Senior Solution Architect

Rockwell AutomationHawthornHybridFull-time7 Oct 2026

Rockwell Automation seeks a Senior Solution Architect for Autonomous Operations in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. The role involves leading technical architecture for industrial transformation, mentoring solution consultants, and influencing cross-functional teams. Requires 6-10 years of relevant experience and deep expertise in at least one industrial domain.

What you'll do

Support discovery, qualification and solution positioning by identifying where Autonomous Operations can deliver credible operational and business value for strategic opportunities.
Develop architectures that connect business value drivers and operational decisions to capabilities across field devices, control, industrial data, manufacturing operations and enterprise systems.
Determine where intelligence, optimisation and decision execution should sit across control, edge and cloud.
Explain trade-offs in latency, reliability, cybersecurity, human oversight and integration with existing operations.
Evaluate how agentic AI, adaptive control, software-defined automation, orchestration and physical AI or robotics could evolve client architectures.
Distinguish capabilities available today from emerging technologies and roadmap dependencies.
Map required capabilities to Rockwell and partner technologies, including relevant control, industrial data, MES and production logistics platforms.
Define data models and integration patterns, identify gaps and sequence a feasible roadmap aligned with Rockwell strategy.
Work alongside AO consultants throughout substantive client engagements to develop the transformation thesis, test technical assumptions and translate priority business problems into architectural choices.
Lead architecture discussions with CTOs and senior operations, engineering and IT stakeholders.
Explain complex technical choices in business terms and show how Rockwell capabilities can support the required outcomes.
Partner with delivery leads to validate feasibility, scope, dependencies, estimates and technical risks before commitments are made to clients.
Translate blueprints into implementation work packages and guide delivery architects and engineering teams as solutions progress into execution.
Define requirements for data ingestion, contextualisation, analytics and integration with control and operational workflows, drawing on specialists for detailed implementation.
Establish clear boundaries for automated decisions, human intervention and closed-loop execution, including validation and assurance requirements.
Agree architecture and engineering standards with delivery teams, including testing, deployment, maintainability and secure integration.
Maintain technical continuity between consulting, pre-sales and delivery, resolving architectural issues and assumptions as the solution develops.
Ensure proposed solutions meet industrial requirements for scalability, performance, cybersecurity and operational reliability.
Develop reusable functional blueprints and reference architectures for priority industries and business functions.
Start from existing Rockwell architectures and extend them through lessons from client engagements and emerging technology.
Mentor architects and engineers through joint client work, architecture reviews and knowledge sharing, helping the team build strategic and executive advisory skills.
Build relationships with Rockwell technical communities and product teams.
Bring specialist expertise into engagements and feed client requirements and architectural gaps back into portfolio discussions.

What you need

Must-have

Industrial solution architectureConsultingSystems integrationIndustrial operationsMES/MOMProduction logisticsAsset performanceEdge connectivity

Nice-to-have

Transformation blueprintsTechnology roadmapsMiningFood and beverageCloud certificationsArchitecture certificationsIndustrial platform certificationsAsset performance management

Soft skills

Technical leadershipMentoringStrategic thinkingExecutive communicationStakeholder engagementProblem solvingCollaborationCuriosity

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