Automation Architect

NBMBAA; Maplewood (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

3M is seeking an Automation Architect to shape enterprise automation by turning complex business challenges into scalable, intelligent solutions. You will establish the architectural direction for cloud-native services, AI integration, and modern development practices to deliver reusable patterns and guardrails across teams.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor engineers, and set engineering standards to ensure secure, observable, and performant automation implementations at

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (completed and verified)
• 10 years of software development experience in diverse environments
• 5 years of infrastructure automation experience
• 3 years of AI tools experience

Responsibilities

• Define long-term architecture and roadmap for cloud automation and AI-enabled solutions.
• Design resilient, observable, and secure workflows using cloud-native solutions.
• Identify where AI can improve decision-making and developer experience.
• Build reusable frameworks and standards to reduce custom development and accelerate delivery.
• Guide architectural decisions across multiple teams and influence automation adoption.
• Mentor upcoming developers to grow engineering judgment and architecture skills.
• Structuring experimentation to mature ideas into production capabilities.
• Raise the technical bar through design reviews, governance, and hands-on leadership.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS Step Functions

AWS Lambda

EventBridge

API Gateway

SQS

SNS

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Observability

Job description

Job Description:

Automation Architect

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a 3M Automation Architect, you will shape the future of enterprise automation by turning complex business challenges into scalable, intelligent solutions.

You will establish the architectural direction for automation built on cloud-native services, Artificial Intelligence, and modern development practices. Your work will go beyond designing individual workflows. You will create the patterns, guardrails, and reusable capabilities that enable teams to deliver automation faster, more safely, and with greater confidence.

This is an opportunity to create more than automation. You will build the foundation, technical culture, and talent pipeline that determine how the organization delivers intelligent solutions for years to come.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the long-term architecture and roadmap for cloud automation and AI-enabled solutions.
• Design resilient, observable, and secure workflows using cloud native solutions and related practices.
• Identify where AI can improve decision-making, operational efficiency, and the developer experience.
• Build reusable frameworks and standards that reduce one-off development and accelerate delivery.
• Guide technical decisions across multiple teams and influence how automation is adopted across the organization.
• Mentor upcoming developers, helping them develop strong engineering judgment and architecture skills.
• Bring structure to experimentation, ensuring promising ideas can mature into reliable production capabilities.
• Raise the technical bar through thoughtful design reviews, practical governance, and hands-on leadership.

Your Skills and Expertise:

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (completed and verified prior to start)
• Ten (10) years of experience in software development in a private, public, government or military environment
• Five (5) years of experience with infrastructure automation
• Three (3) years of experience with AI tools

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include: AWS Serverless Architecture

Expert-level experience designing secure, resilient, and scalable solutions using AWS Step Functions, Lambda, EventBridge, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, and related service

Enterprise Automation Architecture

Proven ability to turn complex business processes into reusable automation patterns, frameworks, and platforms rather than disconnected scripts or one-off solutions.

AI and Intelligent Automation

Practical experience integrating generative AI, machine learning, or AI agents into business workflows, with strong judgment around security, governance, reliability, and appropriate use cases.

Technical Leadership and Developer Mentorship

Demonstrated success guiding architecture decisions, leading design reviews, establishing engineering standards, and helping developers grow into capable, independent engineers.

Production Engineering and Governance

Strong knowledge of infrastructure as code, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security, cost management, and operational support for business-critical automation.

Work location

This role has on-site working model, with the employee working at least four days a week in the office at 3M Center, located in Maplewood, MN. Travel: 10%. Relocation: YES

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.