Senior MES Technical Consultant

United States of America North Carolina (remote)

Illinois, United States

Wisconsin, United States

Pennsylvania, United States

Michigan, United States

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!

We're seeking a Senior MES Technical Consultant to architect, implement, and optimize Manufacturing Execution Systems across life sciences and discrete industries using Factory Talk Pharma Suite and Factory Talk Production Centre. You will focus on technical leadership, solution architecture, cloud-native enablement, and scalable delivery-bringing modern platforms (Azure, Kubernetes, AI/ML, Dev Ops) together with validated MES solutions to accelerate digital manufacturing outcomes.

You are communicative, detail-oriented, pragmatic, and passionate about operational excellence in regulated and discrete manufacturing environments.

You will work in a remote environment and report to the North America MOM Technical Team Lead.

• Design end-to-end MES architectures for Pharma Suite and Production Centre, integrating enterprise (ERP, LIMS, PLM), historians, and control systems.
• Define hybrid/on-prem/cloud deployment models; author Solution Architecture Documents, Integration Designs, and Infrastructure-as-Code approaches.
• Implement and configure Factory Talk Pharma Suite master batch records (MBRs), workflows, and equipment models; author/parameterize recipes and templates aligned to ISA
  88 and ISA
  95.
• Configure Factory Talk Production Centre for discrete manufacturing (process steps, routing, nonconformance, eDHR/e , SPC, genealogy, serialization).

• Integrate MES with ERP (e.g., SAP/Oracle), LIMS, QMS, PLC/DCS/SCADA, historians (Factory Talk Historian/PI), and lab/packaging systems using standard connectors and middleware.
• Map data models and events across ISA
  95 layers; design robust exception handling and transactional integrity.

• Containerize and orchestrate application services using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS), leverage Helm for release management, and implement Git Ops/CI-CD (Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions).
• Engineers secure connectivity using Azure Private Link, VNET peering, APIM, and Key Vault for secrets.

• Implement reliable integrations (REST/Graph
  
  QL APIs, OPC UA, MQTT/AMQP, file-based) between MES and ERP (e.g., SAP/Oracle), LIMS, QMS, and historians.
• Build data pipelines (batch/stream) with Azure Data Factory, Event Hubs, IoT Hub, and land curated data into Azure Data Lake for analytics.

• Lead Computer System Validation (CSV) activities: author/review test strategies, IQ/OQ/PQ, traceability matrices, and SOPs in validated environments.
• Drive backlog delivery with Agile tooling (JIRA, Azure Dev Ops), oversee code quality, and mentor developers on MES patterns and best practices.

• Build strategies and tooling to migrate from legacy MES/paper batch records to Pharma Suite; orchestrate incremental transformations and cutovers with minimal production risk.

• Conduct technical workshops, demo POCs, and support presales by shaping solution approaches, estimates, and risk mitigations.
• Coach peers and clients on technical practices, modifiability tactics, and reliable operations in regulated environments.

• Support deployments on Azure (VMs, AKS, storage, networking, Key Vault), containerize services where applicable, and manage Kubernetes operations (helm,…