[Hiring] Solution Architect, Azure focus @Hitachi Solutions

Role Description

The Solution Architect — Azure is a senior, client-facing technical leader responsible for designing secure, scalable, and cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure. This role requires both breadth and depth across the Azure platform:

• Ability to speak credibly across infrastructure, networking, security, data, AI, and modern application development.
• Possessing the expertise to go deep in one or more of these domains when engagements demand hands-on architectural precision.
• Spans the full engagement lifecycle, from presales architecture and deal shaping through delivery design assurance.
• Serves as a trusted technical authority to clients and internal teams.
• Operates independently to lead workshops, shape solutions, and govern architecture quality across active engagements.

Key Responsibilities

• Design cloud-native Azure architectures using CAF and Well-Architected Framework principles.
• Define modern data estate architectures using Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks.
• Define enterprise network architectures including hybrid connectivity and secure landing zones.
• Architect modern, API-driven and event-based solution patterns.
• Support presales pursuits, discovery workshops, and solution governance.
• Provide delivery design assurance and architectural governance.
• Develop level-of-effort estimates, architecture deliverables, and technical contributions to Statements of Work for client pursuits.
• Traveling up to 50% annually to support sales pursuits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in solution, cloud, or data architecture roles.
• Strong expertise in cloud native architecture using microservices, containerization, and programming languages or frameworks (i.e. .NET, C-Sharp, Python, React, Angular).
• Strong expertise with release pipelines using CI/CD and IaC.
• Strong expertise with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and networking.
• Strong expertise in modern data estate including Medallion architecture, lambda or Kappa architecture, Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure Databricks.
• Proven client-facing consulting experience.
• Strong presentation and architectural governance.
• Demonstrated understanding of generative AI-assisted development tools and workflows, including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or spec-driven development practices.
• Experience in regulated industries.
• Azure migration and modernization experience.

Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Microsoft Fabric or Databricks certifications.

Benefits

• Base Salary Pay Range*: $170,000 - $230,000 USD/$155,000 - $215,000 CAD.
• Bonus Plan.
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage.
• Life Insurance and Disability Programs.
• Retirement Savings with Company Match.
• Paid Time Off.
• Flexible Work Arrangements including Remote Work.