Senior Cloud Operations Engineer - Plex

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:

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer with a focus on Kubernetes and Automation to join our Plex Cloud Operations team. You will support the application tier both in our private and public cloud data centers. You will maintain and assist scaling our Kubernetes-based platform to ensure high availability, security, and performance. You will work closely with platform, development, security, and infrastructure teams to automate operations and improve multi-cluster management. You will also participate in an on-call rotation to support critical operations. You will report to the Cloud Operations Manager.

Your Responsibilities:

• Maintain and improve our Kubernetes platform, ensuring high availability and scalability.
• Implement infrastructure/configuration as code to automate operations. (Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Flux, Kustomize)
• Enhance observability and logging using OpenTelemetry and Elastic.
• Building automated solutions that enable resiliency and self-healing of applications.
• Managing Server Operating Systems (Windows and Linux).
• Managing Web Servers (IIS 10).
• Troubleshoot production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive reliability improvements.
• Evaluate and implement cloud-native technologies to enhance platform efficiency.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure best practices for container security and compliance.
• Work with multi-cluster management solutions such as Rancher, Cluster API (CAPI), or other Kubernetes fleet management tools.
• Manage Kubernetes infrastructure on Azure and vSphere.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support platform operations and respond to incidents.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of relevant work 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.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Typically requires 5+ years of relevant professional experience in a cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or operations role.
• 3+ years working with Kubernetes in a production environment.
• Proficiency with Terraform and Ansible.
• Load balancer experience (F5 LTM, Azure Load Balancer)
• Public Cloud experience (Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services)
• Experience with Linux administration and container runtimes (Docker, containerd)
• Familiarity with observability tools (OpenTelemetry, Elastic, PRTG, and Dynatrace).
• Experience managing multi-cluster Kubernetes environments. (Rancher & Cluster API).
• Solid understanding of RBAC, security policies, and secrets management in Kubernetes. Hands-on experience with Azure and vSphere as Kubernetes infrastructure providers.
• Capability to analyze packet captures using tools such as Wireshark.
• Strong understanding of IPv4/IPv6, FTP, HTTP, SSL/TLS, HTML, XML
• Knowledge of .Net website functionality.
• The ability to participate in an on-call rotation for platform support.
• Prior experience in SRE or Platform Engineering roles.
• Degree in Computer Science or related area.

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

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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