Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Position Summary:

Translate our needs into long-term architecture solutions through the design, creation, deployment and support of the enterprise-wide Configuration platform. A Configuration System Architect designs, oversees, and maintains complex IT systems, ensuring hardware, software, and networks align with our goals. Main responsibilities are creating blueprints, defining technical standards, and guiding implementation for scalability, security, and performance, collaborating across teams to balance technical needs with strategic goals. Other responsibilities include analyzing requirements, designing integrated solutions, documenting architecture, troubleshooting, and advising on latest technologies. The architect helps build a holistic view and roadmap of our technology strategy and processes. The architect partners with business and technology groups to ensure agreement of technology solutions with our strategic goals.

This position is located in either Milwaukee, WI or Mayfield Heights, OH - hybrid.

You will report to the Technical Leader – ETO Selling Configuration

Your Responsibilities:

• Partner with IT and business leaders to act as an advisor to strategic planning efforts in consideration of organizational priority and vision.
• Partner with business and technology subject-matter experts to elicit and translate our requirements into technological solutions.
• Design high-level, foundational structures, balancing technical constraints with our goals.
• Document and justify important decisions early in the development lifecycle.
• Assess the current IT environment and develop a future state IT architecture in partnership with Enterprise Architecture.
• Guide technology selection, develop architectural artifacts in partnership with lead engineer and dev team(s) and ensure compliance with security, identity and access management, Enterprise Architecture.
• Develop guidelines to ensure that a technological framework is applied across the company, maintain awareness and visibility of organizational best practices.
• Promote the use of a shared infrastructure and application roadmap to reduce costs and improve information flow.
• Introduce and accelerate new technologies and methodologies to support digital transformation.
• Work with multiple partners and influence project decisions.
• Work with other solution architects to provide secure, scalable architectural solutions.
• Provide cross-product/cross-technology expertise to capability teams.
• Support the design and modeling of tactical architectures to develop projects.
• Support the design and management of reference architecture.
• Contribute to and evaluate solution design and consult during release planning.
• Engage with the business and teams during brainstorming and design.
• Demonstrated experience define and maintain automated practices.
• Demonstrated experience with business process and performance modeling, benchmarking and financial analysis.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Typically requires 5+ years of relevant architectural experience
• Degree in computer science or management information systems
• Experience building strategic technology plans and roadmaps
• Experience designing modern, public-facing solutions consumed by multiple teams
• Experience designing cloud-based solutions
• A desire for learning, investigation, and understanding and the ability to question solution partners across teams
• Comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application and systems engineering
• Knowledge of architectural design frameworks, integration frameworks and patterns
• Seek out and embrace relevant perspectives when assessing a situation or making decisions; demonstrate clear understanding of multiple viewpoints
• Experience with business complexity and project interdependence.
• Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Redux
• Backend: C# .NET 5, RESTful Web API
• Database: Azure PaaS SQL
• Source Control: Azure DevOps/Git Hub Enterprise (Git)
• Infrastructure: Terraform
• Operating System: Windows

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
• To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans. 

If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at +1 (844) 404-7247.

Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.