IT Architect at Koch Inc. in Houston, TX

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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 be a 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.

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

What You Will Do

• 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.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 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.

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.

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.

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. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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 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. 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. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

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. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu). #LI-MW1