Enterprise Architect

Enterprise ArchitectLocation(s) Houston, Texas | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Wichita, KansasPartner with our IT Leaders, Solution Delivery, Product teams, and Data 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 architecture review board -- development and alignment of architecture strategies across the KES organizations.Lead current state to future state architecture alternatives to business leaders describing marginal value and connect to achieving business outcomes.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.Experience with modern cloud-based platforms and tools (AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce, SaaS vendors)Familiarity with event-driven architectures, microservices, analytical concepts, AI concepts, cloud technology & servicesProven 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 architecture or process solutions.5+ years' experience in Information Technology.Experience in supporting discrete engineering & manufacturing.Experience with enterprise architecture platforms ~ HOPEX, BizzDesign, LeanIX.Understanding the fundamental architecture of GenAI.Experience with conversation & action AI agent platforms.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 PLM, Engineering (CAD tools), or Planning platforms.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)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.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.