Senior IT Infrastructure Azure Engineer

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior IT Infrastructure Azure Engineer to join our global IT Operations team.

This is a senior technical role where you’ll help shape, implement and continuously improve Azure services across Hitachi Rail. Working within our IT Infrastructure Cloud & Hosting function, you’ll support a diverse range of business, digital, AI and operational workloads, ensuring our Azure environments are secure, scalable, resilient and cost-effective.

You’ll work with teams across IT Operations, Cyber Security, Digital & AI, Engineering and the wider business, giving you the opportunity to influence how cloud technologies are designed, governed and operated across a complex global organisation.

• →Design and develop Azure architectures that support business, digital, AI and operational requirements.
• →Implement and operate Azure solutions across internal and customer-facing platforms.
• →Ensure Azure environments remain secure, resilient, available and aligned with enterprise standards.
• →Apply cloud governance and security best practice across identity, access, networking, data protection and policy management.
• →Support cloud automation and infrastructure-as-code, helping create consistent and repeatable deployment patterns.
• →Monitor and optimise Azure consumption, balancing performance, resilience and cost.
• →Troubleshoot complex cloud issues, undertake root cause analysis and drive improvements to platform reliability.
• →Provide technical guidance and collaborate with teams across our global IT environment.

We’re looking for an experienced Azure professional who combines strong technical expertise with the ability to work collaboratively across a large and complex organisation.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Strong hands-on experience across Microsoft Azure architecture, cloud operations and infrastructure engineering.
• Experience designing, implementing and operating Azure services within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of Azure networking, identity, security, governance, monitoring and resilience.
• Practical experience with cloud automation, infrastructure-as-code and standardised deployment approaches.
• Knowledge of enterprise security and compliance requirements, including ISO 27001.
• The ability to translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable and cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Strong problem-solving, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Microsoft Azure certification or equivalent demonstrable Azure architecture experience.

Experience with Azure Landing Zones, Azure Policy, management groups, subscriptions, DevOps/CI/CD, hybrid cloud, disaster recovery or enterprise-scale cloud governance would be particularly valuable. Experience working within a large, international or global organisation would also be advantageous.