Solutions Architect

Kinder Morgan; Beaumont (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinder Morgan in Beaumont, TX, seeks a Solutions Architect to make our Docker infrastructure faster, simpler, and less scary. You’ll own outages with 4 years of gRPC experience and help a growing team advance before scale.

You’ll drive gRPC incident postmortems, diagnose issues, document architecture and APIs, and push telemetry dashboards with .NET Core and RabbitMQ. This hands-on role comes with a growth ladder and benefits across Beaumont, TX.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a technology role
• Strong written and verbal communication under pressure
• Self-motivation that colleagues rely on
• Hands-on tech experience with follow-up questions

Responsibilities

• Drive the gRPC incident postmortem to stop Beaumont outages
• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org
• Spot and correct Docker-related anti-patterns in review
• Replace brittle Docker hacks with scalable Self-Motivation solutions
• Pull .NET Core telemetry into dashboards for Kinder Morgan leadership

Tools

Docker

.NET Core

gRPC

GitHub Actions

RabbitMQ

Job description

Think of this Solutions Architect job as a standing invitation to make Kinder Morgan's Docker infrastructure faster, simpler, and less scary. Take ownership, lean on your 4 years of gRPC, and earn $70,000 - $97,000 as part of a team that grows with you.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the gRPC incident postmortem that stops the Beaumont outage from recurring
• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org
• Spot the autonomy-driven GitHub Actions anti-pattern in review before it spreads through Kinder Morgan
• Replace the brittle Docker hack with a Self-Motivation solution that survives Beaumont scale
• Pull .NET Core telemetry into dashboards Kinder Morgan leaders actually open

What You'll Bring

• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
• A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email
• Hands-on technology experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• Around 3+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role
• A knack for Self-Motivation that colleagues quietly come to rely on

Kinder Morgan has made Beaumont, TX synonymous with ruthlessly-focused, dependable technology work that outlasts the hype cycles. Every Solutions Architect at Kinder Morgan owns an outcome, not just a checklist of tasks.

We back $70,000 - $97,000 with a growth ladder, a mentor invested in your RabbitMQ, and benefits that travel with you across Beaumont, TX.