Edge Solutions Architect Engineer

About the role

Responsible for designing, validating, and deploying the Edge Reference Architecture and associated standards to enable secure, scalable OT/IT integration across plants and enterprise systems. Location: Milwaukee WI. Duration: Long Term. Client: Clarios.

Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design – Develop ISA-95 L1–L4 reference architecture covering hosting, network segmentation, IAM, and OT/IT DMZ. Secure sign-off before migration begins.
• Hardware & Software Stack – Define minimum/recommended hardware profiles, OS standards, container runtime, and software stack. Validate against pilot deployment and annex into rollout playbook.
• Container/K3s Deployment Standard – Create Helm/manifest templates, K3s cluster configuration, GitOps pipeline, and image registry standards. Package into Edge Rollout Playbook for execution.
• Lifecycle, Security & Governance – Author upgrade/rollback runbooks, vulnerability scanning standards, observability baseline, and patch governance. Execute lifecycle governance at site level.

Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong knowledge of ISA-95 architecture and OT/IT integration.
• Hands-on experience with K3s/Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps (ArgoCD/FluxCD).
• Expertise in containerisation (Kepware, Ignition) and edge deployments.
• Familiarity with IAM, network segmentation, and OT/IT DMZ security models.
• Experience authoring technical playbooks, runbooks, and governance documentation.
• Ability to work across multi-site deployments and coordinate with stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years in OT/Edge architecture or infrastructure engineering.
• Prior experience in manufacturing/industrial IoT environments.
• Knowledge of MQTT/UNS (Sparkplug B) and integration with cloud platforms (Snowflake, Kafka).
• Strong communication skills for client-facing technical leadership.