Cloud and Edge Infrastructure Engineer
About The Position
Rockwell Automation’s Global Portfolio Engineering (GPE) team is hiring a Cloud and Edge Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, and operate secure, scalable cloud-to-edge platforms supporting multiple regional and business teams. The role provides technical leadership in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, container platforms, edge-to-cloud integration, and enterprise security practices. The engineer will help standardize architecture patterns, improve reliability and security, and partner with automation engineering teams to deliver repeatable, production-ready solutions. This position is part of a job family, with experience determining the position level and compensation. The stated U.S. base salary range is $139,680–$209,520, with an annual target bonus of 8% of base salary. Actual pay depends on factors including skills, knowledge, education, and experience. Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this opening.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S.; the employer will not sponsor employment visas now or in the future.
Nice To Haves
- 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or cloud engineering.
- Strong expertise in Azure; AWS or GCP experience is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, and enterprise-scale orchestration.
- Experience with hybrid edge-to-cloud architectures and connectivity.
- Knowledge of zero-trust security, IAM/RBAC, secrets management, and policy governance.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Bicep, and CI/CD/GitOps practices.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across networking, platforms, and application environments.
- Experience with service mesh, API gateways, observability, and centralized logging.
- Familiarity with industrial, manufacturing, or operational technology environments.
- Relevant cloud, Kubernetes, or security certifications.
Responsibilities
- Design and operate cloud-native infrastructure platforms for distributed edge and centralized cloud workloads.
- Build and maintain Kubernetes-based runtime environments for resilient, secure, and observable operations.
- Define and enforce platform standards for networking, identity, access control, secrets management, and workload security.
- Architect and maintain CI/CD and GitOps deployment workflows for infrastructure and platform services.
- Collaborate with automation engineering teams to integrate controls, deployment pipelines, and operational guardrails.
- Lead containerization strategy for platform services, including image lifecycle, vulnerability management, and runtime hardening.
- Establish monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response practices for cloud and edge environments.
- Create reusable reference architectures, templates, and operational runbooks for global adoption.
- Support regional teams with technical guidance, design reviews, and production readiness assessments.
- Contribute to long-term platform evolution, including multi-cloud readiness and future architecture expansion.
Benefits
- Health insurance, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k).
- Paid time off.
- Parental and caregiver leave.
- Flexible work schedule coordinated with the manager.
