Lead AI Platform Infrastructure Architect

Rockwell Automation; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance including Medical, D

401k

Paid Time off

Parental and Caregiver Leave

Flexible Work Schedule

Job summary

Rockwell Automation, a global technology leader headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, seeks an AI Platform Architect to build AI-enabled platforms and reusable services. This senior IC role delivers end-to-end platforms, writes code, builds pipelines, and partners with engineering, data, and security teams to ensure scalable, secure solutions.

You will own infrastructure and platform automation, focus on adoption across teams, and ensure availability, cost efficiency, and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.
• Ability to travel domestically or internationally up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Build AI platforms supporting full lifecycle from data ingestion to deployment and monitoring.
• Create reusable services and templates to reduce time from idea to production.
• Deliver Infrastructure as Code and automated pipelines for scalable platforms.
• Lead automation that provisions, updates, and scales platform environments.
• Enable AI adoption by building practical tools across the enterprise.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud architecture

AI platform familiarity

Security integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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!

Position Summary

As our AI Platform Architect, you will develop platforms that make it simple for teams across Rockwell to use AI. You will deliver working AI tools using infrastructure as code and create platforms that accelerate how quickly we can adopt and benefit from AI. This is a hands‑on role. You will write code, build pipelines, deploy infrastructure, and own what you ship. You will also partner with engineering, data, and security teams to make sure what you build fits into how we work. You will report to the Leader of Infrastructure Platform Automation as senior-level individual contributor, expected to influence across Rockwell.

Responsibilities

• Build AI Platforms You will deliver platforms that support the full AI lifecycle, from data ingestion and model training to deployment and monitoring
• Create reusable services and templates so teams can go from idea to production with less effort
• Ensure platforms are reliable, scalable, and straightforward to use
• Deliver Infrastructure as Code You will develop all platform components using infrastructure as code
• Create repeatable deployment patterns and automated pipelines
• Lead the automation that provisions, updates, and scales platform environments
• Enable AI Adoption You will build practical tools and services that reduce the barriers to using AI across the enterprise
• Create standardized paths for teams to build, test, and deploy AI solutions
• Focus on making the platform easy to adopt so teams spend their time on outcomes, not on setup
• Integrate and Operate You will connect data pipelines, model services, APIs, and monitoring into a cohesive platform
• Support both real-time and batch AI workloads
• Ensure high availability, performance, cost efficiency, and security across all platform components

The Essentials - You Will Have

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant 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.
• Ability to travel domestically or internationally up to 10%.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have

• Typically requires 12+ years of experience in infrastructure architecture, platform engineering, or cloud engineering roles.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Background in cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and hybrid enterprise environments.
• Hands‑on experience designing platforms using containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Familiarity with AI/ML platform requirements, including GPU acceleration, high-performance storage, and network throughput.
• Experience integrating security, identity, and compliance controls into shared platforms.
• Experience designing enterprise‑ready platforms that balance innovation, risk, and operational scalability.

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.

For this role, the Base Salary Compensation is from $159,760.00 - 239,640.00 USD with an annual target bonus of 8% of base salary. Our company benefits for the US can be found here.

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 [phone].

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.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 28,000 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.

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!