Remote Principal Platform Architect Jobs
Remote principal platform architect jobs are open across the U.S. in cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, and financial technology, at remote-first companies and distributed engineering organizations scaling their platform teams. Employers hiring remotely right now include Amtrak, Reltio, and OtterSoft. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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ITOur Company
We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks – can focus on achieving the incredible with data.
If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.
Job description
This is a remote US position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will not require sponsorship now or in the future.
The team
At Hitachi Vantara, our Cloud Architecture team is at the center of the company’s global digital transformation, delivering secure, scalable, and resilient cloud platforms that support both enterprise IT and product development. Operating across AWS as our primary cloud and GCP as a strategic secondary platform, we design and govern multi-cloud environments that enable innovation while maintaining strong security, networking, and operational standards. As our cloud footprint continues to grow, we are expanding the team with experienced architects who can help shape our cloud strategy, modernize infrastructure, and support emerging technologies including AI and machine learning.
The role
As a Cloud Foundation Architect, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and governing Hitachi Vantara's multi-cloud foundation across AWS and GCP. This includes ownership of cloud organization structures, landing zones, identity and access management, network architecture, governance frameworks, and shared services that enable engineering teams to operate securely and efficiently at scale. You will define the enterprise cloud operating model, establish standards and guardrails, and ensure cloud environments are secure, scalable, and aligned with business objectives.
What you´ll bring
- Expert-level experience designing and administering AWS Organizations, Organizational Units (OUs), Control Tower, Landing Zones, Service Control Policies (SCPs), and enterprise-scale multi-account environments.
- Proven experience designing and operating enterprise cloud foundations supporting dozens to hundreds of cloud accounts/projects across multiple business units.
- Extensive experience with enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM), including federated identity, role-based access control, access governance, and cloud security architecture.
- Expert knowledge of cloud network architecture including Transit Gateway, Shared VPCs, hybrid connectivity, network segmentation, routing strategy, DNS architecture, and enterprise-scale multi-cloud networking.
- Expertise in AWS security, governance, identity, and cost management best practices
- Knowledge of serverless and event-driven architectures using services such as API Gateway and Lambda
- Strong preference for candidates with hands-on experience designing and governing GCP Organizations, IAM models, Shared VPCs, networking, and enterprise cloud foundations.
- Experience supporting AI/ML cloud platforms and services such as SageMaker, Bedrock, Vertex AI, or similar technologies
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification (current); GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification is highly desirable Strong communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring capabilities within globally distributed teams
As required by the equal pay and transparency acts, the expected base salary for this position is: $120K to $150K. The expected on-target earnings for this position is: $136k to $170k.
The expected pay is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, depth of experience in the practice area. Employees are eligible to participate in Hitachi Vantara’s bonus/variable/commission pay programs, where applicable, and are subject to the program’s conditions and restrictions.
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About us
We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.
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.
Function
ITOur Company
We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks – can focus on achieving the incredible with data.
If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.
Job description
This is a remote US position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will not require sponsorship now or in the future.
The team
At Hitachi Vantara, our Cloud Architecture team is at the center of the company’s global digital transformation, delivering secure, scalable, and resilient cloud platforms that support both enterprise IT and product development. Operating across AWS as our primary cloud and GCP as a strategic secondary platform, we design and govern multi-cloud environments that enable innovation while maintaining strong security, networking, and operational standards. As our cloud footprint continues to grow, we are expanding the team with experienced architects who can help shape our cloud strategy, modernize infrastructure, and support emerging technologies including AI and machine learning.
The role
As a Cloud Foundation Architect, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and governing Hitachi Vantara's multi-cloud foundation across AWS and GCP. This includes ownership of cloud organization structures, landing zones, identity and access management, network architecture, governance frameworks, and shared services that enable engineering teams to operate securely and efficiently at scale. You will define the enterprise cloud operating model, establish standards and guardrails, and ensure cloud environments are secure, scalable, and aligned with business objectives.
What you´ll bring
- Expert-level experience designing and administering AWS Organizations, Organizational Units (OUs), Control Tower, Landing Zones, Service Control Policies (SCPs), and enterprise-scale multi-account environments.
- Proven experience designing and operating enterprise cloud foundations supporting dozens to hundreds of cloud accounts/projects across multiple business units.
- Extensive experience with enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM), including federated identity, role-based access control, access governance, and cloud security architecture.
- Expert knowledge of cloud network architecture including Transit Gateway, Shared VPCs, hybrid connectivity, network segmentation, routing strategy, DNS architecture, and enterprise-scale multi-cloud networking.
- Expertise in AWS security, governance, identity, and cost management best practices
- Knowledge of serverless and event-driven architectures using services such as API Gateway and Lambda
- Strong preference for candidates with hands-on experience designing and governing GCP Organizations, IAM models, Shared VPCs, networking, and enterprise cloud foundations.
- Experience supporting AI/ML cloud platforms and services such as SageMaker, Bedrock, Vertex AI, or similar technologies
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification (current); GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification is highly desirable Strong communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring capabilities within globally distributed teams
As required by the equal pay and transparency acts, the expected base salary for this position is: $120K to $150K. The expected on-target earnings for this position is: $136k to $170k.
The expected pay is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, depth of experience in the practice area. Employees are eligible to participate in Hitachi Vantara’s bonus/variable/commission pay programs, where applicable, and are subject to the program’s conditions and restrictions.
#LI-JS2
About us
We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.
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.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote principal platform architect jobs.
- Ten or more years of experience in software engineering or platform architecture roles
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Experience designing distributed systems, microservices, or large-scale APIs
- Strong knowledge of infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi
- Demonstrated ability to define technical strategy and lead cross-functional architecture decisions
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
Tips for Your Remote Principal Platform Architect Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
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Show your async architectural communication
Remote principal platform architect hiring managers read written RFC documents, architecture decision records, and async design reviews before they talk to you. Publish or link examples that show how you frame tradeoffs and drive consensus in writing, not just in a whiteboard session.
Demonstrate remote infrastructure ownership directly
Remote employers want evidence you can own platform initiatives without in-person checkpoints. Document a past project where you led architecture from design through production across a distributed team, naming the tools, the decisions, and the outcomes you drove.
Prepare for remote system design interviews
Remote principal platform architect interviews lean heavily on live collaborative design sessions using tools like Miro or Excalidraw over video. Practice diagramming distributed system architectures clearly and explaining your reasoning out loud while drawing, since interviewers judge both your design instincts and your remote collaboration style.
Remote Principal Platform Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote principal platform architect job?
Remote principal platform architects are hired by remote-first software companies, cloud-native startups, and distributed enterprise engineering teams that need senior architectural leadership without geographic constraints. Remote employers screen for self-direction, strong written communication for async decision-making, and deep hands-on experience with cloud platforms, infrastructure-as-code, and large-scale distributed systems. Candidates who document past architecture decisions clearly and demonstrate the ability to drive alignment across distributed teams consistently have an edge.
Which companies hire remote principal platform architects?
Employers currently hiring remote principal platform architects include Amtrak, Reltio, and OtterSoft, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote roles in this field tend to come from cloud-native software companies, fintech firms, and large enterprises running distributed engineering organizations across multiple time zones.
Can you get a remote principal platform architect job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry into this role is harder because distributed teams expect engineers to operate independently from day one with minimal oversight. Companies most open to remote candidates earlier in their careers are smaller startups and platform-focused scaleups. Demonstrating open-source contributions, well-documented personal infrastructure projects, and clear written technical communication can substitute for direct role experience when formal credentials are thin.
Do you need a degree for remote principal platform architect jobs?
Not always. Remote employers at this level weigh demonstrated architectural judgment, cloud platform certifications, and a portfolio of real infrastructure or platform work far more heavily than a formal degree. Candidates who can show concrete outcomes, such as systems they designed, scaled, or migrated, and who communicate those decisions in writing, routinely compete for roles without a traditional computer science background.
Which industries hire the most remote principal platform architects?
Remote principal platform architect roles concentrate in Technology & Software, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors hire principal platform architects remotely because their engineering organizations are inherently distributed, running global infrastructure that demands senior architectural oversight regardless of where the architect is physically located.
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