Sr. System Engineer - Japanese Bilingual

Location: Houston, TX

Salary Range: 140-150K/year

Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Company: A North America-focused IT and digital solutions company within a major Japanese trading group. Headquartered in New York, the company provides IT consulting, system implementation, ERP solutions, network infrastructure, cybersecurity, and project management services primarily for affiliated group companies.

Job Responsibilities:

（The bolded sections are considered particularly important）

10% Division manager support:

• Support the Division Manager in daily operations to achieve the Division goals.
• Take initiatives and lead various projects of the division as a Senior System Engineer.

40% IT Infrastructure system consultation:

• IT infrastructure consultation of merger and acquisition project
• Compliance and guideline assistance
• Works with clients to identify business challenges and solutions
• Conducts market research and competitive analysis to identify growth opportunities.
• Develops and leads IT infrastructure related technological projects for clients.
• Reviews and analyzes company information, including business process, IT related documents, technological data to plan projects.
• Creates and presents business proposals to improve customer’s business value or to enhance business efficiency.
• Develops strong customer relationships across departments and seniority levels.

30% Project Management:

• Responsibilities including the following:
  • Plans and implement projects
  • Communicates with customers, help define project scope, goals and deliverables
  • Defines task is and required resources
  • ollects and manage project team
  • Manages budget
  • Allocates project resources
  • Creates schedule and project timeline
  • Tracks deliverables
  • Supports and direct project team
  • Leads quality assurance
  • Monitors and report on project progress, using WBS and issue list
  • Presents to stakeholders reports on progress as well as problem and solutions
  • Implements and manage changes when necessary to meet project outputs evaluate and assess result of project
  • Establishes good relationship with IT vendors, fully utilize their capabilities, well manage and control.
• On-Premise Server migration to the cloud (such as Microsoft Azure) project management.
• SD-WAN, SASE network implementation project management
• ID management such as Microsoft 365/Entra ID, Intune
• End Point Security management system implementation project management
• PC log management system implementation project management
• BCP, DR, and remote backup solution project management
• Customer’s web server setup and hosting project management
• Enterprise infrastructure server such as Active Directory, File Server, Printer Server, DHCP, DNS, Radius server and monitoring server setup project management

20% System engineering, management and operation:

• System engineering
• Designs, implements, and refines product development, testing, and manufacturing processes.
  • Manages staff and assigns tasks to engineering and technical personnel.
  • Leads teams in the development of new products, solutions, and processes.
  • Oversees project logistics and resource allocation.
  • Strives to improve efficiency and sustainability of processes and product designs, and to reduce waste.
  • Secures the resources needed for teams to excel, including researching and proposing capital investments.
  • Helps to create and oversee project budgets and engages in cost management strategies.
  • Attends trade shows and conferences, and makes site visits to suppliers’ facilities.
  • Advocates on behalf of team members by securing adequate resources for success.
  • Communicates technical information to non-technical stakeholders, including investors and potential customers.
  • Maintains high level expertise in their field or sector.
  • Assures that processes meet quality and safety compliance guidelines.
  • Collaborates with other team leaders and departments.
  • Forges and maintains relationships with suppliers and customers.
• Data Center management and operation
  • Colocation service management and maintenance
  • Cloud (IaaS/PaaS) service management and maintenance
• Security system requirement definition, designing, implementation, management and operation such as following
  • Multi Factor Authentication
  • End Point Detection and Response / Managed Detection and Response
• ERP system platform setup, management and operation
• Installing, configuring, maintain and troubleshooting Windows Server
• Enterprise infrastructure server such as Active Directory, File Server, Printer Server, DHCP, DNS, Radius server and monitoring server management and maintenance
• PC log management system management and maintenance
• ERP historical data management
• Maintain cloud-based enterprise solutions including Microsoft Azure, SASE.
• Maintain ID management systems, including Microsoft 365/Entra ID, Intune
• Perform systems performance assessments and security audits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, implementing, and managing systems and applications
• Strong background in systems planning, security, and problem-solving
• Solid understanding of organizational goals and data privacy laws
• Excellent project management, documentation, and reporting skills
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Customer-focused, detail-oriented, and self-motivated
• Ability to prioritize and perform effectively under pressure
• Collaborative, team-oriented working style
• Japanese language skil is strongly preferred

Knowledge & Skills (Required)

• Project supervision and project management experience
• Business and technical planning, including resource and budget management
• Knowledge of leadership, mentoring, and strategic technical planning
• Proficiency in project management methodologies (PMI preferred)
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills
• Experience working with management, clients, vendors, and cross-functional teams
• Knowledge of current technology trends, data governance, and data center operations
• Solid cloud experience, preferably with Microsoft Azure
• Hands-on experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Windows Server environments

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 7–10 years of Systems Engineering experience and Project Manager Exp

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