Senior Consultant

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.

Job Title: Senior Consultant

Experience: 6+ Years

Job Description

Senior Consultant-We are seeking a seasoned ITES Solution Architect to lead the design and execution of enterprise-grade IT infrastructure projects. -"Key Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Architecture & Design

• Design and implement end-to-end IT infrastructure solutions including compute, storage, network, and security.
• Architect high-availability systems with failover clustering, load balancing, and redundancy.
• Define and implement disaster recovery strategies with clear RTO/RPO objectives.
  
  

Data Center & DR Strategy

• Design and manage primary and secondary data center environments.
• Plan and execute DR site configurations, ensuring seamless failover and recovery.
• Implement real-time or scheduled data synchronization between DC and DR using replication technologies (e.g., SAN replication, DFS-R, Veeam, Zerto).
  
  

Backup & Recovery Planning

• Develop and maintain enterprise backup strategies using tools like Commvault, Veeam, or NetBackup.
• Ensure secure, encrypted backups with retention policies aligned to business and compliance needs.
• Conduct regular backup validation and restore testing.
  
  

Project Execution & Delivery

• Lead infrastructure projects from requirements gathering to deployment and support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including application, security, and operations.
• Ensure timely delivery of infrastructure components aligned with business SLAs.
  
  

Security & Compliance

• Design secure network architectures with firewalls, DMZs, and access controls.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (ISO 27001, NIST, etc.) and internal governance policies.
  
  

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

• Maintain detailed documentation including architecture diagrams, SOPs, and configuration baselines.
• Conduct training and handover sessions for operations and support teams.
  
  

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Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in IT infrastructure architecture and solution delivery.
• Proven expertise in:
• Enterprise servers (Dell, HPE, Lenovo)
• Storage systems (SAN/NAS, RAID, backup solutions)
• Network infrastructure (Layer 2/3 switches, firewalls, load balancers)
• Data center design and operations
• Disaster recovery planning and execution
• High availability clustering and failover systems
• Backup technologies and data replication
• Strong understanding of virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), cloud integration (Azure/AWS), and hybrid environments.
• Certifications such as TOGAF, ITIL, VMware VCP, Cisco CCNP/CCIE, Microsoft Azure Architect are highly desirable.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
  
  

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Preferred Attributes

• Experience in government, or critical infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with ITSM tools and infrastructure monitoring platforms.
• Ability to lead technical teams and mentor junior engineers.
  
  

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.

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.

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