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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # DevOps Architect - **Company:** Koch, Inc. - **Location:** Plano, TX, United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Reliability Engineering, Systems Integration, Delivery Pipeline, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology - **Published:** June 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=bf507a4b8b30a353 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Technology security practices?, * 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. What Will Put You Ahead * 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. ## Description The DevOps Architect is responsible for defining and evolving the technical strategy, architecture, and standards for automation, platform engineering, and modern software delivery across IT Employee Services. This role provides architectural leadership across CI/CD, infrastructure as code, environment standardization, observability, resiliency, and secure delivery practices to enable scalable, reliable, and efficient IT products and services. This role partners closely with product, engineering, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to translate business needs into practical platform and automation capabilities. The architect is expected to drive modernization, establish repeatable engineering patterns, evaluate tooling and design choices, mentor technical contributors, and influence a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence, and measurable business value. Our Team The IT Employee Services Organization provides value-added strategic partnerships with other Koch companies in ownership and support of several key processes and platforms. We deliver IT products and services that enable employee success and collaboration, foundational accounts and devices, and transformational mobility and XR experiences. As a trusted partner, we focus on people, processes, technology, and data to drive transformation. Our team members are key contributors through the application of frameworks and principles with an emphasis on leveraging critical and economic thinking to drive value., * 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. ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [My journey into DevOps world - How it all started!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/545-my-journey-into-devops-world-how-it-all-started) - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [Thinking Differently - How to Make Money from Cyber Attacks & Cheats](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/745-thinking-differently-how-to-make-money-from-cyber-attacks-cheats) - [Demystifying DevOps—Pros, cons, dos & don'ts](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/338-demystifying-devops-pros-cons-dos-don-ts) - [GitOps keeps focus on apps, not on infrastructure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/182-gitops-keeps-focus-on-apps-not-on-infrastructure) ## Related Articles - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Dev Digest 162: AI careers, MCP, AWS best practices & floppy sweaters](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/571-dev-digest-162-ai-careers-mcp-aws-best-practices-floppy-sweaters) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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