Edge Solutions Architect Engineer

Job Title: Edge Solutions Architect Engineer

Duration: Long Term

Client: Clarios

Role Purpose

• 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.

Key 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

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.