Senior .NET AWS Cloud Engineer

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We're Hitachi Digital Services, a global digital solutions and transformation business. Our expertise, innovation and technology unlocks potential - we take theme park fans on magical rides, conserve natural resources, protect rainforests, and save lives. We automate, modernize, optimize, and accelerate. Our people are trusted transformers, with deep engineering expertise, focused on a sustainable future for all.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to inspire the future. 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 important to us.

The role
The Cloud Migration Engineer will be responsible for designing, planning, and executing application and infrastructure migrations to the AWS Cloud. The role requires strong technical knowledge in .NET Core, AWS services, and modernization practices, with hands-on experience in CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure as code. The ideal candidate will work closely with developers, DevOps, and system teams to ensure smooth, secure, and efficient cloud adoption.

What You'll Be Doing

• Plan, design, and implement migration of on-premise .NET Core applications to AWS Cloud.
• Assess existing systems and recommend modernization approaches (e.g., microservices, containerization, serverless).
• Develop migration runbooks and automation scripts for repeatable deployments.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline).
• Configure and manage AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, Lambda, S3, EFS, and CloudWatch.
• Work with development teams to refactor or re-platform applications for cloud compatibility.
• Ensure adherence to cloud security, compliance, and cost optimization best practices.
• Troubleshoot cloud deployment and integration issues.
• Collaborate with DevOps to implement infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Provide technical documentation and knowledge transfer to application and operations teams.

Technical Skills
What you bring to the team

• Strong understanding of .NET Core / ASP.NET Core architecture and codebase.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud services (ECS/EKS, RDS, Lambda, S3, VPC, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI/CD preferred).
• Familiar with containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes concepts.
• Knowledge of Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience in cloud-native modernization, including microservices, serverless, or API-driven architectures.
• Understanding of networking, security groups, and IAM within AWS.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Able to work independently and collaboratively across teams.
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Proactive in identifying optimization and automation opportunities.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure/AWS Developer or DevOps Engineer (added advantage).
• Experience with automated testing, SonarQube, and monitoring tools

Key Deliverables / KPIs

• Successful migration of targeted systems to AWS within planned timelines.
• Reduced deployment time and improved system reliability through CI/CD.
• Adoption of standardized IaC and automation practices.
• Documented and reusable migration playbooks for future projects.

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.