Architect & Delivery Lead (68018)
Hitachi, Ltd.3 months ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define and own the end-to-end technical architecture and target operating model across six service towers.
- Lead the Stabilise, Optimise, and Transform programme, managing timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, and escalations.
- Make architecture decisions across IAM, cloud, SRE, networking, data, and security.
- Establish and chair architecture and engineering governance, providing technical assurance across workstreams.
- Own the programme roadmap, resource plan, financial model, cost savings, team optimisation trajectory, and ROI.
- Manage stakeholders across client leadership, retained organisations, and offshore delivery teams in London, Singapore, and Australia.
- Define automation strategy, prioritise cross-tower initiatives, and drive vendor and tooling standardisation.
- Establish SLA, KPI, performance dashboard, and outcome-based measurement frameworks.
- Lead offshore migration, governance, and knowledge-transfer strategies.
- Chair steering committees, prepare executive reporting, and present transformation progress to C-level stakeholders.
- Build and lead distributed teams and establish a continuous improvement factory model.
Requirements
- 12+ years of technology leadership spanning infrastructure, cloud, and software engineering.
- 5+ years leading large-scale IT transformation or managed services programmes with a 50+ FTE scope.
- Proven delivery of measurable cost savings of 30% or more, team optimisation, and reliability improvements.
- Demonstrated ability to operate as both a hands-on architect and programme delivery leader.
- Broad and deep expertise in infrastructure, cloud, networking, security, IAM, SRE, data engineering, IaC, CI/CD, DevSecOps, GitOps, and platform engineering.
- Enterprise-scale expertise with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP, plus knowledge of cloud-native architecture, microservices, and event-driven design.
- Knowledge of SRE practices including SLI/SLOs, error budgets, observability, chaos engineering, and resilience patterns.
- Knowledge of IAM and security architecture, including Zero Trust, RBAC/ABAC, PAM, SOX, GDPR, and ISO 27001.
- Experience with Agile at scale, waterfall, hybrid delivery models, FinOps, TCO analysis, business cases, and outcome-based commercial models.
- Architecture certification such as TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Professional, or equivalent.
- Programme management credential such as PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe Programme Consultant, or equivalent.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
- Experience with managed services transitions and operating model transformations for global financial services clients is desirable.
- Published thought leadership in SRE, platform engineering, or IT transformation is desirable.
- Experience with AIOps, emerging automation technologies, or ITIL 4 Managing Professional or Strategic Leader certification is desirable.
Benefits
- Industry-leading benefits, support, and services focused on holistic health and wellbeing.
- Flexible work arrangements depending on the role and location.
- An inclusive, equal-opportunity workplace offering autonomy, freedom, ownership, and collaboration with talented colleagues.
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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.