanding of Microsoft Azure and its application to automation and digital solutions.
• Experience with UiPath or other RPA technologies will be highly regarded.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle practices, testing, deployment, version control and technical documentation.
• Experience troubleshooting and supporting production automation or digital solutions.

Our benefits:

At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day. We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:

• Up to $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Public transport options at our doorstep and end of trip facilities for cyclists.
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities.
• Five weeks annual leave, 17.5% leave loading, monthly ADO’s and purchased leave options.

Inclusion and belonging:

The Women’s celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, people with disability, and people of any age to apply for our roles. We are committed to gender equity principles, and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women and family violence matters. We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited and, as a child safe organisation, have a strong commitment to child safety and wellbeing.

Join us!

If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply, and encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and a valid Working with Children Check. Clinical staff are required to be vaccinated against, or demonstrate immunity to, COVID-19, influenza, and a range of other diseases. Should you need assistance or require any adjustments or accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, or if you require an accessible copy of the position description, you are most welcome to reach out to the contact person listed. We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.