Senior Automation Engineer (UiPath)

Leidos•Alexandria, VA

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About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Senior UiPath Automation Engineer to lead automation initiatives supporting the United States Coast Guard at C5ISC in Alexandria, Virginia. The position is tied to a future contract pending award. The engineer will design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise-grade robotic process automation solutions, guiding work from process discovery through production support. The role also includes mentoring developers and helping mature the RPA Center of Excellence’s governance, practices, and delivery standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
12 or more years of overall IT experience.
At least 5 years of hands-on RPA development experience, including at least 3 years specifically with UiPath.
UiPath Certified Advanced RPA Developer certification, or willingness to obtain it within 90 days.
Strong proficiency in UiPath Studio, Orchestrator, REFramework, and Robot deployment and administration.
Solid understanding of .NET, VB.NET or C#, and object-oriented programming concepts.
Experience with SQL and relational databases.
Experience integrating automations with REST/SOAP APIs and enterprise applications.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to troubleshoot complex workflow issues.
Excellent communication skills and ability to work directly with business and technical stakeholders.
Experience with UiPath, Ansible, AWS console, Elastic, AWS, Azure, Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket, and cloud SaaS offerings.
Ability to obtain an Entry of Duty (EOD) Public Trust.
At least one of the following certifications: UiPath Certified Advanced RPA Developer, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Developer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Developer Associate, or Azure Solutions Architect.

Nice To Haves

An active Public Trust clearance already in hand.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and deploy end-to-end automation workflows using UiPath Studio, Orchestrator, REFramework, queues, assets, and triggers.
Lead process discovery and solution-design sessions with business stakeholders and translate requirements into scalable automation solutions.
Architect reusable components and libraries to accelerate development and enforce coding standards.
Integrate UiPath bots with enterprise systems, including APIs, databases, ERP and CRM platforms, and document-processing tools such as Document Understanding and IXP.
Implement exception handling, logging, and monitoring frameworks to support production stability.
Conduct code reviews, establish best practices, and mentor junior and mid-level developers.
Manage bot deployment lifecycle activities, including CI/CD pipelines, version control, and Orchestrator administration.
Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root-cause analysis for bot failures.
Support RPA Center of Excellence governance, including documentation standards, PDD/SDD creation, ROI tracking, and pipeline intake processes.
Stay current with UiPath platform updates and recommend relevant adoption of Automation Cloud, AI Center, Action Center, and Test Suite.
Collaborate with security and infrastructure teams to ensure automations meet compliance and data-handling requirements.