Cloud Engineering Senior

Location(s): Wichita, KansasCompany: Koch Engineered SolutionsCareer Field: Information Systems & TechnologyJob Number: 191577Apply: JobKoch Engineered Solutions is hiring a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, automate, secure, and operate scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure. This is a hands-on, engineering-focused role responsible for cloud architecture, Infrastructure as Code, reliability, security, governance, automation, and modernization. The ideal candidate combines deep cloud engineering expertise with familiarity in modern platform engineering practices, supporting reusable patterns, self-service capabilities, CI/CD collaboration, and developer enablement.What You Will DoDesign, build, and support secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure, with AWS as the primary area of focus.Create reusable cloud patterns for networking, compute, storage, identity, monitoring, backup, and recovery.Improve cloud reliability through observability, alerting, incident response, root cause analysis, and operational hardening.Partner with security teams to implement IAM, access controls, encryption, network segmentation, logging, and governance guardrails.Support cloud cost transparency and optimization through tagging, rightsizing, usage analysis, and lifecycle management.Leverage and explore AI-enabled capabilities to improve infrastructure operations, automation, troubleshooting, monitoring, and overall cloud engineering productivity.Help modernize legacy infrastructure and enable more automated, repeatable, and cloud-native delivery models.Collaborate with application, DevOps, architecture, and infrastructure teams to support delivery while reducing manual effort and operational friction.Contribute to platform engineering foundations such as standard templates, reusable deployment patterns, self-service infrastructure concepts, and improved developer experience.Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)Proven expertise in IT infrastructure, systems, cloud, DevOps, or platform engineering experience.Deep hands-on experience designing, building, and operating cloud environments, preferably AWS.Strong understanding of cloud networking, IAM, security controls, monitoring, backup, recovery, and hybrid connectivity.What Will Put You AheadExperience with Kubernetes, EKS/ECS, Docker, serverless, CI/CD tools, and observability platforms.Experience with scripting or automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar languages.Exposure to FinOps, disaster recovery planning, cloud security tooling, policy-as-code, or AI/ML infrastructure needs.Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. Hiring PhilosophyAll Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. Who We AreAs 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.Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.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. 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 OpportunitiesEqual Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.