Koch Industries

Data Platform & Engineering Specialist

Koch Industries$95K — $115K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or 3+ years in data engineering and platform roles
  • Experience with complex SQL queries and performance tuning
  • Proficiency in Python; familiarity with Java/Scala for streaming
  • Hands-on experience with AWS/Azure/GCP and networking fundamentals
  • Expertise with streaming technologies like Kafka, Kinesis, and Event Hubs
  • Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus/Grafana and CloudWatch

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement ETL/ELT pipelines for both batch and streaming data
  • Optimize SQL queries and data models for improved performance
  • Ensure data quality and governance through schema validation
  • Architect and maintain cloud data platforms on AWS or Azure
  • Build and operate event-driven pipelines using tools like Kafka or Event Hubs
  • Set up logging, metrics, and alerting systems for data services
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and document operational procedures

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance, ADD, and disability coverage
  • Retirement plans and educational assistance
  • Paid vacation and time off, including parental and adoption leave
  • Support for physical, financial, and emotional well-being
Full Job Description
Your Job

Molex is seeking a motivated and highly skilled Data Platform & Engineering Specialist to join our Lincoln Digital OpEx Team. This role combines data engineering expertise with platform reliability and cloud architecture skills, enabling you to own the end-to-end data lifecycle-from ingestion and transformation to infrastructure scalability and security within the plant, as part of our Transportation Innovative Solutions division (TIS).

Our Team

You will work closely with application teams, network/security engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver robust, secure, and observable data services that power real-time and batch analytics.

What You Will Do

Data Engineering
  • Design and implement ETL/ELT pipelines for batch and streaming data
  • Optimize complex SQL queries and data models for performance and scalability
  • Ensure data quality and governance through schema validation and data contracts

Platform Engineering
  • Architect and maintain cloud-based data platforms (AWS/Azure)
  • Implement systems for reproducible environments
  • Manage networking while working with the Global IT team (VLANs)
Streaming & Real-Time
  • Build and operate event-driven pipelines using tools like Kafka/Kinesis/Event Hubs
  • Monitor and tune streaming systems for throughput, latency, and reliability

Observability & Reliability
  • Set up logging, metrics, and alerting for data services
  • Implement CI/CD for data pipelines and platform components
  • Develop data storage and retention strategies along with recovery and backup

Collaboration
  • Partner with application teams, network/security engineers, and analysts
  • Document architecture, runbooks, and operational playbooks


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, and/ or 3+ years of experience in data engineering and platform/infrastructure roles
  • SQL experience (complex queries, performance tuning, data modeling)
  • Experience with Python for data workflows; familiarity with Java/Scala for streaming
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and networking fundamentals
  • Expertise in streaming technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, Event Hubs) and orchestration
  • Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus/Grafana, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor)


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Experience with Spark, Databricks, or dbt.
  • Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Certifications: AWS/Azure Data Engineering, Networking, or Kafka Confluent

This role is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship or VISA Transfer

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 .

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.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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