Forward Deployment Engineer (FDE) / Automation Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 19, 2026. Infosys scores A on the Alion truth index.
Forward Deployment Engineers are the core builders of the transformation program. These engineers work directly with business stakeholders to identify opportunities, design innovative solutions, rapidly prototype, and deploy production-grade automations and AI-powered workflows.
This role combines software engineering, automation engineering, AI implementation, and consulting capabilities.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Solution Engineering
Convert operational challenges into automation solutions.
Build automation workflows using multiple platforms.
Develop Agentic AI solutions.
Design integrations with enterprise applications.
Automation Development
Develop Python-based automation frameworks.
Build Ansible playbooks.
Create Power Automate workflows.
Develop reusable automation components.
Agentic AI Development
Build AI agents and workflows.
Develop tool integrations.
Create workflow orchestration solutions.
Validate AI performance and outcomes.
Deployment & Operations
Support CI/CD pipelines.
Deploy automation solutions.
Conduct testing and UAT support.
Monitor production deployments.
Business Engagement
Work directly with operations teams.
Conduct process discovery.
Validate requirements.
Measure business outcomes.
Required Skills
Automation
Python
Power Automate
Ansible
REST APIs
Shell Scripting
AI/Agentic
Copilot Studio
LangGraph
Prompt Engineering
LLM APIs
AI Workflow Automation
Python
Software Engineering
Git
CI/CD
Unit Testing
Agile Delivery
Cloud
AWS
Serverless Architecture
API Gateway
Consulting Skills
Business process analysis
Problem solving
Communication
Stakeholder engagement
Technical requirements
Automation
Python
Power Automate
Ansible
REST APIs
Shell Scripting
AI/Agentic
Copilot Studio
LangGraph
Prompt Engineering
LLM APIs
AI Workflow Automation
Python
Software Engineering
Git
CI/CD
Unit Testing
Agile Delivery
Cloud
AWS
Serverless Architecture
API Gateway
Consulting Skills
Business process analysis
Problem solving
Communication
Stakeholder engagement
Additional responsibilities
Preferred Experience
7+ years software development
Automation engineering experience
AI implementation projects
Enterprise integration experience
Preferred skills
Technology->AI-Agentic AI->Agent Engineering,Technology->AI-AI Engineering->Model Deployment,Technology->AI-Data science->PYTHON,Technology->Cloud Platform->Azure API Gateway
Education
MCA,MSc,MTech,Bachelor of Engineering,BTech