Senior Director Cloud Operations Job Listing at Yusen Logistics in Secaucus, NJ (Job ID 2025-5933)

Description

Salary Range: $146,635-$257,630

The Senior Director – Cloud Operations, will lead the development and execution of the Yusen Logistics cloud strategy, architecture, and operations. This role emphasizes scalability, security, compliance, and performance across a rapidly evolving technology landscape. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including Product, Application Development, Data, and Security—to implement modern DevOps practices, build resilient cloud infrastructure, and deliver outstanding experiences for internal stakeholders and customers. Your leadership will be instrumental in enabling the organization to scale efficiently and securely. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker and a technically adept leader, capable of defining and executing a long-term vision while mentoring high-performing engineering teams. You bring deep experience in cloud technologies and operational excellence, and you excel in driving complex, cross-functional initiatives that result in secure, reliable, and cost-effective cloud solutions at scale.

• Define and drive the organization's cloud strategy and long-term roadmap to ensure alignment with overall business objectives.
• Oversee the design and evolution of scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and industry trends to inform strategic planning.
• Establish cloud governance, financial management (FinOps), and performance monitoring.

• Lead the deployment, management, and optimization of cloud infrastructure across multiple platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Private Cloud).
• Ensure high availability, performance, and resilience of cloud environments.
• Drive continuous improvement in monitoring, incident response, and reliability engineering practices.

• Ensure all cloud environments meet security, privacy, and regulatory compliance standards (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001).
• Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams to implement best practices and risk mitigation strategies.
• Enforce governance frameworks for resource usage, access controls, and policy compliance.
• Implement & enforce identity & Access Management policies.
• Design and implement network security based on zero trust architectures.
• Ensure data protection & encryption is in place.

• Oversee enterprise databases, data lake infrastructure, and pipelines that enable analytics and business intelligence.
• Enable DataOps practices by partnering with data engineering teams to automate data pipeline deployment, testing, monitoring, and rollback processes using DevOps methodologies
• Establish observability and monitoring across data platforms and pipelines to ensure data freshness, availability, and performance, integrating tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Lead AI and machine learning platform initiatives across the Americas, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure to support advanced analytics and model deployment.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, research, and business stakeholders to identify high-impact AI/ML use cases and translate them into deployable solutions.

• Promote and implement modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automated testing.
• Foster a culture of automation and operational efficiency across engineering teams.
• Standardize and scale cloud operations through reusable frameworks and tools.

• Lead, mentor, and grow high-performing cloud engineering teams and technical leaders.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and inclusive engineering culture.
• Align team objectives with organizational goals and deliver measurable results.

• Partner with Product, Application Engineering, Data, and Security teams to support business initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into scalable and secure cloud solutions.
• Serve as a key stakeholder in technology planning and executive decision-making.
• Travel overnight as required up to 40%.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's or MBA preferred).
• Experience in IT/technology, with at least 12+ years working with cloud and/or data teams.
• Deep knowledge of IaC, CI/CD, Observability DevOps tooling, and cloud-agnostic design patterns.
• Demonstrated success in building and scaling cloud-native tooling and frameworks in modern cloud environments (Kubernetes, Terraform)
• Experience in container orchestration (Kubernetes) and serverless architectures.
• Experience with cloud cost management / FinOps
• Proven track record of delivering enterprise cloud solutions (Azure, AWS).
• Experience in enterprise data platforms, integration, and governance.
• Strong business acumen, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Experience in SC / Logistic industries preferable.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.

Benefits

Yusen offers a generous Employee Benefits Package including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision beginning the 1st of the month following start date
• 401k with a company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts, Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, Tuition Assistance Program, Commuter Benefits, vacation, and much more.

Any and all benefits offered are subject to the eligibility requirements, terms, and provisions set forth in the respective policies and plan documents, which you may request from Human Resources.

About Yusen Logistics (Americas)

Yusen Logistics is working to become the world's preferred supply chain logistics company. Our complete offer is designed to forge better connections between businesses, customers and communities – through innovative supply chain management, freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution services. As a company we're dedicated to a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring everyone who works with us is committed, connected and creative in making us the world's preferred choice.

www.yusen-logistics.com/

Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. values each individual employee and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce by providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, age, disability, sexual and gender orientation, genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

Los Angeles County Only: Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Find out more about the Fair Chance Act by visiting the Civil Right's Department Fair Chance Act webpage.