SOFTWARE ARCHITECT-JAVA

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

Job Summary:

As a Software Architect for Rockwell Automation, you will have the opportunity to design and develop industry-leading commercial software known for its innovation and usability, in particular real-time scalable features based on Rockwell's Manufacturing Execution System (MES) that are often integrated with machine automation and control systems as well as ERP software.

You must collaborate closely with the agile teams to drive them towards a shared technical direction. You will also have contact points with customers and customer-facing RA personnel (Marketing, Commercial Engineers, Sales) to understand and refine customer needs and the solutions to meet those needs, all major stakeholders (internal and external), to determine their (evolving) needs and resolve complex problems that have long-term implications and with Product & Feature teams, to identify dependencies, opportunities and disconnects between product features and platform features. In general, you will be responsible for defining the architectural runway for one or more products.

Joining Rockwell Automation Software Development group allows you to become part of a team that is committed to using reliable and well-thought-out engineering and software development practices such as SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).

You will report to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering and have a hybrid schedule working in Hinjewadi, Pune, India

Your Responsibilities:

• Responsible for technical leadership and development of MES architecture, cloud technologies, and standards for use with Rockwell Automation product
• Drive on-prem / hybrid / cloud architecture
• Understand the business and marketing requirements for the business, including the target environment, performance criteria and issues; provide input to product planning activity and assist in making development trade-offs
• Partner with other architects, product management, program management, engineering service to define and implement the technology roadmap
• Developing effective strategies to move existing solutions into the cloud, identifying key technologies that provide competitive advantage, working with customers to establish appropriate hybrid cloud solutions where necessary.
• Provide proof-of-concept demos on emerging development paradigms and technology that may serve as the starting point for further development activities
• Contributes to reviews of documents, designs, code, test cases and user documentation.
• Maintain technical expertise in the field. Keep current through contacts with educational institutions, professional societies, and technical publications. Maintain awareness of applicable new technologies, processes, and trends.
• Develop and maintain relationships with partner companies.
• Leverage advances in technology concepts to refine platform capabilities
• Mentor engineering teams on the adoption of new technologies, tools, and processes.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
• 16 years of experience in new product development and design of software or software systems including significant background with large scale enterprise system development projects
• 3 Years of experience with Architect Role
• 2 years of experience with cloud technology
• Certified Cloud Architect
• The Preferred - You Might Also Have:
• Master’s degree in computer engineering or equivalent discipline
• Hands-on expert with data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented designs in Java.
• In depth understanding of various design patterns for enterprise applications
• Experience with different UX technologies
• Expertise in cloud native and distributed computing system architecture.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure / Amazon AWS / Google Cloud Platform or other.
• Expertise in high availability, performance and scalability, SOA.
• Good understanding of modern software delivery practices like rapid prototyping, CI/CD, containerization, virtualization etc. and various test strategies like TDD / BDD
• Experience with security, data communication, and contemporary user interface technologies in enterprise environment.
• Understanding of Big Data Solution and Data Architecture
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, that enables collaboration with global teams

What We Offer:

Our benefits package includes …

• Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm
• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees
• Company volunteer and donation matching program – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program
• On-demand digital course library for professional development

... and other local benefits!

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.