Lead AI/Data Platform Architect (AWS)

Kbx; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

KBX Logistics is seeking a Lead Solution Architect (Data & AI) to drive the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) on AWS and evolve it into an AI-enabled data platform. This hands-on role demands deep AWS architecture skills and the ability to design and implement AI capabilities over enterprise data.

The candidate should bring hands-on AI experience and be able to shape KBX’s long-term AI architecture strategy while growing with the field.

Qualifications

• Experience evaluating, designing, maintaining, or implementing AI/GenAI capabilities within enterprise data environments.
• Experience designing solutions using AWS technologies such as Glue, S3, Redshift, Lambda, Step Functions, and IAM roles/policies.
• Exposure to applying GenAI/LLM patterns over enterprise data.
• Experience influencing architecture and architectural strategy across the organization at various levels.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the architecture of the Enterprise Data Platform, including integration patterns, governance controls, and platform capabilities for analytics, automation, AI, and agent-based use cases.
• Lead solution architecture and hands-on delivery of scalable data platform capabilities, including self-service access patterns, APIs, data products, metadata services, and AI-enabled experiences.
• Translate business, data, and AI opportunities into production-ready architecture patterns that balance scalability, security, maintainability, and speed to value.
• Build foundational platform capabilities including metadata management, semantic models, orchestration frameworks, secure access patterns, observability, and governance services for analytics, automation, and AI workloads.
• Serve as hands-on architectural lead for the AWS-native platform, owning design decisions and contributing to implementation.
• Continuously modernize data pipelines to reduce redundancy, control cost, and improve reliability and observability.
• Codify reusable architecture patterns (Terraform) and mentor data engineers to scale successful patterns across initiatives.

Skills

AI/GenAI

AWS Architect

Data Platform

Security & IAM

RBAC

Tools

Glue

S3

Redshift

Lambda

Step Functions

IAM

Terraform

Job description

KBX Logistics is seeking a Lead Solution Architect (Data & AI) to drive the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) on AWS and evolve it into an AI-enabled data platform. This hands-on role demands deep AWS architecture skills and the ability to design and implement AI capabilities over enterprise data.

The candidate should bring hands-on AI experience and be able to shape KBX’s long-term AI architecture strategy while growing with the field.