Enterprise Architect

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending and health savings accounts

Educational assistance

Job summary

Koch Business Solutions, LP is seeking an Enterprise Architect to enhance business performance through technology solutions in Houston, TX. This role collaborates with IT leaders and drives technical solutioning processes to improve business profitability.

Key responsibilities include developing architectural blueprints, presenting solutions to business leaders, andExecute initiatives beyond basic design. Candidates should have experience with modern cloud platforms and 5+ years in Information Technology.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Information Technology with a focus on architecture.
• Experience partnering with customers to translate business needs into technical architecture.
• Ability to present complex architectural alternatives to various audiences.

Responsibilities

• Recommended technology solutions for business transformation.
• Developed architectural blueprints aligned with IT strategy.
• Led architecture review board and aligned strategies across organizations.

Skills

Experience with modern cloud-based platforms and tools (AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce, SaaS vendors)

Familiarity with event-driven architectures, microservices

Strong communication skills for technical concepts

5+ years’ experience in Information Technology

Tools

DevOps methodologies, processes, and tools (CI/CD, GitHub, Azure DevOps)

Technical experience with serverless cloud technology tools (e.g., S3, Lambda)

Job description

Your Job

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) seeks an Enterprise Architect to join our global Information Technology (IT) capability. The role is essential to our strategy of improving business performance through technology and improving profitability. The position can be based in Houston, TX; Tulsa, OK; or Wichita, KS, and requires occasional travel. VISA sponsorship is not available.

Our Team

As a member of the Enterprise Architecture team a primary focus is to engage with IT and business teams to drive solution design for transformation initiatives, ensuring best‑practice architecture throughout the design process. The role demands strong business acumen, effective communication, and the ability to lead complex solutioning efforts.

What You Will Do

• Partner with IT Leaders, Solution Delivery, Product, and Data teams to recommend technology solutions for business transformation and lead the technical solutioning process to build detailed blueprints.
• Consider the enterprise picture as part of solution design to produce architectural blueprints aligned with the IT vision and strategy.
• Leverage expertise across multiple technical domains (Software Engineering, Application Review/Selection, Security, Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, etc.) as part of the solutioning process.
• Lead architecture review board; develop and align architecture strategies across KES organizations.
• Present current‑state to future‑state architecture alternatives to business leaders, describing marginal value and connecting to business outcomes.
• Experiment with new solutions to solve emerging problems.
• Execute on initiatives beyond “box drawing” and deliver practical, operational outcomes.
• Partner with finance to build economic “Bet” models for strategic solutions, determining a value range.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience with modern cloud-based platforms and tools (AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce, SaaS vendors).
• Familiarity with event‑driven architectures, microservices, analytical concepts, AI concepts, and cloud technology & services.
• Proven experience communicating technology in both detailed execution and high‑level concepts to varied audiences.
• Demonstrated capability partnering with customers to understand business and operating models, then developing proposals for technical architecture or process solutions.
• 5+ years’ experience in Information Technology.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience supporting discrete engineering & manufacturing.
• Experience with enterprise architecture platforms (e.g., HOPEX, BizzDesign, LeanIX).
• Understanding of the fundamental architecture of GenAI.
• Experience with conversation & action AI agent platforms.
• Technical experience with serverless cloud technology tools and services (e.g., S3, Azure Blob, SaaS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, DynamoDB, API Gateway).
• Experience with PLM, Engineering (CAD tools), or Planning platforms.
• Experience with event‑driven architectures and microservices.
• Experience with analytical concepts (Data lakes, Graph Database Technology, Data Warehousing) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, Fargate, AKS).
• Experience with DevOps methodologies, processes, and tools (CI/CD, GitHub, Lean, Azure DevOps).

Benefits

Our goal is for each employee and their families to live fulfilling, 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, AD&D, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria are set by applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline, and benefits may vary by geographic region.

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.