Cloud Platform Architect (68020)

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Life balance

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Hitachi Digital Services is seeking a senior Cloud Platform Engineer to lead the design, build, and operation of a scalable cloud platform across private and public clouds. You will own IaC provisioning, patching, and governance to deliver speed, security, cost efficiency, and reliability.

You will mentor engineers, drive policy‑based governance, and collaborate with SRE and Security to ensure observability and compliance from day one.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in cloud/infrastructure engineering.
• 3+ years in a senior or lead capacity.
• Proven track record delivering large‑scale IaC transformation and cloud migration.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement IaC‑based provisioning across multi‑cloud and private cloud environments.
• Design and automate end‑to‑end infrastructure lifecycle management: provisioning, patching, updates, scaling, decommissioning.
• Build and maintain cloud governance guardrails using policy‑as‑code to enforce security, cost, and compliance.
• Implement FinOps practices including automated rightsizing, reserved instances, and cost tagging.
• Lead CI/CD pipeline engineering for infrastructure deployments with automated testing and security scans.
• Design self‑service infrastructure portals enabling dev teams to provision compliant environments.
• Mentor Cloud Platform Engineers and drive architecture reviews.
• Collaborate with SRE and Security to embed reliability and observability into the platform.
• Produce ADRs, runbooks, and platform documentation for operational excellence.

Skills

IaC expertise

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security governance

Leadership

FinOps awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Ansible

OPA

Datadog

Job description

Function

Cloud & Data Engineering

About the Company

We’re Hitachi Digital Services, a global digital solutions and transformation business with a bold vision of our world’s potential. We’re people‑centric and here to power good. Every day, we future‑prove urban spaces, conserve natural resources, protect rainforests, and save lives. This is a world where innovation, technology, and deep expertise come together to take our company and customers from what’s now to what’s next. We make it happen through the power of acceleration.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to bring a better tomorrow closer to today. 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.

Job Description

Mandatory Skills

Plat Engineering for on‑premises & cloud, IaC, CI/CD pipeline & tools, security, network, landing zones, observability, self‑servicing, DB automation

Role Purpose

Lead the design, build, and operational excellence of the organisation’s cloud platform across private and public cloud environments. Own the end‑to‑end IaC‑based provisioning, configuration management, patch orchestration, and cloud governance framework. Drive the transformation from manual infrastructure operations to a fully automated, self‑service, policy‑governed cloud platform that delivers speed, security, cost efficiency, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement IaC‑based cloud provisioning using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi across multi‑cloud and private cloud environments
• Design and automate end‑to‑end infrastructure lifecycle management: provisioning, patching, updates, scaling, and decommissioning
• Build and maintain cloud governance guardrails using policy‑as‑code (OPA, Sentinel, Azure Policy) to enforce security, cost, and compliance standards
• Implement FinOps practices including automated rightsizing, reserved instance management, waste detection, and cost allocation tagging
• Lead CI/CD pipeline engineering for infrastructure deployments, integrating automated testing, security scanning, and approval gates
• Design self‑service infrastructure portals enabling development teams to provision compliant environments without manual intervention
• Mentor and coach 2 Cloud Platform Engineers, establish coding standards, conduct architecture reviews, and drive knowledge sharing
• Collaborate with SRE and Security teams to embed reliability, observability, and compliance into the platform from the ground up
• Produce architectural decision records (ADRs), runbooks, and platform documentation for operational excellence

Technical Skills & Expertise

• Expert‑level IaC proficiency: Terraform (strongly preferred), CloudFormation, Pulumi, or Bicep
• Deep experience with at least two major cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, or VMware private cloud
• Strong experience with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), container orchestration, and platform services
• Configuration management expertise: Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or SaltStack
• CI/CD tooling: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps for infrastructure pipelines
• Policy‑as‑code frameworks: OPA/Rego, HashiCorp Sentinel, Azure Policy, AWS Config Rules
• Monitoring and observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, or Dynatrace
• Networking fundamentals: VPC/VNet design, load balancers, DNS, CDN, and hybrid connectivity

Soft Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership and mentoring ability – coaches and develops junior engineers
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across all levels
• Strategic thinker who balances technical depth with business outcomes
• Proven ability to drive change, influence without authority, and build consensus
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving mindset with attention to detail
• Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple workstreams simultaneously

Qualifications & Experience

• 7+ years in cloud/infrastructure engineering with 3+ years in a senior or lead capacity
• Proven track record of delivering large‑scale IaC transformation and cloud migration programmes
• Relevant certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, CKA/CKAD, or Terraform Associate/Professional
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Desirable / Nice to Have

• Experience with FinOps frameworks and cloud cost optimisation at scale
• Background in platform engineering product management and internal developer platforms
• Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux) and service mesh (Istio, Linkerd)

Benefits & Well‑being

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.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.