Job Summary:
Koch is a global company that creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services. They are seeking a DevOps Architect to define and evolve the technical strategy and architecture for automation and platform engineering, while partnering with various teams to translate business needs into practical capabilities.
Responsibilities:
• Define and maintain the target-state DevOps and automation architecture, including CI/CD patterns, infrastructure as code standards, environment strategies, and reusable platform capabilities.
• Lead the design of scalable, resilient, and secure delivery pipelines that improve deployment quality, reduce manual effort, and accelerate time to value.
• Leverage AI-enabled operational analysis and automation patterns to identify improvement opportunities, recommend proactive remediation strategies, and advance self-healing capabilities across platforms and services.
• Establish architectural standards for automation, configuration management, release governance, secrets handling, testing integration, and operational readiness.
• Partner with engineering, infrastructure, security, and product stakeholders to prioritize modernization opportunities and align technical solutions to business outcomes.
• Drive automation and platform improvements that increase reliability, consistency, observability, and supportability across development, test, and production environments.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship by guiding design decisions, reviewing patterns and implementations, and coaching teams on DevOps, automation, and engineering best practices.
• Define meaningful measures for delivery performance, service health, and automation effectiveness, and use those insights to continuously improve platform capabilities and operating models.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Experience designing and implementing DevOps, automation, platform, or cloud architecture in a complex enterprise IT environment.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, configuration management, and automated delivery practices.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cloud, hybrid infrastructure, system integration, and modern application/platform deployment patterns.
• Strong analytical, architectural, and critical thinking skills with the ability to simplify complex technical decisions for diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to influence across teams, build strong partnerships, and lead through technical credibility, collaboration, and clear communication.
• Experience incorporating security, governance, resiliency, and operational support requirements into architecture and automation designs.
• Ability to challenge the status quo and lead transformation through standardized patterns, automation, and continuous improvement.
Preferred:
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience with enterprise automation tooling, cloud platforms, observability solutions, and infrastructure orchestration frameworks.
• Background in DevOps architecture, platform engineering, site reliability engineering, or large-scale operational transformation initiatives.
• Relevant certifications or advanced experience in cloud architecture, Kubernetes, automation, or secure software delivery practices.
Company:
Based in Wichita, Kansas, Koch is one of the largest private companies in America. Founded in 1940, the company is headquartered in Wichita, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.