IT Architect: Cloud, Security & Infrastructure Strategy

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

ADD

Disability

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Koch Engineered Solutions is seeking an IT Architect to identify, evaluate, and advance infrastructure technologies that support business objectives. You will be a partner with business and technology teams to assess opportunities, explore emerging solutions, and recommend practical approaches that balance business value, risk, and operational needs.

This position is an in-office role in Wichita, KS, Tulsa, OK, Houston, TX, or Scottsdale, AZ. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT architecture, infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, or related technical roles involving solution design and implementation.
• Experience with multiple infrastructure domains (cloud, compute, storage, networking, endpoint, security).
• Experience researching, evaluating, testing, or implementing emerging technologies, products, or trends.
• Experience designing, implementing, or supporting cloud solutions within AWS or Azure environments.
• Experience communicating technical recommendations and architecture decisions to technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to understand challenges, goals, and opportunities, translating them into practical infrastructure recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure capabilities, reliability, security, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and trends across cloud, networking, security, automation, endpoint, and platform technologies for business applicability.
• Conduct research, proofs of concept, and technology assessments to validate potential solutions.
• Assess technology tradeoffs and develop recommendations based on requirements, risk, cost, and operational impact.
• Contribute to infrastructure standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with application, platform, and infrastructure teams for design across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Develop architecture diagrams, technical recommendations, and supporting documentation for alignment and execution across teams.
• Evaluate infrastructure solutions to support manufacturing and OT environments.

Skills

IT architecture

Infrastructure engineering

Systems engineering

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Koch Engineered Solutions is seeking an IT Architect to identify, evaluate, and advance infrastructure technologies that support business objectives. You will be a partner with business and technology teams to assess opportunities, explore emerging solutions, and recommend practical approaches that balance business value, risk, and operational needs.

This position is an in-office role in Wichita, KS, Tulsa, OK, Houston, TX, or Scottsdale, AZ. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.