Cloud Platform Architect (68020)

Function

Cloud & Data Engineering

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Digital Services, a global digital solutions and transformation business with a bold vision of our world’s potential. We’re people-centric and here to power good. Every day, we future-proof urban spaces, conserve natural resources, protect rainforests, and save lives. This is a world where innovation, technology, and deep expertise come together to take our company and customers from what’s now to what’s next. We make it happen through the power of acceleration.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to bring a better tomorrow closer to today. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

Job description

Mandatory Skills:

Plat Engineering for on-premises &cloud, IaC, CI/CD pipeline & tools, security, network, landing zones, observability, self-servicing, DB automation

Role Description Skills:

ROLE PURPOSE

Lead the design, build, and operational excellence of the organisation’s cloud platform across private and public cloud environments. Own the end-to-end IaC-based provisioning, configuration management, patch orchestration, and cloud governance framework. Drive the transformation from manual infrastructure operations to a fully automated, self-service, policy-governed cloud platform that delivers speed, security, cost efficiency, and reliability.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Architect and implement IaC-based cloud provisioning using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi across multi-cloud and private cloud environments

Design and automate end-to-end infrastructure lifecycle management: provisioning, patching, updates, scaling, and decommissioning

Build and maintain cloud governance guardrails using policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel, Azure Policy) to enforce security, cost, and compliance standards

Implement FinOps practices including automated rightsizing, reserved instance management, waste detection, and cost allocation tagging

Lead CI/CD pipeline engineering for infrastructure deployments, integrating automated testing, security scanning, and approval gates

Design self-service infrastructure portals enabling development teams to provision compliant environments without manual intervention

Mentor and coach 2 Cloud Platform Engineers, establish coding standards, conduct architecture reviews, and drive knowledge sharing

Collaborate with SRE and Security teams to embed reliability, observability, and compliance into the platform from the ground up

Produce architectural decision records (ADRs), runbooks, and platform documentation for operational excellence

TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERTISE

Expert-level IaC proficiency: Terraform (strongly preferred), CloudFormation, Pulumi, or Bicep

Deep experience with at least two major cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, or VMware private cloud

Strong experience with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), container orchestration, and platform services

Configuration management expertise: Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or SaltStack

CI/CD tooling: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps for infrastructure pipelines

Policy-as-code frameworks: OPA/Rego, HashiCorp Sentinel, Azure Policy, AWS Config Rules

Monitoring and observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, or Dynatrace

Networking fundamentals: VPC/VNet design, load balancers, DNS, CDN, and hybrid connectivity

SOFT SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

Strong leadership and mentoring ability - coaches and develops junior engineers

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across all levels

Strategic thinker who balances technical depth with business outcomes

Proven ability to drive change, influence without authority, and build consensus

Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with attention to detail

Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple workstreams simultaneously

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

7+ years in cloud/infrastructure engineering with 3+ years in a senior or lead capacity

Proven track record of delivering large-scale IaC transformation and cloud migration programmes

Relevant certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, CKA/CKAD, or Terraform Associate/Professional

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

DESIRABLE / NICE TO HAVE

Experience with FinOps frameworks and cloud cost optimisation at scale

Background in platform engineering product management and internal developer platforms

Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux) and service mesh (Istio, Linkerd)

About us

We’re a global, team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can make a positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can bring a better tomorrow closer to today, this is the place for you.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.