Principal Cloud Platform Architect (Denver, Colorado)

Job description

Function IT Our Company We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks ­– can focus on achieving the incredible with data. If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data. Job description The team At Hitachi Vantara, our Cloud Architecture team is at the center of the company’s global digital transformation, delivering secure, scalable, and resilient cloud platforms that support both enterprise IT and product development. Operating across AWS as our primary cloud and GCP as a strategic secondary platform, we design and govern multi-cloud environments that enable innovation while maintaining strong security, networking, and operational standards. As our cloud footprint continues to grow, we are expanding the team with experienced architects who can help shape our cloud strategy, modernize infrastructure, and support emerging technologies including AI and machine learning. The role As a Cloud Solution Architect, you will be a senior technical leader responsible for designing, implementing, and evolving Hitachi Vantara’s multi-cloud platform across AWS and GCP. You will work closely with architecture, security, networking, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions while establishing governance, operational standards, and best practices. The role includes ownership of core cloud services, connectivity between cloud and on-premises environments, workload migration strategies, disaster recovery architecture, and multi-cloud networking. You will also collaborate with business and product teams to enable AI/ML initiatives by designing cloud environments optimized for training, inference, and data platforms. In addition, you will mentor engineers and architects, helping drive technical excellence and cloud adoption across the organization. What you´ll bring 10+ years of enterprise IT experience with significant hands-on AWS architecture and engineering expertise Deep knowledge of AWS Organizations, Landing Zone, Control Tower, Service Catalog, and Service Control Policies Strong experience designing and operating cloud networking solutions including Transit Gateway, Shared VPCs, hybrid connectivity, and multi-cloud architectures Expertise in AWS security, governance, identity, and cost management best practices Experience with Kubernetes and container platforms, including EKS, ECS, and GKE Knowledge of serverless and event-driven architectures using services such as API Gateway and Lambda Hands-on experience with GCP, including Organization design, IAM, Shared VPCs, networking, and core platform services Experience supporting AI/ML cloud platforms and services such as SageMaker, Bedrock, Vertex AI, or similar technologies AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification (current); GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification is highly desirable Strong communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring capabilities within globally distributed teams This is a remote position. Candidates must be located within reasonable driving distance of the Denver, Colorado metro area , as periodic in-person team meetings and events will be held locally. As required by the equal pay and transparency acts, the expected base salary for this position is: $120K to $150K. The expected on-target earnings for this position is: $136k to $170k. 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. #LI-JS2 About us We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential. Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth. We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work. 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.