Japanese-speaking Enterprise Architecture Consultant – Cloud & AI Solutions

About the Company

Our client is a leading global IT services and digital transformation enterprise operating at the forefront of cloud computing, enterprise modernization, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology consulting. They deliver end-to-end digital transformation services to Fortune Global 500 companies and major Japanese conglomerates across industries including banking, automotive, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications, insurance, and energy.

About the Role

The Japanese-speaking Enterprise Architecture Consultant is a senior client-facing advisory role based in Tokyo, Japan. The role designs and delivers enterprise technology solutions across cloud infrastructure, storage, data architecture, and AI platforms, partnering with stakeholders to define business challenges and architect scalable IT ecosystems while coordinating international engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Engage directly with enterprise clients to identify business challenges and translate them into scalable technical architecture strategies
• Design enterprise-level cloud, infrastructure, storage, and AI platform solutions aligned with business transformation goals
• Lead architecture planning for data-intensive systems including Data Warehouses (DWH), Data Lakes, ETL/ELT pipelines, and AI-enabled platforms
• Collaborate with international engineering teams to convert architectural blueprints into executable technical delivery plans
• Support enterprise modernization projects involving cloud-native systems, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), and software-defined storage (SDS)
• Conduct technical workshops, architectural presentations, and strategic consulting sessions with senior client stakeholders
• Supervise cross-border project governance, quality assurance processes, and system compliance standards
• Work closely with project managers, engineers, and consultants to ensure successful deployment outcomes and recommend scalable digital transformation frameworks

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related technical discipline
• Minimum 3 years of proven experience in enterprise architecture, IT consulting, cloud infrastructure, or large-scale solution design
• Strong background designing enterprise systems across infrastructure and application architecture layers
• Experience with Data Warehousing (DWH), ETL/ELT frameworks, Data Lakes, and AI platform architecture is highly preferred
• Hands-on understanding of cloud platforms, open-source frameworks, enterprise infrastructure, and distributed systems
• Experience managing offshore or international engineering collaboration environments is highly advantageous
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies, enterprise architecture frameworks, or certifications such as TOGAF is a plus
• Professional fluency in Japanese is mandatory and business-level English proficiency is required for international collaboration
• Open for expatriates (Non-Japanese)

Additional Information

• Work location: Tokyo, Japan (onsite)
• Employment type: Full-time