Systems Architect II Azure Cloud Infrastructure, IaC, Networking & Security

Position: Systems Architect II - (Azure Cloud Infrastructure, IaC, Networking & Security)
Job-:
Information Systems Technology

Location:

Jacksonville, FL, United States Workplace:
On-site

Schedule:

Full time Posted:
Closes:
Relocation Assistance Provided:
No

Tax Status:
Railroad Retirement Taxes Overtime Status:
Exempt

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 Fin Ops 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 ArchitectOCI Architect AssociateCISSP, 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 Git Hub and  depth knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, Entra , Okta, and other IAM tools.

Experience with scripting and automation…