Cybersecurity Architect

Your Job

Koch is creating a new Cybersecurity Architect role to provide cybersecurity expertise for merger, acquisition, divestiture, integration, closure, and site (MADICS) initiatives.

Working alongside MADICS Solution Architects and project teams, you will help identify and manage security risks early while ensuring Koch's security expectations are incorporated throughout the transaction lifecycle.

While transaction work will be your primary focus, you will also support Koch Technology teams and operating companies by providing security architecture guidance, developing reusable reference architectures, patterns, and points of view, and helping teams make informed cybersecurity decisions.

This role offers the opportunity to balance fast-paced transaction work with longer-term cybersecurity strategy and architecture development.

Our Team

The Koch Cyber Security team is a dynamic and proactive force, fueled by an unwavering commitment to Koch's vision for value creation.

With a relentless drive, we tackle cyber threats head-on, always ready to protect our stakeholders from any potential harm.

Our team members are trailblazers, spearheading transformational efforts in areas such as Incident Response, Automation, Exposure Management, Awareness, and the ever-evolving cyber landscape.

We thrive on challenges and constantly seek innovative solutions to safeguard our organization and its interests.

Location: This role can be located in Wichita, KS / Atlanta, GA / Plano, TX / Auburn Hills, MI and requires an in office presence with flexibility

This role is not eligible for VISA sponsorship

What You Will Do



* Serve as the cybersecurity point of contact for blockers raised by project managers and technical subject matter experts on MADICS projects.


* Lead cybersecurity due diligence and risk assessment for acquisition, divestiture and integration transactions, translating findings into clear risk, cost and timeline implications for the deal team.


* Architect the security design for integrations, carve-outs, site builds and site closures, covering identity, network, endpoint, cloud and M365, and data protection.


* Partner with project managers and business IT stakeholders to understand the business problem(s) to be solved and develop plans that address them without slowing the transaction down.


* Work on tight timelines with a sense of urgency to meet defined delivery dates, making pragmatic security decisions when information is incomplete.


* Develop cybersecurity points of view, reference architectures and patterns for Koch Technologies, and publish them so others can reuse them.


* Consult with Koch operating companies on their cybersecurity needs, bringing an enterprise perspective while respecting how each business runs.


* Support internal Koch Technology teams and projects with security architecture guidance


* Continually strengthen your knowledge network across Koch Technologies and the operatin...