Engineer, Cloud and IT Systems

Cloud And Systems Engineer

Based in our Corporate Headquarters in Schaumburg, IL, Mizkan America is a subsidiary of the Mizkan Group, a global, family-owned company that has been Bringing Flavor to Life™ for over 220 years. As one of the leading makers of vinegars, condiments, and sauces in the United States, Mizkan America maintains 12 manufacturing facilities that serve the retail, food service, specialty-asian and food-ingredient trade channels.

We are committed to following our two core principles: continuously challenging the status quo and delivering only the finest products for our customers. Our leadership seeks out, embraces, and implements ideas for improvement from all of its employees. Transparency and accountability are two key factors that drive our company's overall management approach.

The Cloud And Systems Engineer is a hands-on technical role responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting secure, scalable, and reliable infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments that enable business outcomes.

This role combines deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 with strong systems engineering fundamentals, acting as both a solution contributor and technical leader. The engineer partners closely with IT teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver integrated, end-to-end infrastructure solutions while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security requirements, and long-term strategy.

The ideal candidate thrives in a mid-size enterprise or lean IT environment, bringing the strengths of a broad technical generalist, versatile infrastructure engineer, and well-rounded technical problem solver, with cross-functional ownership across infrastructure, cloud, identity, networking, endpoints, and collaboration platforms.

Work Location:

Schaumburg, IL Mizkan Corporate Headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois

Essential Functions:

• Design, implement, and manage secure, reliable, and highly available infrastructure solutions across cloud and hybrid environments, aligning with organizational standards and security policies.
• Provide leadership and expertise in Azure architecture, engineering, and operational strategy; lead cloud architecture and strategic initiatives focused on Microsoft Azure and hybrid environments.
• Administer and optimize Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, One Drive, and Entra .
• Oversee identity, access, and security configurations (Active Directory, Entra , MFA, Conditional Access) to ensure robust protection.
• Act as a subject matter expert and escalation resource for complex infrastructure and user-related challenges, offering technical guidance, mentorship, and resolution for complex issues.
• Support and enhance core infrastructure systems such as servers, virtualization platforms, storage, backup solutions, networking components, and endpoints through upgrades, lifecycle management, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Establish, implement, and maintain governance, security, and operational controls to ensure compliance, resiliency, and efficiency.
• Monitor performance, availability, and security posture; proactively identify and resolve potential issues.
• Plan capacity, conduct cost analysis, and optimize infrastructure and cloud expenditures, ensuring financial stewardship.
• Lead lifecycle management activities including upgrades, patching, migrations, modernization initiatives, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, vendors, IT staff, business partners, and stakeholders to achieve solutions and improvements and deliver comprehensive infrastructure solutions.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement efforts; provide 24x7 infrastructure support as needed.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation, standards, and facilitate knowledge sharing within the IT organization.
• Provide on-call or after-hours support as required.
• Ensure consistent, reliable in-person attendance during designated business days as mandated by organizational requirements. For optional in-person days, employees are expected to remain engaged during scheduled work hours.
• Fulfill additional duties to support team, department, and organizational objectives, including involvement in cross-functional projects, process enhancements, or special assignments.
• This list outlines the general nature and level of responsibilities performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive statement of all tasks required for this role.

Key Skills/

Competencies:

• Strong hands-on expertise with Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, One Drive, Entra ).
• Deep experience with Microsoft Azure services (compute, networking, identity, and security).
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft infrastructure technologies including AD/AAD, DNS, DHCP, GPO, Kerberos, LDAP, IIS, and file services.
• Proficiency with Windows Server (2012–2022) and Windows 10/11.
• Experience with virtualization platforms such as…