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Junior AWS Cloud Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • 0-3 years IT experience with 0-2 years hands-on AWS experience
  • Experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code and configuration management
  • Proficiency with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions) and scripting languages (Bash, Python)

Responsibilities

  • Implement, automate, and manage AWS cloud environments following best practices, including configuring EC2, S3, RDS, and networking (VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups)
  • Build and configure Landing Zones per AWS Well-Architected Framework
  • Implement security measures such as IAM roles, policies, and encryption mechanisms
  • Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scripts using Terraform for automated provisioning

About the company

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Hitachi

Engineering Services

Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Our mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past 100+ years this commitment has led us to work towards creating a more sustainable society through our “Social Innovation Business”. We work to apply our expertise in information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world. Hitachi’s Social Innovation Business is centered around 5 growth sectors: Mobility, Smart Life, Industry, Energy, and IT. Globally, we have nearly 300,000 employees who are working to improve people’s quality of life and our customers’ social, environmental, and economic values to create a sustainable future. The challenges we face as a society are unprecedented, but so are the opportunities. Together, let’s start powering good.

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryEngineering Services
Company size10001

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Job description

Function

Cloud & Data Engineering

Our 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

AWS Cloud Engineers with a strong background in AWS, Terraform IaC and modern infrastructure practices. 

Key Responsibilities:
•    Implement, automate, and manage AWS cloud environments following best practices.
        Configure AWS infrastructure, including EC2 instances, S3 storage, RDS databases, and networking (VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups).
•    Build and configure Landing Zones as per AWS Well-Architected Framework best practices.
•    Implement security measures such as IAM roles, policies, and encryption mechanisms.
•    Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scripts using Terraform for automated provisioning
•    Participate in architecture discussions and cross-team knowledge sharing.
•    Support cost efficiency and operational excellence targets.


Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 0-3 years of experience in IT 
• Minimum 0-2 years of hands on experience in AWS
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Experience with IaC and configuration management tools (Terraform).
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions).
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Bash, Python, etc.).
• Certifications in AWS preferred 
   Additional AWS Specialty certification (Security or Advanced Networking preferred)
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

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.

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