Software Architect, Data Platform – 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 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

We are looking for an experienced Architect to help design & develop our next generation data platform while improving our current analytics platform. We run on hybrid cloud, leveraging modern BI tooling, and building cutting‑edge infrastructure as we expand our platform service offerings and skillsets. This is a hands‑on role, not a whiteboard‑only position—you’ll be writing code, reviewing implementations, and actively contributing to architectural solutions.

You will be reporting to the Manager, Software Engineering and have a hybrid schedule working in Troy, MI.

Your Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and evolve solutions for the existing data platform to support consistent and scalable system architectures
• Define and champion best practices for data platform usage through reference architectures, engineering enablement, hands‑on coding, and documentation
• Collaborate with product management to identify high‑value AI solutions and provide reference architectures and best practices around the implementation of these solutions
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to define multi‑quarter technical roadmaps aligned with organizational strategy
• Lead technical design reviews and provide guidance on system architecture and interface design across services within the domain, while contributing directly to key implementations
• Partner early in project planning with PMs and EMs to anticipate complexity and define technically sound solutions
• Establish clear domain boundaries and service contracts to evolve out of a monolithic legacy architecture
• Ensure all designs and implementations meet enterprise security, performance, and compliance standards
• Prototype new tooling or approaches to de‑risk architectural changes and validate proposed frameworks, often taking first‑pass ownership of early iterations
• Actively align with other architects across application, platform, operations, and quality teams to ensure cohesive system architecture
• Participate in cross‑domain initiatives to identify and address technical debt and architecture misalignments at scale, including direct contributions to shared tooling and platform components

The Essentials –

You Will Have:

• 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.

The Preferred – You Might Also Have:

• Typically requires 8 years of relevant experience in software development or architecture.
• Experience working in agile teams in a Continuous Delivery model.
• Demonstrated understanding of design patterns, principles, and frameworks.
• Demonstrated understanding of security concepts and best practices.
• Demonstrated experience and working knowledge of SQL and No‑SQL data stores.
• Experience with full technology stack, from UI to DB.
• Experience with the following: container technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes), messaging platforms (Rabbit
  
  MQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus), data orchestration tools (Apache NiFi, Apache Airflow, Spark, Databricks), Azure cloud.

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off