Our Company

We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.

Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. 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.

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced AWS Technical Lead / Architect to drive the design, implementation, and optimization of scalable cloud architectures on AWS. The ideal candidate will lead cloud transformation initiatives, guide DevOps practices, and act as a subject matter expert for cloud infrastructure, security, and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust, scalable, and secure AWS cloud architectures for enterprise-level applications and workloads.
• Lead cloud solution development, including architecture design, automation, and deployment strategies.
• Provide technical leadership to cloud engineers and developers, mentoring junior team members.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into cloud solutions that are cost-effective and aligned with best practices.
• Implement security, governance, and compliance controls across cloud infrastructure.
• Evaluate and recommend AWS services and tools for specific business use cases.
• Support migration of legacy systems to the cloud, ensuring minimal disruption and high performance.
• Monitor and optimize cloud workloads for performance, availability, and cost.
• Stay current with AWS technologies and trends and incorporate innovations where appropriate.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and managing AWS infrastructure.
• Proven experience in cloud architecture, DevOps practices, and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Strong understanding of AWS core services: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.
• Solid knowledge of networking, security best practices, and identity and access management in AWS.
• Proficiency in scripting and infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, AWS CodePipeline).
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
  
  

Preferred Certifications (nice To Have)

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty
  
  

About Us

We’re a global, 1000-stong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.

Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.

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.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.