R&D Digital Solution Architect - Power Consulting - IDC

Job description

**The opportunity** We are looking for a highly motivated **Digital Solution Architect** to help shape, design, and deliver endtoend digital solutions that support a stronger, greener power grid and contribute to a more sustainable future. You will be responsible for defining robust, secure, and scalable architectures, translating business and operational needs into technical solutions that deliver measurable value. The role focuses on **cuttingedge software applications operating at the intersection of IT and OT**, enabling seamless integration between enterprise systems, operational technologies, and field assets. **How youll make an impact** - Collaborate with **business stakeholders, product owners, and development teams** to determine **functional and nonfunctional requirements** for new applications and platform capabilities. Define and own **endtoend solution and application architectures** across the full software development lifecycle. Use appropriate tools and methodologies to create **architecture approaches, reference architectures, and implementation proposals**, mapping business and operational needs to technical solutions. - Guide development teams throughout the **software development lifecycle**, ensuring architectural intent, design principles, and standards are consistently applied. Successfully communicate **architectural concepts, design decisions, and tradeoffs** to technical and nontechnical stakeholders. Ensure software solutions meet **quality, security, performance, scalability, availability, and modularity** requirements. - Promote **platformoriented and reusedriven architectures**, reducing duplication and enabling faster timetomarket. Design and govern **cloudnative and microservicesbased architectures**, supporting **SaaS, onpremise, and hybrid deployment models**. - Embed **secure software development lifecycle principles** and ensure securitybydesign across applications and integrations. Assume a leadership role in **adopting new technologies**, executing proofofconcept activities and guiding their evaluation and production readiness. - Drive and support **AIenabled capabilities**, such as intelligent recommendations, analytics, and AIassisted quality and automation solutions, ensuring enterprisegrade adoption. Ensure **architecture documentation** is comprehensive, accurate, versioned, and maintained across releases. - Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines. - Living Hitachi Energys core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business. **Your background** - Required bachelors or masters degree in engineering (Computer Science, IT, Electrical, or related field) with minimum **8+ years of proven experience** in **solution or application architecture**, software development, and enterprise systems. Strong knowledge of **software and application design principles**, objectoriented programming, and architectural patterns. - Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and engineering best practices. Knowledge of **software quality assurance principles** and secure software development lifecycle practices. - Familiarity with **UML and architecture modeling techniques**, with a proven track record in producing highquality architectural documentation. Handson experience in **software development and coding**, using technologies such as **C#/.NET, Java, Angular/React**; experience with **NodeJS or Python** is a plus. - Excellent understanding of **webbased and cloud technologies**. Handson experience with **microservices and REST APIs**, containerization and orchestration (**Docker, Kubernetes**). Experience with **data management systems**, including **SQL and NoSQL databases**, and messaging/eventdriven architectures. - Familiarity with **authentication, authorization, and SSO concepts** (e.g., OAuth, OpenID Connect) and crosscutting concerns such as **logging and monitoring**. Strong knowledge of **Linux operating systems**, scripting, networking fundamentals, VPNs, and firewall concepts. Experience with **cloud computing platforms** (e.g., Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud). - Experience with **agile development methodologies**, testing frameworks, unit testing, and test automation. Exposure to **DevOps practices, tools, CI/CD pipelines** (e.g., Git, infrastructure as code, automation tools). Strong **organizational and leadership skills**, with a technical mindset and attention to detail. Bigpicture, customerfocused problemsolving abilities. Technical mindset and great attention to details. - Excellent **communication and presentation skills**. Proficiency in **English**, both written and spoken. Ability to work in an agile and collaborative team environment. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. - Good communication skills with the ability to interact with global stakeholders. Proven ability to take ownership and deliver tasks independently.