Your Job
As an IT Architecture Leader, you will be crucial in shaping our organization's technology landscape. You'll lead a team of skilled IT architects and software engineers, ensuring our systems and platforms' successful design, implementation, and maintenance. Your team's mission is to accelerate by improving product team time to value with improved processes, tooling, and knowledge; innovate by applying best-fit enterprise technology to drive value-driven outcomes; and optimize by simplifying, automating, right-sizing, and securing our IT environment for long-term value.
Our Team
Our team consists of architects, software engineers, and cloud engineers working closely with product teams and infrastructure teams across INVISTA. Working with an agile approach we provide design and implementation of critical services used by other product teams as well as work on advanced technology projects. The team is global with members at multiple locations across the US, UK and India.
What You Will Do
- Understand, develop, apply, and coach employees on our culture of Principle Based Management
- Lead and develop a team of IT architects and software engineers.
- Foster collaboration, encourage innovation and drive excellence within the team.
- Develop and execute the overall IT architectural strategy aligned with business goals.
- Evaluate existing systems and propose enhancements or replacements as needed.
- Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design robust and scalable solutions.
- Ensure architectural consistency across IT applications and infrastructure.
- Balance technical feasibility, business requirements, and cost-effectiveness.
- Oversee the implementation of architectural designs.
- Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance.
- Address any technical challenges or roadblocks.
- Work closely with business leaders, product managers, and other stakeholders.
- Communicate architectural decisions and rationale effectively.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology, or related field
- Experience with application architecture, including hands-on design and implementation
- Experience mentoring, leading and managing team members while aiding in career development
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience working as a software or cloud engineer.
- Experience with cloud technologies, modern enterprise architecture, and software development methodologies
- Experience leading in the modernization of applications and platforms
- Experience working with serverless architecture and cloud native applications
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, INVISTA has a long history of working to make the world around you a better place. Our work spans automotive parts, medical equipment, food packaging, clothing and many other items. Our polymers and chemical intermediates are the foundation for many of the plastics people use every day, and our fibers are woven into many of the fabrics and materials people rely on.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. 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. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf