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Koch · 3 days ago

IT Infrastructure Architect

Katy, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Koch Engineered Solutions is seeking an IT Infrastructure Architect to bridge the gap between business needs and technical capabilities. The role involves providing technical leadership, defining technology visions, and executing strategies to deliver technology solutions across the organization.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Collaborate with stakeholders and IT capabilities to define problems/opportunities, design, and implement IT solutions that achieve operational excellence and desired business results

Develop, document, communicate, and enforce technology standards and reference architectures

Conduct research on emerging technologies and recommend technologies that align with current and future business and technology outcomes

Partner with other IT capabilities and business stakeholders to gain knowledge of our companies’ strategic business plans

Produce clear technical design documents (technical diagrams, work process diagrams, TCO/ROI analyses, risk analysis)

Perform alternatives analysis with clearly defined problems/opportunities and objectives with clear alignment to the business's functional requirements

Partner with application teams to consult on the design of application architectures for classic on-premises and virtualized environments

Create, document, and refine work processes, governance models, and runbooks to drive consistency and efficiency

Serve as the senior escalation point for complex incidents and performance issues

Influence cross-functional teams and external partners without direct supervisory authority

Participate in change advisory boards to advocate for our customers and understand how changes potentially could impact us

Manage IT projects and coordination of resources, ensuring quality of delivery within time, budget, and scope

Qualification

IT architecture experienceCloud Architecture designWindows Server ManagementInfrastructure technology managementProject management skillsResearchExperimentationCommunication skillsCollaboration skills

Required

IT architecture or Senior Systems Engineering experience, including in hands-on design and implementation

Experience with multiple infrastructure technology pillars (endpoint, mobility, compute, storage, network, security, etc.) and their management tools

Expertise in Windows Server Management, Active Directory, DNS, Networking, and Windows File Shares

Experience conducting research, experimenting, and deploying emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products

Practical Experience with Cloud Architecture design (AWS or Azure)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; adept at tailoring messages for technical, executive, and nontechnical audiences

Proven project management skills and the ability to deliver results

Preferred

Familiarity with cloud-native architectures on AWS or Azure

Proven success managing MSP relationships and SLAs

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending and health savings accounts

Life insurance

ADD

Disability

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Company

Koch

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Based in Wichita, Kansas, Koch is one of the largest private companies in America.

Founded in 1940

Wichita, Kansas, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.kochinc.com

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