Senior Automation Developer

The Group You’ll Be a Part Of

The LIDAS (Lam India Data Analytics and Sciences) team at Lam Research is dedicated to providing best-in-class analytics solutions that enhance business decisions across Global Operations and other sub-functions. This 'Center of Excellence' (CoE) comprises a high-performing team of experts who collaborate cross-functionally to deliver analytics solutions tailored to various business needs. The team's mission is to boost productivity and efficiency of business processes through business analytics, data science, and automation projects. These projects deliver crucial data insights, accelerating decision-making for businesses and stakeholders. The team continuously hones its technical skills and business acumen to tackle complex business problems and use cases within the semiconductor, manufacturing, and supply chain domains. This Senior Automation Developer role will be a key part of the Automation group, focused on supporting Global Operations Process Automation and delivering industry-leading solutions with speed and efficiency, thereby contributing to Lam's resilient and profitable growth.

Eligibility Criteria

• Years of Experience: Minimum 12 to 14 years of relevant IT and Automation Experience.
• Job Experience: Hands-on experience as a Lead RPA Expert, providing technical leadership and solution architecture using Power Platform and Automation Anywhere.
• Educational Background: BE / BTech / MTech – Computer Science or related engineering stream.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design scalable, reusable, secure, and high-performance automation frameworks.
• Lead solution design, perform feasibility analysis, and recommend optimal automation approaches.
• Define automation architecture standards, design patterns, and best practices across the organization.
• Provide technical leadership and solution architecture for enterprise-grade automation initiatives using Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate) and Automation Anywhere.
• Implement solutions following the vision of Agentic Process Automation – Hyper & Intelligent Automation, utilizing efficient AI agents with Multi-Bot Architecture for real-time adaptation.
• Lead and mentor automation developers.
• Perform code reviews, enforce development standards, and ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Drive platform upgrades, feature adoption, and roadmap planning.
• Integrate automations with APIs, databases, enterprise systems, and cloud services.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and skill development of automation resources.
• Own end-to-end solution delivery from requirement analysis through production deployment.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify, assess, and prioritize automation opportunities.
• Provide effort estimation, delivery planning, and technical risk assessment.
• Stay current with industry standards of Automation releases in respective RPA tools for improved solutions, aligning with the Enterprise IT roadmap.
• Upgrade / Migrate lower version automation to higher versions of Automation Power Automate & Automation Anywhere.
• Deliver quick Proof of Concepts (POCs) to perform feasibility studies for complex problem solutions, contributing to design and architecture, working closely with product teams, and owning specific aspects of feature development.

Mandatory Skills

• 6+ years of hands-on experience as an Automation lead in solutioning end-to-end lifecycle automation solutions with Power Automate Cloud & Desktop.
• Hands-On working experience in Power Automate & its AI Builder, Copilot, Automation Anywhere (VA360 & above).
• Certification: PL500, PL400 / PL900.
• Experience in implementing Intelligent Automation integrating with Generative AI, GPT’s Open AI.
• Experience in building Automation using Azure platforms, integration with AI/ML Models integrating with SharePoint, OneDrive, Network folders for file movements.
• Ability to integrate Power Platform solutions with Microsoft 365, Azure services, third-party APIs, and on-premises systems using connectors, custom APIs, and data gateways.
• Documentation & Communication: Requirements Gathering, Business Proposal/BRD, TDD/SDD, As-Is & To-Be Flow, Technical Presentation, Incident/Problem/Change Management.
• Proficient in VB Macro, Excel formulas, Python programming, Json & XML.
• 4+ years of experience in leading a technical team of RPA developers.
• Strong skills in managing Stakeholders’ (internal and external) Expectations, understanding the End-to-end Business process.
• Proven experience migrating workflows from Automation Anywhere to Power Automate.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, able to communicate with cross-function global teams.

Desirable Skills

• Exposure to integrating Power Apps, BI & Power Automate and using Virtual Agents in Power Platform.
• Hands-on scripting experience with PowerShell, JavaScript, or Python.
• Working experience in Business Domains like Semiconductors, Supply Chain Manufacturing, Supply Chain Quality, or Operations.
• Well versed with agile methodologies for delivery and used tools like Jira, Azure devops/git etc.
• Experience in modelling databases for Automations (RDBMS, Open-source DB).

Key skills/competency

• Power Automate
• Automation Anywhere
• Intelligent Automation
• Generative AI
• Azure Integration
• Solution Architecture
• Technical Leadership
• Stakeholder Management
• Python Programming
• Process Automation