Cloud Engineer

Kbx; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

KBX Logistics, a Koch company and global leader in transportation, seeks a Cloud Engineer to operate, maintain, and improve our cloud platform that supports application teams. You will work with senior engineers to implement changes and ensure secure, reliable AWS environments.

You will build with EKS, Istio, Redis, and cloud services, using Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions to provision resources and deploy updates. Entry-level candidates are welcome to apply.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, security controls, and change-management practices.
• Experience deploying and supporting containerized apps in Kubernetes (Amazon EKS, ingress controllers, service mesh).
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, PowerShell, or shell).
• Familiarity with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and support AWS infrastructure using established designs, security controls, and change-management practices.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to clarify requirements and technical decisions.
• Maintain, monitor, upgrade, and troubleshoot cloud platform technologies (EKS, Istio, Kong, Redis).
• Use Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions to provision infrastructure and deploy changes.
• Manage IAM, networking, encryption, and secrets per standards; identify automation opportunities and security risks.

Skills

AWS

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD automation

Python

PowerShell

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or Information Technology

Tools

Helm

GitHub Actions

Istio

Gloo

Kong

Redis

Job description

The Cloud Engineer at KBX is an individual contributor responsible for operating, maintaining, and improving the cloud platform that supports our application teams. Working with senior engineers and other team members, you will execute cloud infrastructure changes, fulfill platform and access requests, support shared services, troubleshoot issues, and help keep our AWS environment secure, reliable, and supportable. This role is suited to someone early in their cloud engineering career who has strong technical fundamentals, follows established designs and standards, collaborates well, and can reliably carry work through implementation and operational support.

Our Team

We partner closely with Software Engineeringand DevOps, Security, and IT leadership to create secure, scalable, and reliable platform solutions, strengthen engineering practices, and accelerate the responsible adoption of cloud and AI technologies. We value technical curiosity, critical thinking, knowledge sharing, technical leadership, and a “can-do” attitude.

What You Will Do

• Build and support AWS infrastructure using established designs, security controls, and change-management practices.
• Work with senior engineers to clarify requirements and technical decisions.
• Maintain, monitor, upgrade, and troubleshoot cloud platform technologies, including Amazon EKS, Istio, Solo Gloo, Kong, Amazon MSK/Kafka, and Redis/ElastiCache.
• Use Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions to provision infrastructure and deploy platform changes.
• Manage IAM, access, networking, encryption, and secrets requests using established standards. Identify automation opportunities and resolve security risks or unclear requirements with the team.
• Monitor platform health, respond to alerts and incidents, troubleshoot issues with application teams, and escalate complex problems.
• Apply tagging standards, support cost reporting, investigate waste, and implement approved cost-saving changes.
• Investigate issues using documentation and operational data, ask for help when needed, and verify work before closing it.
• Maintain implementation notes, runbooks, request records, and troubleshooting guides. Share lessons with the team.
• Build AWS and cloud platform skills through hands‑on work, training, certifications, and feedback.
• Participate in the on‑call rotation, respond to incidents, communicate impact, and help prevent repeat issues.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

Entry-level candidates are welcome. Experience through employment, internships, labs, coursework, certifications, or personal projects involving AWS, cloud infrastructure, systems administration, networking, software development, or DevOps

Experience applying core AWS concepts and services such as compute, networking, storage, IAM, security groups, subnets, routing, and monitoring.

Experience deploying, managing, or supporting containerized applications in Kubernetes environments. Familiarity with Amazon EKS, ingress controllers, container networking, or service mesh technologies is a plus.

Experience scripting in Python, PowerShell, or shell.

Experience applying cloud security, identity and access management, monitoring, logging, incident response, and change-management best practices

An ability to use AI‑assisted tools to support learning, scripting, analysis, documentation, troubleshooting, and operational workflows

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or Information Technology field
• Experience supporting cloud infrastructure, internal platforms, application teams, service requests, or operational queues in an internship, academic, lab, or professional setting
• Experience using Terraform, source control, or CI/CD automation
• Experience working with Amazon EKS, ingress, container networking, or service mesh technologies is valuable but not required
• Experience using service mesh technologies (Istio or similar) and API gateway technologies such as Gloo/kgateway, Kong, or equivalent in a production setting
• UsingGitOpsmethodologies and tools (Argo CD) for continuous deployment on Kubernetes
• Experience withCloudflareor similar CDN/DNS/web security platforms for cloud networking and traffic management
• Experience working in a hybrid cloud or multi‑cloud environmentsand integrating on‑premises systems with AWS cloud resources (networking, identity federation, etc.).
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate, or another relevant AWS certification.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, or similar cloud/platform certification.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

KBX Logistics, a Koch company and global leader in transportation, offers world‑class, technology‑driven capabilities across all modes of managed freight and transportation asset management. KBX is uniquely positioned to meet the challenges shippers face, leveraging decades of firsthand experience and data‑driven insights from a large, diverse, and global business network. By building mutually beneficial partnerships and innovative technology, KBX creates a competitive advantage for its customers and meets the growing need for cost effective and reliable supply chain solutions. For more information on KBX, visit www.kbx.com

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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