Senior Infrastructure Specialist
Senior Infrastructure Specialist
Job type:
Permanent
Specialization:
Infrastructure
Language Level:
English Level - High Intermediate (TOEIC 730),Japanese Level - High Intermediate (JLPT Level 2)
Location:
Kanagawa
Salary:
¥5,000,000.00 - ¥8,000,000.00 Yearly
Job Reference:
494404
A global automotive manufacturer is seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Specialist to lead architecture design and transformation initiatives across its enterprise infrastructure landscape. The IT Infrastructure organization plays a mission-critical role in supporting production, finance, sales, and digital workplace environments while continuously modernizing core technology platforms.
This position focuses on enterprise-level infrastructure architecture, guiding the transition from the current “As-Is” environment toward the strategic “To-Be” state. The role requires close collaboration with transformation program leaders, project managers, product owners, and global infrastructure teams to ensure architectural consistency, minimize operational risk, and enable long-term scalability.
Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain enterprise IT infrastructure architecture aligned with strategic transformation goals
- Maintain holistic visibility of current (“As-Is”) and future (“To-Be”) infrastructure landscapes
- Ensure architectural coherence, identify gaps, dependencies, and risks across projects
- Lead infrastructure migration and modernization initiatives, minimizing operational disruption
- Collaborate with program managers and technical leads to align architecture with transformation initiatives
- Mitigate risks impacting service stability, business continuity, and long-term infrastructure evolution
- Support development of architectural competencies, product ownership, and governance within IT teams
- Align infrastructure services and decisions with global IT strategies and ensure integration across systems
- Engage stakeholders globally, translating complex technical topics into business-relevant guidance and supporting compliance
- Oversee project scope, resources, budgets, risks, and prioritization, ensuring quality and transparent decision-making
Required Skills:
- Minimum 5+ years of professional experience in IT, with strong exposure to enterprise IT infrastructure environments
- Proven experience in infrastructure architecture, design, or transformation initiatives involving on-premise, cloud, and network domains
- Solid understanding of enterprise infrastructure services, including datacenter, cloud, network, and digital workplace technologies
- Practical experience supporting or guiding infrastructure migration, implementation, or modernization programs
- Familiarity with IT Service Management (ITSM) principles, including incident, problem, and change management
Why should you apply:
- This role offers direct involvement in shaping enterprise-scale infrastructure architecture within a globally recognized commercial vehicle manufacturer undergoing continuous modernization and transformation
- Enterprise-level architecture role with significant organizational impact
- Exposure to complex infrastructure transformation and migration initiatives
- Close collaboration with global IT and infrastructure leadership
- Opportunity to influence long-term infrastructure strategy and governance
- Stable, globally respected organization with advanced technology environments
Company Details:
A large global automobile manufacturer based in Germany. This company is Japan's leading brand, known for its high customer satisfaction performance.
Working Hours: 9:00 - 18:00 (Mon-Fri)
Working Style: Hybrid
Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, and National Holidays, Year-end and New Year Holidays, Paid Holidays
Services/Benefits: Transportation expenses up to 20,000 yen per month, plus Paid leave, plus social insurance (health insurance, welfare pension, and work-related accident insurance), Periodic health examination, and Employment insurance
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