Hybrid Cloud Specialist

Summary

Join Hitachi Vantara's Center of Excellence (CoE) as a Converged & Integrated Solutions Engineer. Design, build, and deliver integrated solutions and demos across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid cloud environments. Work with technologies spanning compute, storage, virtualization, and container platforms, as well as public cloud infrastructure from major Hyperscalers. Support POCs, field enablement, and partner initiatives, translating complex requirements into practical, customer-ready solutions. This hands-on, customer-facing role requires 7+ years of IT infrastructure experience, including converged/hyper-converged systems, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes/Red Hat OpenShift, VMware, and a Hyperscaler. The ideal candidate possesses strong knowledge of storage technologies, scripting and automation experience, excellent troubleshooting skills, and effective communication skills.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, including converged/hyper-converged systems
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes/Red Hat OpenShift, VMware, and any one of the Hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, Load Balancers, VLANs, firewalls)
• Strong knowledge of Storage technologies including Block, File, Object, and SDS (may include any one of the following Storage vendors Dell EMC, Pure Storage, Netapp, Hitachi, IBM)
• Proven ability to build and deliver hybrid cloud solutions and technical demos
• Scripting and automation experience (e.g., Python, Bash, or PowerShell)
• Excellent troubleshooting and optimization skills across cloud and on-prem environments
• Effective communication and presentation skills with technical and business audiences
• Ability to work collaboratively across global teams and functions
• Self-starter with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
• Willingness to travel for key events, demos, and customer engagements

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deliver integrated solutions and demos across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid cloud environments
• Work with technologies spanning compute, storage (block, file, object, SDS), virtualization, and container platforms — as well as public cloud infrastructure from major Hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Support POCs, field enablement, and partner initiatives, translating complex requirements into practical, customer-ready solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• OpenStack experience is a plus
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator/Developer (CKA/CKAD)
• AWS Certified Solution Architect – Assosciate/Professional
• VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization

Benefits

• Industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing
• Flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent)