Edge Solutions Architect Engineer

Job Title: Edge Solutions Architect Engineer

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Location: Milwaukee WI

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Duration: Long Term

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Client: Clarios

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Responsibilities

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Role Purpose

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• 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.

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Key Responsibilities 

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• 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  

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Required Skills & Experience

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• 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.  

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Preferred Qualifications

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• 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.