Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Rockwell Automation is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join our dynamic technology team. As a lead engineer, you'll play a critical role in developing and scaling automation and orchestration capabilities to accelerate business-to-IT delivery across our global technology stack. This role is remote and reports to the Senior IT Manager located in the USA, with remote work available in Poland.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and implement automation workflows for provisioning, configuration, and management of on‑premise network devices, servers, and storage.
• Lead the shift to a foundational‑first approach by defining and standardizing configuration baselines for each device type and region, engaging with stakeholders for alignment and adoption.
• Oversee the audit and discovery of existing device configurations, identify technical debt and compliance gaps, and drive the remediation of high‑risk or non‑standard assets.
• Develop, maintain, and evolve reusable automation templates and playbooks (e.g., Ansible, NetBox, Terraform) to enable zero‑touch provisioning and lifecycle management across infrastructure platforms.
• Integrate approved configuration standards into automated provisioning workflows, ensuring new devices and refresh cycles are compliant and scalable.
• Architect and automate compliance validation and drift detection mechanisms within provisioning pipelines, enabling real‑time monitoring and rapid remediation.
• Implement configuration management features including version control, rollback workflows, SNMP hardening, secure management protocol enforcement, and rationalized NTP/interface/VLAN governance.
• Lead the design and implementation of automation solutions for enterprise infrastructure and application environments using CI/CD and modern DevOps practices.
• Architect and optimize build, test, and deployment pipelines for both cloud and on‑premises infrastructure, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and security.
• Develop and curate advanced toolkits for configuration management, system provisioning, and environment monitoring using industry‑standard tools.
• Serve as an internal consultant and mentor, championing automation best practices and fostering knowledge sharing across IT teams.
• Collaborate with development, QA, operations, and business partners to align automation initiatives with organizational goals, compliance requirements, and operational metrics.
• Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives for automation and configuration management.
• Own documentation for automation architectures, processes, and infrastructure workflows, ensuring transparency, compliance, and smooth knowledge transfer.
• Present technical recommendations and updates to senior stakeholders, contributing to policy and standards frameworks.

The Essentials - You Will Have

• Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in DevOps, SRE, or senior infrastructure automation roles, with proven leadership in complex, enterprise‑scale automation projects.
• Deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure (systems, networking, cloud, security).
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools and advanced pipeline engineering (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).
• Expert proficiency in scripting/programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
• Advanced skills with infrastructure‑as‑code and configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet).

The Preferred - You Might Also Have

• Experience designing or managing automation for large‑scale or distributed enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with cloud networking services, load balancers, or hybrid cloud architectures.
• Experience with ITSM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow) or asset/configuration management databases (CMDB).
• Certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure/GCP, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes).

Benefits

• Saving Fund
• Food coupons
• Major medical insurance
• Retirement benefit

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. 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.

Hybrid work policy: employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless there is a business obligation out of the office.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Automation Machinery Manufacturing

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