Rockwell Automation - Milwaukee, WI
posted 3 months ago
Rockwell Automation is looking for a Director to lead our Platform Automation and Developer Experience practice. This role is crucial as it focuses on enhancing the productivity and satisfaction of our developers by automating technology and compute platform components across various environments. The Director will partner with multiple development teams to architect, provision, monitor, and enrich development environments, ultimately aiming to improve the overall developer experience through effective platform automation. In this hands-on position, the Director will be responsible for building a dedicated team that focuses on automating all technology and compute platform components in both lower and production environments. This includes leading a diverse group of peers towards a common solution framework and developing a strategy that allows developers to work seamlessly from anywhere. The Director will ensure that stream/product aligned teams operate with substantial autonomy while also leading the creation and adoption of a shared service for CI/CD pipeline platform components. This will refine development workflows and promote the reuse of resources across the organization. The role requires collaboration with various teams, including Development, Security, and Infrastructure, to create operational support for lower environments that enhance the developer experience while safeguarding Rockwell's Intellectual Property. The Director will champion automation at the platform layers, build observability into CI/CD pipelines, and establish metrics to monitor developer satisfaction and productivity. Staying informed about the latest trends in developer tools and methodologies is essential, as is advocating for developer-friendly practices that streamline processes and eliminate bottlenecks.