Systems Architect II

Evaluates, designs, secures, plans, documents, and works with a team to deploy new technologies for CSX. Works closely with business and technical teams to deliver scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions that align with organizational goals. **Job Summary** Evaluates, designs, secures, plans, documents, and works with a team to deploy new technologies for CSX. Works closely with business and technical teams to deliver scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions that align with organizational goals. **Primary Activities and Responsibilities** - Assist in designing highly available, scalable, and secure cloud architectures across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. - Collaborate with fellow architects, engineers, and technology leadership to evaluate and recommend cloud services, tools, and technologies that meet business needs. - Support the team with design of automation, management of cloud-based solutions, ensuring alignment with networking, security, compliance, and performance standards. - Participate in the development of technical documentation, best practices, and architectural frameworks. - Guide cross-functional teams on cloud networking, connectivity, and resilient multi-region design patterns, including active-active and active-passive configurations. - Support cloud FinOps practices by promoting cost visibility, resource optimization, tagging standards, and financial accountability across cloud platforms. - Maintain cloud platform expertise from a financial perspective, understanding cost impacts. - Knowledge of cyber resiliency principles related to data protection, backup architecture, recovery planning, immutability, and restoration validation across cloud and enterprise platforms. - Serve as a highest-tier escalation resource for cloud platform reliability, complex incidents, root cause analysis, automation, observability, and service restoration. - Maintain current knowledge of Azure platform features, service retirements, known issues, roadmap changes, and operational impacts. - Stay current with industry trends and emerging cloud technologies to contribute to innovation within the architecture team. - Design and implement agentic AI capabilities to assist with architecture, automation, documentation, analysis, operational support, and continuous improvement across all primary activities and responsibilities. - Miscellaneous activities and responsibilities as assigned by manager. **Minimum Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution required in Computer Science, Information Systems/Technology or related major field of study. - 7 or more years of experience required in engineering/administration. **Equivalent Minimum Qualifications** - High School diploma / GED. - 9 or more years of experience in Information Systems. **Preferred Qualifications** - Master's degree from an accredited institution required in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related major field of study. - 5 or more years of experience in systems engineering/administration. - 10 or more years of experience in Transportation/Intermodal Operations, Information Systems, or Logistics - Recognized industry certifications including but not limited to: - Azure Solutions Architect Expert - Azure Network Engineer Associate - AWS Solutions Architect – Associate - Google Professional Cloud Architect - OCI Architect Associate - CISSP, GIAC, or Other IT Security Certification **Knowledge and Skills** - In depth knowledge and experience of enterprise Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Amazon Web Services. - Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates and integration with GitHub and ITSM. - In depth knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta, and other IAM tools. - Experience with scripting and automation frameworks and languages such as Ansible Automation Platform, Az cli, PowerShell, Python, Bash, and other…