Sr Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

We’re Hitachi Digital Services, a global digital solutions and transformation business. Our expertise, innovation and technology unlocks potential – from taking theme park fans on magical rides, conserve natural resources, protect rainforests, and save lives. We automate, modernize, optimize, and accelerate. Our people are trusted transformers, with deep engineering expertise, focused on a sustainable future for all.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to inspire the future. 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 important to us.

The team

We’re a leader in cutting-edge innovation, the transformative power of cloud technology, and converged and hyperconverged solutions. Our mission is to empower clients to securely store, manage, and modernize their digital core, unlocking valuable insights and driving data-driven value.

This strong, diverse, and collaborative group of technology professionals collaborate with teams to support our customers as they store, enrich, activate, and monetise their data, brining value to every line of their business.

The role

Sr Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

* 5 years' experience with AWS at enterprise scale
* Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, specifically Hashicorp Terraform
* Knowledge of Public Cloud networking services such as VPCs, AWS Transit Gateway, Route 53
* Experience with Github
* Strong shell scripting or python experience
Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, AWS Cloudwatch, Google Cloud Monitoring

Tasks and responsibilities:
• Design and implement highly scalable and secure infrastructure in a hybrid, multi-cloud environment (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Manage infrastructure using IaC (Infrastructure as Code) tools like Terraform, Python and Docker.
• Develop configuration code taking into consideration best practices, such as reuse, extensibility and scalability.
• Automate the testing of all deployed infrastructure.
• Work closely with Platform Engineering and other teams to design infrastructure that is fit for purpose, scalable and resilient.
• Act as Public Cloud subject matter expert (SME), advising on architectural principles and best practices.
• Develop technical discipline across organizations and Anaplan sites to strengthen alignment to standard methodologies and eliminate technical debt.
• You will have a knack for designing and implementing innovative solutions to help scale the platform in a secure and cost-effective way.
• Continuously seek opportunities to optimise the cloud platforms by analysing resource usage pattern and trends and identifying and implementing efficiencies.

Experience:
• Experience with Python or shell scripting, and Git or similar version control systems.
• Strong knowledge of automation tools such as Terraform.
• Operational experience at scale and have good knowledge of operating systems (Linux/Unix) and networking.
• Experience in an always-up, highly-available environment.
• Experience working with Rest APIs to create automation pipelines between Public Cloud and SaaS platforms such as AWS, GCP, GitHub, Terraform Enterprise/Cloud etc.
• BSc degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years’ experience building infrastructure in at least 1 public cloud.

What you’ll bring 

Proven expertise in your area by virtue of which you can contribute to growth of practice. Subject matter expert who can increase competency in said technology and act as mentor to other team members.

Be at the forefront of the exiting journey Hitachi Digital Solutions has undertaken and contribute immensely through your consulting skills for internal as well as external customers.

Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.

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.