IT Architect

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

About the role

Koch Engineered Solutions is seeking an IT Architect to help identify, evaluate, and advance infrastructure technologies that support business objectives. In this role, you will 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 role is ideal for someone who enjoys learning new technologies, evaluating their potential impact, and influencing decisions across a variety of infrastructure domains.

You'll work closely with stakeholders to help shape infrastructure direction while supporting both near-term initiatives and long-term technology planning.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to understand challenges, goals, and opportunities, translating them into practical infrastructure recommendations.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve infrastructure capabilities, reliability, security, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends across cloud, networking, security, automation, endpoint, and platform technologies to determine business applicability.
• Conduct research, proof of concepts, and technology assessments to validate potential solutions and support informed decision-making.
• Assess technology alternatives, evaluate tradeoffs, and develop recommendations based on business requirements, risk, cost, and operational impact.
• Contribute to the development and evolution of infrastructure standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps.
• Collaborate with application, platform, and infrastructure teams to support solution design across on-premises, hybrid, virtualized, and cloud environments.
• Develop architecture diagrams, technical recommendations, and supporting documentation that enable alignment and consistent execution across teams.
• Partner with teams supporting manufacturing and operational technology environments to evaluate infrastructure solutions that support business outcomes.
• Influence stakeholders and technology teams through technical expertise, thoughtful analysis, and effective communication.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience supporting Operational Technology (OT), manufacturing systems, or Plant/Process Control Networks (PCN).
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and services within AWS or Azure.
• Experience evaluating and recommending new technologies through proof-of-concept, pilot, or assessment activities.
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams and stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience utilizing GenAI to improve efficiency in a professional setting.

Pay

For this role, we anticipate paying $145,000 - $165,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and 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.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, and disability coverage
• Retirement plans
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• Infertility assistance (eligibility criteria apply)
• Paid parental leave and adoption assistance (eligibility criteria apply)

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy, or guideline, and benefits may vary by geographic region.