Lead AI Platform Infrastructure Architect

Relha LLC; 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 seeks an Lead AI Platform Infrastructure Architect to build scalable AI platforms and reusable services. You will own pipelines, deployment templates, and platform components using infrastructure as code, collaborating with engineering, data, and security teams to ensure secure, scalable solutions.

You will lead adoption efforts, connect data pipelines and model services, and design for real-time and batch AI workloads with a focus on availability, cost efficiency, and

Qualifications

• 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%.
• Typically requires 12+ years of experience in infrastructure architecture, platform engineering, or cloud engineering roles.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Build AI platforms spanning data ingestion to deployment and monitoring.
• Deliver infrastructure as code and repeatable deployment patterns.
• Lead automation to provision, update, and scale platform environments.
• Enable AI adoption with practical tools and standardized paths for teams.
• Integrate data pipelines, model services, APIs, and monitoring into a cohesive platform.

Skills

Platform engineering

AI/ML platforms

Security and compliance

Data pipelines

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of relevant experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

GCP

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Lead AI Platform Infrastructure Architect

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

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.

Your Responsibilities:

Build AI Platforms

You will deliver platforms that support the full AI lifecycle, from data ingestion and model training to deployment and monitoring

You will create reusable services and templates so teams can go from idea to production with less effort

You will ensure platforms are reliable, scalable, and straightforward to use

Deliver Infrastructure as Code

You will develop all platform components using infrastructure as code

You will create repeatable deployment patterns and automated pipelines

You will 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

You will create standardized paths for teams to build, test, and deploy AI solutions

You will 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

You will support both real-time and batch AI workloads

You will 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.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

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. Actual pay will be based on factors such as skills, knowledge, education, and experience.

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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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.