Azure Cloud Architect

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At Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., we combine technology, intellectual property, and industry knowledge to deliver data-managing solutions that help enterprises improve their customers' experiences, develop new revenue streams, and lower the costs of business. Hitachi Vantara elevates your innovation advantage by combining IT, operational technology (OT) and domain expertise. Come join our team and our employee-focused culture and help drive our customers' data to meaningful customer outcomes.

Hitachi Vantara is scouting for an Azure Cloud Architect to join our Corporate IT team. The Azure Architects work closely with Networking, Cyber Security, and various businesses units. They will manage and advise on over 300 subscriptions varying from Production IT, to Product dev/test.

What You Will Be Doing

• Ensure organization is setup on Azure with managed groups and blueprints
• Enforce operational and security controls through blueprints for various workloads and teams
• Setup proper governance and security controls to protect Vantara IP and customer data
• Establish SSO and RBAC controls for individual users
• Define and maintain hub and spoke network for hybrid cloud connectivity, with a shared subscription for common services and scores of subscriptions for workload segregation
• Define and implement security best practices, push security and audit logs to Hitachi Vantara's SEIM solution
• Automate wherever possible and integrate with Service portal to enable self-service
• Provide vWAN and basic Azure network troubleshooting and analysis using Microsoft best practices
• Build and implement secure VNETs for corporate connectivity, managed services, or product use
• Provide input to design, implement and support appropriate solution and technical architectures
• Help with the leadership and mentoring of technical resources
• Provide input to develop patterns and practices including proof-of-concept, prototype and demonstration systems
• Optimize workload costs and efficiently running hybrid environments
• Advise internal customers on pricing and using resources efficiently

What You Bring To The Team

• Experience with Azure security center and workgroups
• Strong Understanding of Networking in an Enterprise Environment
• Able to monitor Azure health and overall administration
• Knowledge of HA environment solutions and redundancy regionally and locally
• An understanding on how to use Graph and basic application deployments for Graph
• Strong understanding of enterprise registered apps
• Understanding of Azure DevOps and Azures IaaS & PaaS for modernized on-premises infrastructure
• Experienced in working in Agile/DevOps environment with CI/CD and application lifecycle management
• Experience in containerization technologies such as Docker, Openshift, Kubernetes, etc. is a plus
• Experience with hub sites and modern pages is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or related field is a huge plus.

As required by the equal pay and transparency acts, the expected base salary for this position is:

Tier One Location (including New York City and California Bay Area): $97,000 - $138,000

Tier Two Location (including Colorado, Seattle, and the rest of California): $84,000 - $120,000

Tier Three Location (including the rest of Washington State): $67,000 - $96,000

The expected pay is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, depth of experience in the practice area. Employees are eligible to participate in Hitachi Vantara's bonus/variable/commission pay programs, where applicable, and are subject to the program's conditions and restrictions.

Our Company

Hitachi Vantara is part of the Global Hitachi family. We balance innovation with an open, friendly culture and the backing of a long-established parent company, known for its ethical reputation. We guide customers from what's now to what's next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.

Our people are our biggest asset, they drive our innovation advantage as we strive to offer a flexible and collaborative workplace where they can thrive. Diversity of thought is welcomed, and our employee base is represented by several active Employee Resource Group communities. We offer industry leading benefits packages (flexible working, generous pension and private healthcare) and promote a creative and inclusive culture. If driving real change gives you a sense of pride and you are passionate about powering social good, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Values

We strive to create an inclusive environment for all and are open to considering home working, compressed/flexible hours, and flexible arrangements. Get in touch with us to explore how we might be able to accommodate your specific needs.

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. With Japanese roots going back over 100 years, our culture is founded on the values of our parent company expressed as the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect
Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity
Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge