Solution Architect, Azure focus

Company Description

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.

The Solution Architect is a leader in the Hitachi Solutions organization, working to envision innovative, automated solutions in the Microsoft cloud environment. The Senior Solution Architect is part of the Delivery Go To Market team. The Solution Architect partners with the Sales team to drive the solution sales process from inception through close to ensure that our solutions meet our customers' needs.

The Solution Architect partners with Delivery from project initiation through the design stage to ensure the vision established in presales is carried forward throughout delivery.

The Solution Architect works with our clients to scope the engagement, discover and analyze high-level requirements, and to define solution architectures with the client, sales, and implementation teams. This role should be capable and comfortable in communicating with client IT leadership and the C-suite, with the demonstrated ability to translate business needs into technical architecture, development standards, and data & process governance.

This is a hands‑on leadership position in a dynamic, demanding environment.

Work with Microsoft and other partner software and services organizations to ensure Hitachi Solutions is at the forefront of technology innovation.

Work with Sales, Marketing, and the Delivery to develop and define solution offerings and reference architectures.

Work with Hitachi Solutions sales and delivery teams, and with our customers' business and technology teams, to understand customer requirements, and translate them into innovative cloud solutions leveraging Hitachi Solutions' core capabilities.

Contribute to crafting sales deals that deliver end‑to‑end solutions for customers from a delivery mindset.

Develop and deliver the conceptual solution design documentation during the sales process.

Collaborate with multiple internal and external teams to define the scope of work associated with a proposed solution.

Assist in conducting meetings with customers and prospects. Take a leading role in exposition and information gathering in areas where you have knowledge & experience.

Assist in the creation and presentation of sales documents (for example: Estimates, Statement of Work, RFP, Proposal presentation decks).

Contribute to ongoing refinement of communications, workshop and delivery templates, processes, patterns,…