Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Solutions

The Solution Architect, Cloud & AI Solutions is a senior, client‑facing technical leader responsible for designing and guiding AI‑enabled, Azure‑native solutions for complex enterprise initiatives. This role focuses on applying Microsoft cloud and AI capabilities to real business problems, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and operationally sound.

The Solution Architect partners with Sales and Delivery teams from presales through execution, translating business objectives into pragmatic, implementable architectures while maintaining architectural integrity throughout delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Azure‑Native Architecture

• Define end‑to‑end solution architectures built on Microsoft Azure, emphasizing cloud‑native design principles
• Make architectural decisions across identity, security, networking, platform services, data access, resiliency, and cost governance
• Ensure solutions are designed for scalability, reliability, observability, and long‑term maintainability
• Establish architecture standards, patterns, and guardrails aligned to Microsoft and Hitachi Solutions best practices

AI & Intelligent Solutions

• Lead the design and implementation of AI‑enabled solutions using Microsoft technologies
• Apply AI capabilities such as:
  • Azure AI services and platform capabilities
  • Copilot‑enabled and intelligent application scenarios
  • Data‑driven insights, automation, and decision support
• Partner with clients to identify high‑value AI use cases and translate them into deliverable architectures
• Ensure AI solutions meet enterprise expectations for security, compliance, governance, and responsible use

Software Engineering Alignment

• Provide architectural guidance to engineering teams to ensure solutions are buildable, testable, and operable
• Define application architecture patterns (service boundaries, APIs, integration approaches) appropriate for Azure‑native solutions
• Ensure alignment with modern delivery practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and DevSecOps
• Review designs and implementations to ensure engineering quality aligns with architectural intent

Presales & Client Engagement

• Partner with Sales to drive solution design during pursuits, including discovery, architecture definition, and estimation
• Contribute to proposals, statements of work, and executive‑level presentations
• Clearly communicate architectural trade‑offs, risks, and recommendations to client IT leadership and executives
• Act as a trusted advisor throughout the engagement lifecycle

Delivery Enablement & Governance

• Partner with Delivery teams to ensure architectural vision defined in presales is carried through execution
• Provide ongoing architectural oversight and decision support during delivery
• Identify architectural risks early and drive mitigation strategies
• Support customer satisfaction through clear, proactive communication across teams

Traveling up to 50% annually to support sales pursuits.

• 15+ years of experience in solution architecture, cloud architecture, or senior technical leadership roles
• Consulting or professional services background
• Experience working within architecture governance or design authority models
• Deep experience designing Azure‑native solutions for enterprise environments
• Proven experience delivering AI‑enabled solutions with Microsoft technology
• Strong understanding of:
  • Cloud architecture and platform services
  • Application integration and data access patterns
• Ability to bridge business goals and technical execution
• Strong executive‑level communication and stakeholder management skills

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

Beware of scams

Our recruiting team may communicate with candidates via our @hitachisolutions.com domain email address and/or via our SmartRecruiters (Applicant Tracking System) notification@smartrecruiters.com domain email address regarding your application and interview requests.

All offers will originate from our @hitachisolutions.com domain email address. If you receive an offer or information from someone purporting to be an employee of Hitachi Solutions from any other domain, it may not be legitimate.

Beware of scams

Our recruiting team may communicate with candidates via our @hitachisolutions.com domain email address and/or via our SmartRecruiters (Applicant Tracking System) notification@smartrecruiters.com domain email address regarding your application and interview requests.

All offers will originate from our @hitachisolutions.com domain email address. If you receive an offer or information from someone purporting to be an employee of Hitachi Solutions from any other domain, it may not be legitimate.

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.