Technical Lead – Energy Industry
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 23, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 23, 2026. Hitachi scores A on the Alion truth index.
Function
Cloud & Data EngineeringOur 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 description
Role Summary
We are looking for a Technical Delivery Lead with deep energy-industry experience to join our Cloud & Data Engineering practice. You will partner closely with the Account/Sales team to shape and qualify new opportunities with energy clients (utilities, oil & gas, renewables, grid operators) spanning cloud engineering, application engineering, DevSecOps, managed services and data engineering, then own the technical delivery of the resulting engagements - from solution architecture and proposal through implementation and go-live.
Key Responsibilities
Business Development & Opportunity Generation
- Partner with Account Managers and Sales to identify, shape and qualify new business opportunities within energy-sector accounts
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with client technical and business stakeholders (IT, OT, engineering, operations leadership)
- Lead technical discovery workshops to understand client challenges, current systems landscape and business drivers
- Translate client needs into compelling, technically sound solution concepts and value propositions
- Support RFP/RFI responses, technical proposals, solution architecture documents and pricing estimates
Delivery Leadership
- Own end-to-end technical delivery of won opportunities, transitioning smoothly from sales to execution
- Define solution architecture and delivery approach across cloud engineering, application engineering, DevSecOps, managed services and data engineering workstreams, in collaboration with engineering, PM and client teams
- Lead cross-functional delivery teams (cloud/platform architects, application engineers, DevSecOps engineers, ai engineers, data engineers, PMs) to plan, execute and deliver projects on time, on budget and to scope
- Manage delivery risk, scope, dependencies and stakeholder expectations throughout the project lifecycle
- Ensure solutions align with energy-industry standards, regulatory requirements and system integration best practices across cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines, application modernization, and data/analytics platforms feeding or fed by systems such as SCADA, ADMS, GIS, metering/AMI and ERP
- Act as the primary technical point of contact for clients during delivery, managing escalations and change requests
- Where engagements extend into Managed Services, help define operating models, SLAs and the transition from project delivery to steady-state support
Account Growth
- Identify expansion and follow-on opportunities within existing accounts based on delivery insight
- Contribute to account plans and long-term technical roadmaps for key energy clients
- Mentor junior delivery and pre-sales staff, building the team's energy-domain and delivery capability
Required Qualifications & Experience
- 8+ years in technical delivery, solution architecture or systems integration roles, with at least 4+ years focused on the energy industry (production, transmission & distribution, or grid operations)
- Proven experience supporting or leading pre-sales activity - scoping, proposal writing, solution estimation - alongside account/sales teams
- Track record leading complex, multi-workstream delivery projects spanning cloud engineering, application engineering, DevSecOps and/or data engineering, from kickoff to go-live
- Hands-on or delivery-leadership experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP), infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD and DevSecOps practices
- Working knowledge of data engineering concepts (data pipelines, data lakes/warehouses, integration of operational/IoT data) and how they connect to energy-industry systems such as SCADA/ADMS, EAM/CMMS, GIS or metering/AMI
- Strong understanding of system integration methodologies, APIs, middleware and enterprise architecture patterns
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, comfortable engaging both client executives and technical teams
- Experience managing delivery teams (direct or matrixed), budgets and, where relevant, Managed Services/support operating models
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Familiarity with major energy-sector platforms/vendors (e.g., Oracle Utilities, SAP for Utilities, OSIsoft/AVEVA PI, Schneider Electric, GE, Siemens, ESRI GIS)
- Experience with cloud-native and DevSecOps tooling - Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, container security, observability stacks
- Experience with modern data engineering platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory/Synapse, AWS Glue/Redshift) applied to operational or IoT/telemetry data
- PMP, TOGAF, ITIL, or cloud architect certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Exposure to grid modernization, DERMS, renewables integration or energy-transition initiatives
- Established network of contacts within the energy industry(empty)
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.