Cloud & Platform Architect for Scalable Engineering

Hitachi Energy; Łódź; On-site; PLN 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Fitness programs

Benefits platform

PPK

Home office equipment

Eyewear allowance

Team events

Counselling support

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Poland seeks a Cloud & Platform Specialist to shape technology foundations for multiple engineering applications and platforms across the organization. You will drive cloud infrastructure, platform strategy, and governance, collaborating with software teams, architects, and partners to ensure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient services.

You will influence technology decisions, help establish reusable platform standards, and act as a trusted advisor for infrastructure

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cloud infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms and enterprise infrastructure.
• Experience with IaaS and PaaS.
• Experience with container technologies and hosting models.
• Experience in networking, identity management, and platform security.
• Experience evaluating external vendors and governance.
• Infrastructure as Code experience.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• English at least B2.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement of cloud and platform environments.
• Collaborate with software teams, architects, and partners to define sustainable platform solutions.
• Evaluate and challenge infrastructure and platform designs proposed by vendors.
• Identify opportunities to improve scalability, performance, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Support evolution of computing platforms, virtual workspaces, and cloud-native services.
• Contribute to platform governance, operational readiness, monitoring, and service optimization.
• Participate in architecture discussions and strategic technology decisions.
• Support adoption of emerging technologies like AI, HPC, analytics.
• Help establish reusable platform standards and best practices across the organization.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor for infrastructure initiatives.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Platform engineering

Infrastructure architecture

IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

Container technologies

Networking & identity security

Vendor governance

Cross-functional collaboration

English proficiency

Cloud platform understanding

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Kubernetes

Databricks

Job description

Hitachi Energy in Poland seeks a Cloud & Platform Specialist to shape technology foundations for multiple engineering applications and platforms across the organization. You will drive cloud infrastructure, platform strategy, and governance, collaborating with software teams, architects, and partners to ensure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient services.

You will influence technology decisions, help establish reusable platform standards, and act as a trusted advisor for infrastructure