IT Technical Delivery Lead - Energy Industry

About the role

Hitachi Digital Services is looking for a Technical Delivery Lead with deep energy-industry experience to join its Cloud & Data Engineering practice in Lisbon. You will partner with the Account and Sales team to shape and qualify new opportunities with energy clients (utilities, oil & gas, renewables, grid operators) covering cloud engineering, application engineering, DevSecOps, managed services and data engineering, then own the technical delivery from solution architecture and proposal through implementation and go-live.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with Account Managers and Sales to identify, shape and qualify new business opportunities in energy-sector accounts
• Build trusted relationships with client technical and business stakeholders (IT, OT, engineering, operations leadership)
• Lead technical discovery workshops and turn client needs into solution concepts and value propositions
• Support RFP/RFI responses, technical proposals, solution architecture documents and pricing estimates
• Own end-to-end technical delivery, defining solution architecture and delivery approach across cloud, application, DevSecOps, managed services and data engineering workstreams
• Lead cross-functional delivery teams to plan, execute and deliver projects on time, on budget and to scope
• Manage delivery risk, scope, dependencies and stakeholder expectations, and act as the primary technical point of contact for clients
• Ensure solutions meet energy-industry standards, regulatory requirements and integration best practices across cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines, and systems such as SCADA, ADMS, GIS, metering/AMI and ERP
• In Managed Services, help define operating models, SLAs and the transition to steady-state support
• Identify expansion opportunities, contribute to account plans and roadmaps, and mentor junior delivery and pre-sales staff

Required profile

• 8+ years in technical delivery, solution architecture or systems integration roles, with at least 4+ years in the energy industry (production, transmission & distribution or grid operations)
• Proven experience supporting or leading pre-sales activity alongside account/sales teams
• Track record leading complex, multi-workstream delivery projects from kickoff to go-live
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience managing delivery teams, budgets and, where relevant, Managed Services operating models

Required skills

• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP), infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD and DevSecOps
• Data engineering concepts and integration of operational/IoT data with SCADA, ADMS, GIS or metering systems
• System integration, APIs, middleware and enterprise architecture patterns
• Energy-sector platforms such as Oracle Utilities, SAP for Utilities, OSIsoft/AVEVA PI, Schneider Electric, GE, Siemens, ESRI GIS
• Cloud-native and DevSecOps tooling (Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, container security, observability stacks)
• Modern data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory/Synapse, AWS Glue/Redshift) applied to operational or IoT/telemetry data
• Certifications such as PMP, TOGAF, ITIL or cloud architect certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP); exposure to grid modernization, DERMS or renewables integration