Infrastructure Architect

Job Description

Appealing Points

• Lead end-to-end design of large-scale datacenter and network infrastructure, utilizing cutting-edge virtualization, storage, and backup technologies.
• Work across major OEM ecosystems—HPE, VMware, NetApp, Dell EMC, and more—while strengthening expert-level skills in SDDC architecture and multi-hypervisor environments.
• Collaborate with global teams and vendors, enhancing proposal development, solution design, and communication skills in a dynamic, multi-stakeholder environment.

Annual Salary : 12 million yen and above

Responsibilities:

• Understand customer functional and technical constraints as well as expectations from future Datacenter and Network Infrastructure
• Develop solutions, proposal, effort estimation and presentation for DC design Compute, Storage and backup
• Develop Architecture, high level and low level physical logical DC, storage and back design drawings and design documents.
• Liaise with internal technology partners and external vendors to ensure effective communication and collaboration to ensure solution completeness
• Provide design level support to Virtualization & Infra implementation team for project delivery and problem resolutions
• Understand and analyze detailed BOM of various virtualization and infra solutions from partner OEMs

Job Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• At least 15 years of experience in Information Technology.
• Japan citizens and those authorized to work in Japan are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
• At least 10 years of experience in Primary Skills –
• Expert in technologies - HPE 3Par, Veeam, HP Store once, VCF, VMWare NSX/NSXT Implementation, SAN, NAS, Backup and DR solutions  
• At least 10 years of experience in on Netapp, Veritas, Dell EMC, Data domain, HPE synergy, Hyper Converged Infrastructure
• Hands-on experience on at least 2 / 3 Hypervisor (VMware, Hyper-V, OVM, Xen, KVM etc.) technology is desired
• Comprehensive knowledge on designing Software Defined Data Centre (SDDC) based setup using VMware or Microsoft
• Deep understanding of two or three virtualization platforms VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V & Red Hat RHEV and virtualization techniques, virtual switches, virtual storage, and cloud services modelling
• Clear understanding of Networking, Blade/Rack Servers & Unified Storages and Converged Systems is required.
• VMWare Certified Professional -- Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) or Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) or Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) or HP MASE.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in software development life cycle
• Ability to work in team in diverse/ multiple stakeholder environment
• Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment.

Language Skills: Business Japanese level with business level English

About Company

This company has been certified as the “best employer” in 2020 by the “Top Employers Institute” which recognizes outstanding employers.

A global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing, and next-generation services. With approximately 180,000 employees worldwide, the company helps clients in more than 50 countries stay ahead of the competition. Through the co-creation of innovative solutions, they help companies transform and thrive in an ever-changing world.

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