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Flint Hills Resources · 1 day ago

Sr. IT Architect

Wichita, KS

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Flint Hills Resources is an industry-leading refining company making oil and transportation products. They are seeking a Sr. IT Architect to apply established IT technologies and standards across various environments to deliver secure and scalable solutions that align with business goals.

AgricultureBiofuelChemicalEnergyManufacturingOil and Gas

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Apply established architecture patterns and reference architectures to business initiatives across application, infrastructure, identity, and integration domains

Create technical design documents including diagrams, process flows, risk assessments, and analyses

Analyze existing applications to identify & document configurations, integrations, identity flows, dependencies, and modernization opportunities

Partner with product teams to refactor or extend solutions using approved standards rather than introducing unnecessary complexity

Collaborate with business stakeholders to define functional requirements and value-aligned solutions

Conduct alternatives analysis with tradeoffs, requirements alignment, and impact assessments

Contribute to repeatable cloud, on-prem, and hybrid reference architectures, design patterns, and standards

Partner with Cybersecurity and internal teams to share and advance the Zero Trust strategy & implementation across products and processes

Collaborate on designing and maintaining cloud landing zones, including identity, network, security, governance, and access controls

Collaborate on design & implementation of cloud guardrails using AWS Config, security baselines, and IaC technologies

Recommend cloud-native services (AWS), security tools, automation platforms, and hybrid connectivity solutions

Guide product & engineering teams on automation, CI/CD, monitoring, and operational best practices

Ensure cloud environments follow best practices for security, resiliency, cost optimization, and align with Zero Trust principles

Act as the senior technical escalation point for complex cloud, network, identity, endpoint, and enterprise issues

Influence cross-functional teams and collaborate with external partners

Mentor engineers and guide product and platform teams on architectural decisions

Lead and coordinate cross-functional implementation projects

Develop detailed project plans covering dependencies, order-of-operations, infrastructure needs, risks, and success criteria

Manage architectural decisions, assess technical impacts, and prioritize tasks based on risk and business value

Qualification

Cloud Architecture (AWS)IT ArchitectureIdentity & Access ManagementAutomation (IaC)Networking FundamentalsZero Trust PrinciplesProject PlanningTechnical CommunicationMentoringCollaboration