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Job Description – Edge Solutions Architect / Engineer
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.