Senior Software Engineer – Plex

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 thework 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 are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on Kubernetes and Containerization to join our Plex Platform team. You will design, maintain, and scale our Kubernetes-based platform to ensure high availability, security, and performance. You will work closely with development, security, and infrastructure teams to automate operations, improve multi-cluster management, and enhance developer workflows. You will also participate in an on‑call rotation to support critical platform operations.

You will report to the Software Engineering Manager.

• Manage, maintain, and improve our Kubernetes platform, ensuring high availability and scalability.
• Implement infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm, Flux, Kustomize, etc.) to automate platform operations.
• Enhance observability and logging using Open Telemetry and Elastic Stack.
• Improve networking and security policies within Kubernetes (e.g., Istio, Cilium, and Network Policies).
• Support developers by optimizing CI/CD pipelines and containerized application deployment workflows.
• Troubleshoot production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive reliability improvements.
• Evaluate and implement cloud-native technologies to enhance platform efficiency.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure best practices for container security and compliance.
• Work with multi-cluster management solutions such as Rancher, Cluster API (CAPI), or other Kubernetes fleet management tools.
• Manage Kubernetes infrastructure on Azure and vSphere.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to support platform operations and respond to incidents.

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

• Typically requires 5+ years of relevant professional experience
• 3+ years working with Kubernetes in a production environment.
• Proficiency in Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes manifests for infrastructure automation
• Experience with networking (CNI, Istio, Ingress controllers, and multi-cluster networking)
• Experience with Linux administration and container runtimes (Docker, containerd)
• Familiarity with observability tools (Open Telemetry, Elastic Stack).
• Experience managing multi-cluster Kubernetes environments. (We use Rancher & Cluster API (CAPI)).
• Solid understanding of RBAC, security policies, and secrets management in Kubernetes.
  · Hands‑on experience with Azure and vSphere as Kubernetes infrastructure providers.
• Demonstrated experience developing and deploying high‑volume, high transaction‑based, distributed and redundant cloud applications.
• Background developing in .NET technologies.
• The ability to participate in an on‑call rotation for platform support.
• Experience with Git Ops practices (FluxCD, ArgoCD).
• Prior experience in SRE or Platform Engineering roles.
• Knowledge of database management in Kubernetes (e.g., Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, or distributed storage solutions like Ceph or Longhorn).
• Degree in Computer Science or related area.

• 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.
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