Cloud Platform Architect (68020)
Hitachi, Ltd.3 months ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and operational excellence of the organization’s cloud platform across private and public clouds.
- Architect and implement IaC-based provisioning using Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or Bicep across multi-cloud and private cloud environments.
- Automate infrastructure lifecycle management, including provisioning, patching, updates, scaling, and decommissioning.
- Build policy-as-code governance guardrails to enforce security, cost, and compliance standards.
- Implement FinOps practices such as rightsizing, reserved instance management, waste detection, and cost allocation tagging.
- Lead CI/CD pipeline engineering for infrastructure deployments with automated testing, security scanning, and approval gates.
- Design self-service infrastructure portals for compliant environment provisioning.
- Mentor and coach two Cloud Platform Engineers, establish coding standards, conduct architecture reviews, and promote knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate with SRE and Security teams to embed reliability, observability, and compliance into the platform.
- Create architectural decision records, runbooks, and platform documentation.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering, including 3+ years in a senior or lead capacity.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale infrastructure-as-code transformations and cloud migration programs.
- Expert-level IaC proficiency with Terraform preferred, or CloudFormation, Pulumi, or Bicep.
- Deep experience with at least two major cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, GCP, or VMware private cloud.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and platform services.
- Configuration management experience with Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or SaltStack.
- Experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps for infrastructure pipelines.
- Experience with policy-as-code frameworks such as OPA/Rego, HashiCorp Sentinel, Azure Policy, or AWS Config Rules.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, or Dynatrace.
- Knowledge of VPC/VNet design, load balancers, DNS, CDN, and hybrid connectivity.
- Strong leadership, mentoring, stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, CKA/CKAD, or Terraform Associate/Professional are preferred.
- Experience with FinOps frameworks, cloud cost optimization, platform engineering product management, internal developer platforms, GitOps workflows, or service mesh is desirable.
Benefits
- Industry-leading benefits, support, and services for holistic health and wellbeing.
- Flexible working arrangements, depending on role and location.
- A culture offering belonging, autonomy, freedom, ownership, and knowledge sharing.
- Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process.
Tech Stack
AnsibleAWSAzureChefDatadogGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaIstioJenkinsKubernetesPrometheusPuppetTerraform
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About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. builds industrial, energy, rail, and digital systems for governments and enterprises, combining operational technology with IT, cloud, and data infrastructure services. Its portfolio spans power grids, factory automation, data centers, rail systems, and consulting delivered through units such as Hitachi Vantara, Hitachi Rail, and Hitachi Energy. Founded in 1910 and headquartered in Tokyo, it is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and operates globally across critical infrastructure markets.