Senior Systems Architect: Cloud & Hybrid Infra Lead

Yusen Logistics; Elk Grove Township (IL); On-site; USD 109,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Benefits

401k Match

Paid Time Off

Bonus Plan

Holidays

OT Pay

Flexible Spending Accounts

Commuter Benefits

Job summary

Yusen Logistics is seeking a Senior Systems Architect to lead the design and evolution of on‑premise and cloud infrastructure across Windows, Linux, UNIX platforms, virtualization, containers, storage, and security. This role includes creating reference architectures, ensuring high availability and scalability, and mentoring the systems engineering team.

The position reports as deputy to the Systems Manager, guiding priorities, engaging in cross‑functional forums, and aligning infrastructure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field is preferred; equivalent professional experience will be considered.
• 7–10+ years of progressive experience in a large multi‑server, multi‑site, 24x7 environment, including server infrastructure installation, software upgrades/patches, functional systems design, networking protocols, and technical project management.
• Demonstrated experience across Microsoft Windows, UNIX/Linux, clustered systems, and VMware/hypervisor virtual server administration.
• Hands‑on experience designing and deploying cloud‑based solutions on Azure and AWS (GCP a plus), including hybrid‑cloud architectures and migration strategies.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, containers, and DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipeline design.
• Experience defining reference architectures, engineering standards, and infrastructure roadmaps.
• Familiarity with SQL databases and a basic understanding of Microsoft SQL (security, maintenance jobs, query execution) is desired.
• One or more of the following certifications is highly desired: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Certified – Professional Cloud Architect, VMware Certified Professional, Cisco Certified Network Associate, or equivalent.
• Experience in the logistics or supply chain industry is advantageous.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and solve complex problems and to communicate with and support clients.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills, including the ability to explain technical information to non‑technical people.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain reference architectures for compute, storage, virtualization, container, and cloud platforms that are scalable, reliable, secure, and cost‑effective.
• Develop and maintain a roadmap of infrastructure products and capabilities that aligns with Yusen’s overall application and enterprise architecture.
• Translate business and operational requirements into logical and physical infrastructure designs, and tie solutions to program success criteria.
• Create and maintain infrastructure and architecture and engineering standards, guidelines, and patterns that promote consistency, reusability, and quality across the environment.
• Provide governance and architectural guidance; conduct architecture and design reviews; and make key design decisions across on‑premise and cloud initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and lead proof‑of‑concept efforts to inform investment and migration strategies (e.g., cloud migration, hybrid‑cloud, containerization).
• Partner with software engineers, solution architects and Enterprise Architects (EA) to ensure infrastructure, applications, and communication networks operate properly together.
• Ability to travel in different major US cities and abroad (Europe, Japan)
• Perform administration and support in a large multi‑server, multi‑site, 24x7 environment spanning Windows, Linux, UNIX, virtualized platforms, load balancers, containers, and cloud.
• Daily administration of Azure services, VMware, Kubernetes, containers, storage, and backups.
• Administer backup, restoration, and disaster‑recovery processes for all Yusen mission‑critical systems, including validation, monitoring, and maintenance.
• SAN and general storage administration – capacity planning, performance, forecasting, provisioning, reclamation, archiving, and prevention of capacity issues.
• Deploy, tune, monitor, and patch servers – physical or virtual, cloud or non‑cloud based.
• Create and maintain infrastructure security including server settings, DMZ devices, OS patching, and corporate anti‑virus/endpoint protection.
• Automate infrastructure capabilities for deployments, backups, security, and monitoring using CI/CD, IaC, and scripting.
• Troubleshoot and resolve high‑level technical issues involving multiple systems and networks, on‑premise and in the cloud; elevate unresolved problems as appropriate.
• Document installation procedures, system configurations, and their functions; maintain detailed documentation of all infrastructure and its dependencies.

Skills

Linux/Windows/UNIX

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Traefik

YAML

Git

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

VMware

Kubernetes (AKS,GKE,EKS)

Azure DevOps

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

Yusen Logistics is seeking a Senior Systems Architect to lead the design and evolution of on‑premise and cloud infrastructure across Windows, Linux, UNIX platforms, virtualization, containers, storage, and security. This role includes creating reference architectures, ensuring high availability and scalability, and mentoring the systems engineering team.

The position reports as deputy to the Systems Manager, guiding priorities, engaging in cross‑functional forums, and aligning infrastructure