Solution Architect, Azure focus

Hitachi Solutions is a global Microsoft solutions integrator passionate about developing and delivering industry-focused solutions that support our clients to deliver on their business transformation goals. Our industry focus, expertise, and intellectual property is what truly sets us apart. We have earned, and continue to maintain, a strategic relationship with Microsoft. Recognized for our achievements - teaming with our clients to deliver innovative digital solutions and services - is how we have achieved year after year recognition.

As their trusted advisor, we support our clients to deliver on their strategic business initiatives as they unify, automate, and modernize their data and operations to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance their customer's experience. Our over 3,000 team members across 14 countries, and our 18 years of 100% focus on Microsoft technologies and business applications, is how we deliver excellence through expert services and industry-focused cloud solutions.

A part of Hitachi, Ltd., our company has a long and rich history of innovation, financial strength, and international presence of one of the world's largest companies. Since 1910, Hitachi, Ltd. has been a leader in manufacturing innovative products and solutions that support industry and social infrastructure around the globe supported by 303,000 employees in over 100 countries and across 864 companies.

Hitachi Solutions is a global Microsoft solutions integrator passionate about developing and delivering industry-focused solutions that support our clients to deliver on their business transformation goals. Our leadership in Global Dynamics 365 Field Service and Manufacturing is what truly sets us apart and enables us to maintain a strategic relationship with Microsoft.

Location

United States (Remote / Hybrid)

About the Role

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 - the ability to speak credibly across infrastructure, networking, security, data, AI, and modern application development, while also possessing the expertise to go deep in one or more of these domains when engagements demand hands-on architectural precision. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable framing a high-level solution during a presales pursuit as they are diving into Fabric lakehouse design, network topology decisions, or container orchestration patterns.

This role spans the full engagement lifecycle, from presales architecture and deal shaping through delivery design assurance, ensuring architectural intent and data strategy are preserved from pursuit through implementation. The Solution Architect serves as a trusted technical authority to clients and internal teams alike, operating 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.

Required 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, with the ability to apply these tools to accelerate architecture design, code generation, and delivery execution.
• Experience in regulated industries.
• Azure migration and modernization experience.

Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.

Microsoft Fabric or Databricks certifications.

Base Salary Pay Range*: $170,000 - $230,000 USD/$155,000 - $215,000 CAD

*The current applicable Base Salary Pay Range for this role is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills relevant to the role, internal equity, alignment with market data, or other law.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines

Other Compensation / Benefit Overview

In addition to Base Salary, the successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the following plans / programs, upon satisfying all hiring requirements:

• 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

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines

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