Solutions Architect

About the role

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is seeking a Solutions Architect to join its global Information Technology (IT) team. The role will lead the architecture, integration, and modernization of KES’s engineering technology ecosystem, including Autodesk, CAD, PLM, and related product development platforms. The Solutions Architect partners with IT and business teams to design solutions for transformation initiatives using architecture best practices. Success requires balancing complex requirements and project risks while combining technical expertise, business insight, collaboration, and stakeholder alignment. The position is based in Wichita, KS; Tulsa, OK; or Houston, TX and is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Our IT capability is a vital component of the KES strategy to improve business performance through technology and to profitably transform the business. The team operates with a startup mentality, working as an integrated group with Engineering, Operations, Commercial, and Finance teams to design, build, and scale innovative solutions that transform KES work processes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product teams to recommend technology solutions for business transformation and lead the technical solutioning process to build detailed blueprints.
• Consider the enterprise landscape when designing solutions to produce architectural blueprints consistent with IT technical vision and strategy.
• Leverage expertise across multiple technical domains (software engineering, application review/selection, security, networking, cloud infrastructure, etc.) as part of the solutioning process.
• Lead the development and alignment of architecture strategies across the engineering & design organization.
• Identify and experiment with new solutions to solve problems novel to the organization.
• Execute initiatives beyond “box‑drawing” tasks, delivering tangible outcomes.
• Partner with finance to build economic “bet” models for strategic solutions and determine value ranges.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Information Technology.
• Experience with modern cloud‑based platforms and tools (PLM, engineering CAD tools such as Autodesk, SolidWorks, etc., 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 ability to communicate technology details and high‑level concepts to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated capability to partner with customers to understand business and operating models and develop technical solution proposals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting discrete engineering & manufacturing environments.
• Experience with conversational and action‑oriented AI agent platforms that solve business problems.
• Understanding of the fundamental architecture of Generative AI.
• Technical experience with serverless cloud technologies (e.g., S3, Blob storage, SaaS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, DynamoDB, API Gateway).
• Experience with event‑driven architectures and microservices.
• Experience with analytical concepts such as data lakes, graph databases, and data warehousing.
• Experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, Fargate, AKS).
• Experience with DevOps methodologies, processes, and tools (CI/CD, GitHub, Lean, Azure DevOps).
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture platforms such as LeanIX, HOPEX, or BizzDesign.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment (ADD), and disability coverage.
• Retirement plans.
• Paid vacation and time off.
• Educational assistance.
• Potential infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance (subject to eligibility and regional variation).