Azure Cloud Architect

The Role
Hitachi Vantara provides secure hyperscale public cloud migration and infrastructure management. Hitachi Vantara is an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, Microsoft Gold Partner, Google Premier Partner and recognized in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Managed Service Providers.

We are seeking a strong Azure Cloud Architect to join our talented team. Hitachi Vantara is able to support the entire cloud services life cycle for enterprise level organizations, delivering some of the world's largest automated solutions for secure, hyperscale, cloud infrastructure migration and management.

Our solutions allow data-driven businesses to unlock the elasticity and price-performance benefits of Azure Cloud and our experts deliver cloud and as-a-service expertise, extensive security DNA, big data, IoT and predictive analytics and machine learning expertise, so you can expect to work with the coolest technologies every day.

Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing Virtual Private Cloud VPC environments, including compute, storage, database, networking, security etc. in the Azure ecosystem
- Knowledge of the Azure network architecture including designing VPN solutions between regions and subnets
- Knowledge with the Azure compute architecture including the development of machine templates and blueprints
- Designing the HA / DR strategies in the Azure ecosystem
- Leading technical teams through design and implementation of systems infrastructure projects and overseeing the build of Cloud environments based on customer requirements
- Validation to ensure that the environment meets all security and compliance controls
- Leveraging written and verbal communication skills to work directly with customers and translate business needs into technical requirements for implementation

Required Skills - Experience
- 5 years of direct experience working with a variety of enterprise and cloud technology systems, designing solutions, or developing business applications
- 3-5 years of Azure experience is required
- Azure Solution Architect Expert Certification
- Azure VPC implementation in a multi-zone model, containerization using Azure Kubernetes Service
- Working knowledge of Configuration Management (Chef, Puppet or Ansible) and Continuous Integration Tools (Jenkins preferred)
- Hands on Terraform experience
- 3 years of Python programming experience
- System/network administrator level knowledge of Linux/Unix or Windows systems
- Production experience to build scalable systems (load balancers, memcached, master/slave architectures)
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, NoSQL databases (Cassandra, MongoDB, etc)
- Other Open Source tools used in the infrastructure space (Packer, Terraform, Vagrant, etc.)
- Experience migrating infrastructure and applications using Azure Cloud Services
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred

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 and 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 are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, 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

Location: US Remote