Cloud Engineer

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

KBX Logistics, a Koch company, seeks an entry-level Cloud Engineer to operate, maintain, and improve our AWS-based platform supporting application teams. You will implement changes, support services, and help keep the cloud environment secure and reliable.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, manage IAM and networking, and contribute to automation using Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions. A foundational knowledge of Kubernetes and service meshes is essential.

Qualifications

• Entry-level candidates welcome; relevant AWS/cloud infra experience encouraged.
• Experience with compute, networking, storage, IAM and monitoring concepts in AWS.

Responsibilities

• Build and support AWS infrastructure using established designs, security controls, and change-management practices.
• Work with senior engineers to clarify requirements and decisions.
• Maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot cloud platform technologies including Amazon EKS, Istio, Gloo, Kong, 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 per standards; identify automation opportunities and address risks.
• Monitor platform health, respond to alerts/incidents, troubleshoot with application teams, escalate complex problems.
• Apply tagging standards, support cost reporting, investigate waste, and implement cost-saving changes.
• Investigate issues using documentation and operational data; verify work before closing.
• Maintain implementation notes, runbooks, and troubleshooting guides; share lessons with the team.
• Build AWS/cloud platform skills through hands-on work, training, and certifications.
• Participate in on-call rotation, respond to incidents, communicate impact, prevent repeats.

Skills

AWS concepts

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Python scripting

Security controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Terraform

Helm

GitHub Actions

Kong

Istio

Gloo

Job description

Your Job

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 elevate 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.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

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.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).