Hitachi Solutions America

Azure Architect

Hitachi Solutions America  •  London, GB (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

Company Description

Hitachi Solutions Europe is a global Digital, Data and Technology consultancy, Microsoft Gold partner and Cloud Services partner, specialising in end-to-end transformation.

As a global consultancy firm working across the private and public sectors, we specialise in Dynamics 365 Business Applications, Power Platform, including Azure, Application Modernisation and Data & Analytics.

Our highly skilled team help drive improvements, creating efficiency and growth within organisations. We are committed to Microsoft technologies, with a mission to revolutionise modern businesses. To achieve this we employ the best, most dedicated talent to deliver outstanding technology solutions to both our local and global clients.

Be part of our Hitachi family

We place value on collaboration, open communication, and transparency. We emphasise the importance of team spirit, cohesion, and appreciation – And through our talented people, innovative culture, and technical and business expertise, we deliver game changing outcomes every day. Our learning culture and flat hierarchy are our recipes for success. But don´t take our word for it – Have a look at what our employees are saying: Hitachi Solutions: Recruiting the best talent and offering outstanding career opportunities (hitachi-solutions.co.uk)

What to expect, your benefits

Hitachi Solutions offers competitive compensation packages (incl. bonuses), pension and benefits plans. Work/Life balance is an essential part of our culture, and all our employees are home workers, although you will be expected to come into our or customer’s offices regularly. We operate a comprehensive career development programme that includes mentoring and training plans to ensure that you will continue to grow and develop your career at Hitachi.

Job Description

We are growing our consulting team and looking for Azure Architect to join us on our exciting journey and be part of the Hitachi Solutions family.

As an Azure Architect, you will be part of the Azure Cloud Solutions capability. You will work on client-facing projects and you will contribute towards the strategic direction of this new capability.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture and design of enterprise scale Azure platforms
  • Establish and refine Azure Landing Zone strategy and shared service models
  • Set Infrastructure as Code standards and automation first principles
  • Lead and mentor a team of infrastructure and platform engineers
  • Run cloud strategy workshops and migration readiness assessments
  • Design and oversee data centre exits and re-platforming programmes
  • Conduct Well Architected Framework reviews and implement governance guardrails
  • Align designs with UK Government standards and security classifications
  • Present platform architectures to technical and C suite stakeholders
  • Support pre sales, proposals and the growth of the capability

Qualifications

Experience

  • Demonstrable, significant experience in IT infrastructure, with 5+ years on Azure platform engineering
  • Security Cleared, or eligible for UK Security Clearance
  • Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams
  • Experience of large scale migrations and data centre exits
  • Expert understanding of the Cloud Adoption and Well Architected Frameworks
  • Experience advising on the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Confident in client facing and consulting situations
  • Good written and spoken English
  • Holding Azure certifications, in particular AZ-305

Essential Skills:

  • Bicep and Terraform
  • Azure Landing Zones
  • Hub spoke and Virtual WAN networking
  • ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall and Application Gateway
  • Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC and PIM
  • Azure Policy, management groups and subscription design
  • Azure Migrate and discovery tooling
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel
  • Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and KQL
  • Zero Trust, high availability and disaster recovery patterns
  • FinOps and cloud cost optimisation
  • GitHub Copilot for accelerated Infrastructure as Code development

Diversity and Inclusion at Hitachi Solutions

Diversity is the wellspring of our innovation and our growth engine, and we believe that creativity is fuelled by diversity. To be truly user centric, we need to ensure that the teams developing products and services are representative of the communities they serve. Our collective success is achieved by fostering and respecting our employees’ and customer’s individualities coming together as One Team. Hitachi strives to create an environment not only where genders, races, cultures, sexual orientations, and identities can work together, but where the beliefs and views of those participating feel equally represented.

If you are interested and want to know more about this opportunity, apply directly and have a chat with us.

Additional Information

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Policy located at Privacy policy (hitachi-solutions.co.uk)

Beware of scams

Our recruiting team may communicate with candidates via our @hitachisolutions.com domain email address and/or via our SmartRecruiters (Applicant Tracking System) notification@smartrecruiters.com domain email address regarding your application and interview requests.

All offers will originate from our @hitachisolutions.com domain email address. If you receive an offer or information from someone purporting to be an employee of Hitachi Solutions from any other domain, it may not be legitimate.

Hitachi Solutions America

About Hitachi Solutions America

Hitachi Solutions is a global IT consulting and services firm. We are a 100% Microsoft platform focused organization, where people and customers are always our top priority.

Hitachi Solutions' mission has always been “to contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products”. That statement of purpose works in tandem with that of Microsoft's mission which is “to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.”’ Fostering customer evolution is our collective goal.

Industry focused - our team of 3,500+ subject matter experts and professionals from across the globe, build forward thinking and sustainable business modernization solutions. Starting at concept 1 and iterating to an open-ended finish, we ensure that our resting foothold leaves our customers with a springboard platform to adapt, grow and thrive. Empowering those companies to flourish in the ever-changing competitive landscape, through Microsoft technology and business applications.

Hitachi Solutions is part of Hitachi, Ltd. — one of the largest organizations in the entire world. We are fortunate to be a part of our parent company's rich history and extraordinary network of innovators. This internal circuitry allows us osmotic learning from over 850 companies that make up the Hitachi conglomerate, worldwide.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Irvine, CA
Year Founded
1971
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