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Hitachi digital services

Senior Solution Architect

Houston, Texas Full Time

Our 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-proof 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.

The Team

We are seeking a Senior Solution Architect to lead the design and architecture of complex enterprise systems and integrations. This role will provide technical leadership across backend, frontend, DevOps, and cloud domains while ensuring scalable, secure, and compliant solutions. The ideal candidate is a hands-on architect with deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, React, OpenShift, AWS, and modern CI/CD automation.

The role

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the solution architecture for all core components, including Fee Pricing Database, API Services, Maintenance UI, Test Manager, Release Manager, and Salesforce/custom integrations.
  • Define and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICDs), data models, and comprehensive system documentation.
  • Collaborate closely with Product, QA, PMO, Architecture, and vendor teams to ensure solution alignment and end-to-end system integration.
  • Oversee cloud-native deployment strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and release governance to ensure reliability and traceability.
  • Drive automation across testing, deployment, and configuration management to enhance delivery speed and consistency.
  • Ensure compliance with audit, security, traceability, and regulatory requirements.
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance across backend, frontend, DevOps, and integration streams.
  • Support post-deployment monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement initiatives for operational excellence.

Mandatory Technical Skills:

Backend: Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL
Cloud: OpenShift, AWS
Frontend: React
DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CI/CD (Trident)

What you’ll bring

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in software architecture, system design, and enterprise solution delivery.
  • Proven experience architecting and deploying cloud-native and microservices-based solutions.
  • Strong understanding of API design, data modeling, and integration frameworks.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD automation, container orchestration, and infrastructure as code.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills:

  • Familiarity with Salesforce integration patterns.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, or CloudFormation.
  • Knowledge of governance frameworks, audit controls, and compliance standards in enterprise or financial systems.

About us

We’re a global, team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can make a positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can bring a better tomorrow closer to today, this is the place for you.

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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.