Solutions Architect

Koch; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings accounts

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) seeks a Solutions Architect to drive architecture across the engineering technology ecosystem, including CAD, PLM, and related platforms. You will partner with Product teams to design transformational solutions and ensure architectural best practices across IT and business stakeholders.

The role emphasizes enterprise architecture, integration, and modernization efforts, with collaboration across Engineering, Operations, Commercial, and Finance.

Qualifications

• Experience with modern cloud-based platforms (AWS, SaaS).
• Strong CAD/PLM, and engineering data management knowledge.
• Experience architecting and supporting engineering environments.
• Proven ability to communicate technology to diverse audiences.
• Ability to develop proposals for technical solutions with customers.
• 5+ years in Information Technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical solutioning and blueprinting with Product teams.
• Create architectural blueprints aligned with IT strategy.
• Apply knowledge across software, security, networking, and cloud infra.
• Drive architecture strategies across engineering and design teams.
• Identify and pilot new solutions to address business problems.
• Collaborate with finance to model economic bets for solutions.

Skills

Cloud platforms

CAD/PLM expertise

Engineering data management

Solution architecture leadership

Communication with stakeholders

IT experience

Business and operating models

Tools

AWS

Microsoft 365

Salesforce

SaaS platforms

Serverless cloud tools (Lambda, S3, API Gateway)

Docker/Kubernetes/ECS/Fargate/AKS

DevOps tools (CI/CD, GitHub, Azure DevOps)

LeanIX/HOPEX/BizzDesign

Job description

Your Job

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is currently looking for a Solutions Architect to join our global Information Technology (IT) capability. The IT capability is a vital component of the KES strategy to improve business performance through the application of technology and to profitably transform our business. Our team operates with a startup mentality-working as an integrated group with the Engineering, Operations, Commercial, and Finance teams to design, build, and scale innovative solutions that transform KES work processes.

This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

Our Team

A Solutions Architect engages with our IT and business teams to drive solution design for the organizations transformation initiatives and ensure that architecture best practices as part of design. You must show a proven ability to manage complex requirements while understanding the appropriate risk profile of a project to determine the correct solution. Daily challenges will arise that require more soft skill expertise than technical expertise - meaning, you cannot rely on technical aptitude alone to be successful. You must realize and show the ability to understand the business direction, objectives, and parties involved to get to the best outcome. A candidate who is a self-starter and looks to be proactive will be a great fit for this opportunity.
This role is primarily focused on the architecture, integration, and modernization of KES's engineering technology ecosystem, including Autodesk, CAD, PLM, and related product development platforms.

What You Will Do

• Partner with Product teams to recommend technology solutions for business transformation, then lead the technical solutioning process to build the detailed blueprint for how technology will solve the problem.
• Considers the enterprise picture as part of solution design to produce architectural blueprints consistent with IT technical vision and strategy
• Leverage expertise in multiple technical domains as part of solutioning process (Software Engineering, Application Review/Selection, Security, Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, etc.)
• Lead the development and alignment of architecture strategies across the engineering & design organization.
• Experimentation - Identify and experiment with solutions to solve problems new to the organization
• Execute on initiatives as appropriate, not just a "Box Drawing" role
• Partner with finance to build economic "Bet" models for strategic solutions to determine a value range

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience with modern cloud-based platforms and tools (PLM, Engineering (CAD tools ~ Autodesk, Solidworks, etc), and Product Planning platforms, AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce, SaaS vendors)
• Strong knowledge of CAD, PLM and engineering data management ecosystems
• Experience architecting and supporting engineering and product development environments
• Proven experience communicating technology in both execution detail and broad concepts to various audiences
• Demonstrated capability partnering with customers to understand business and operating models to develop proposals for technical solutions
• 5+ years' experience in Information Technology

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in supporting discrete engineering & manufacturing
• Experience with conversation & action AI agent platforms in solving business problems.
• Understanding the fundamental architecture of GenAI
• Technical experience with serverless cloud technology tools and services (for example: S3, Blobs, SaaS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, Event Bridge, DynamoDB, API Gateway, etc.)
• Experience with event driven architectures and microservices
• Experience with analytical concepts (Data lakes, Graph Database Technology, Data Warehousing) Experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, Fargate, AKS)
• Experience with DevOps methodologies, processes and tools (CI/CD, GitHub, Lean, Azure DevOps)
• Experience with enterprise architecture platforms ~ LeanIX, HOPEX, BizzDesign

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.

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

As a Koch company, Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is a dynamic network of businesses that work together to create an ecosystem of domain expertise to increase operational efficiency, improve safety, reduce waste, and reduce emissions

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 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.

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.