We want to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by delivering the value we create through digital technology to all people. As a “DX Partner” that envisions the future with our customers around the world, we will continue to address the various challenges they face with “people” and “technology” that are the source of digital innovation.
Divided by industry, we provide comprehensive solutions from a technical perspective, from consulting to system construction, operation follow-up and maintenance, to meet the needs of each customer. Together with our clients, we provide IT systems and solutions that are indispensable to society and people's lives.
We design and develop IT products in collaboration with our development bases around the world, anticipating the needs of society. This will enable us to provide competitive services and products, accelerate collaborative creation between the Hitachi Group and industry, and expand digital solutions.
We perform quality verification from a third-party perspective in development projects for customer solutions and products. We analyze, report, and monitor quality status, promote standardization and standardization through shipment decisions and collection and analysis of trouble data, and also identify quality risks and consider countermeasures.
Through system development for financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies, and securities firms, you will be involved in work that supports social infrastructure. You will be able to contribute to large-scale, mission-critical projects and customer DX, and be involved in customer business reforms that maximize the use of AI and digital technology. I am sure that you will find what you want to do while experiencing cutting-edge technology and contributing to society.
With the urgent need to address climate change risks and decarbonization, financial institutions are required to play a new social role. In addition, modernization is accelerating to drive business transformation by leveraging DX and the latest digital technologies. Hitachi’s Financial Systems Division works not only with the financial industry but also in collaboration with a wide range of industries, aiming to solve the challenges facing society as “One Hitachi.”
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Although the site is titled as a career recruitment website, it provides a wealth of information that helps deepen your understanding of the Financial Business Unit, including business case studies and the working environment. We encourage students to take a look as well.
We provide a wide range of mission-critical system development and IT services to customers in the public sector, including government agencies, municipalities, research and educational institutions, and the road and firefighting sectors.
In today's world, social issues are becoming increasingly complex, such as the declining birthrate, aging population, environmental problems, and changes in the international situation. We aim to innovate social infrastructures through data and digital technologies, while collaborating with our customers by leveraging our accumulated know-how, including management of large-scale projects in the public sector.
We will contribute to the realization of safe, secure, and comfortable lifestyles for people by providing answers to customer issues in the public sector, including government, municipalities, social security, research, and educational institutions, through a combination of “know-how, including large-scale project management,” and “new digital solutions and monozukuri (design and development),” such as AI and IoT. We contribute to the realization of safe, secure, and comfortable lifestyles.
We develop high-quality, large-scale systems and provide a wide range of IT services for customers in the energy, transportation, and telecommunications sectors, and promote Hitachi’s Social Innovation Business in Japan and globally through the integration of IT and OT. Furthermore, by working with our customers to advance “Social Infrastructure DX/GX,” we tackle social challenges and aim to realize a society where everyone can live prosperously and with vitality.
The Social Systems Division has offices across Japan and delivers Hitachi’s Social Innovation Business for energy, transportation, and telecommunications operators. In the energy sector, we provide high-quality systems that support electric power companies and markets in response to electricity deregulation. In the transportation sector, we develop large-scale systems―including seat reservation and IC card systems―to support railway infrastructure. In the telecommunications sector, we offer a wide range of services, from line applications to AI-based solutions.
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We provide consulting and IT solutions utilizing advanced case studies and know-how to clients in a wide range of industries including electronics, automobiles, food, cosmetics, railroads, and transportation. We maximize corporate value through system integration and cloud-based services to support our customers in their daily lives.
Front Desk Engineers provide project management and other services as system engineers with a deep understanding of specific industries and customer-specific issues. We carry out proposal, start-up, planning, execution, monitoring control, and closing. The consultant will work with the client to develop a vision for the future in order to solve increasingly complex client issues. Furthermore, they concretize the issues, create a direction and a roadmap to the realization of the solution, and then utilize Hitachi's superior knowledge and solutions to concretize and realize the solution.
We provide consulting and IT solutions services that leverage the Hitachi Group's advanced expertise in the manufacturing industry, including electronics, automobiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, foods, cosmetics, precision products, and ferrous and nonferrous metals, which are familiar to us in our daily lives; customers in the distribution industry, including various retail, wholesale, and trading companies; customers in the service industry, including newspaper, publishing, printing, and media services; and customers in the transportation industry, including railroads, airports, land transportation, and marine transportation.
Through consulting, system integration services, packaged solutions, and cloud-based solutions and services, we maximize the corporate value of our customers, who are companies closely connected to our daily lives, and thereby support our own lifestyles. In addition, we promote total problem-solving across organizations and companies, as well as across fields, under the circumstances of complex and compound changes in the business environment due to the rapid increase in uncertainty in the market and social conditions.
We provide digital solutions related to integrated operations, cybersecurity, intelligence, and satellite imagery to the Ministry of Defense and other security-related ministries and agencies. This position is responsible for coordinating the entire system development lifecycle―from upstream proposals, requirements definition, design, and development to operation and maintenance―as well as formulating business strategies and proposing new businesses through understanding customer needs and researching solutions. Other solutions related to defense and social infrastructure security, as well as non-SE positions (design and development, quality assurance), are introduced and recruited in the “Defense and Social Infrastructure Security Solutions” field. If you are interested in quality assurance positions in the business areas introduced on this page, please apply from there.
In the defense and social infrastructure security systems business, we promote the security of the entire social infrastructure, including cyberspace, by leveraging the technologies and experience we have cultivated in the defense business. We provide products and solutions that support safety and security from undersea to aerospace and cyberspace, taking on global-scale challenges such as cyber attacks and natural disasters.
We provide solutions that support policymakers responsible for national security and commanders of the Self-Defense Forces in collecting and analyzing information for prompt and appropriate decision-making, leveraging various types of information such as open-source information (including the Internet), satellite imagery, and signals intelligence.
We propose and develop optimal systems to support decision-making, education, training, etc. of commanders at all levels in order to maximize the capabilities of each Self-Defense Forces organization. We are also working to improve the efficiency of situational judgment and decision-making through the use of simulation technology and artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and to visualize information using data analysis and extraction technology.
As cyber attacks evolve daily, we deliver total solutions to realize cyber defense and secure IT infrastructures that can continuously respond to the latest threats and trends.
We provide services that deliver satellite imagery acquired by Earth observation satellites, which is essential for understanding situations such as surveillance and natural disasters, as well as solutions for analyzing imagery and related information.
NCW-related solutions, mechatronics solutions, and naval onboard solutions other than those in the ICT field are available in the “Defense and Social Infrastructure Security Solutions” field.
As an organization with advanced expertise in cloud computing, servers, storage, networking, and security, we work in a wide range of industries, including financial, public, social, and industrial. With the strength of our specialized technologies, we collaborate with clients and front engineers from various industries to provide large-scale solutions. Our work involves a series of system development from upstream processes (consulting, requirement definition, etc.), design and construction, to operation and maintenance, and its project management through communication with customers. With the strength of our expertise, we promote large-scale projects as system engineers with a deep understanding of the industry and customer-specific issues.
The following diagram illustrates the roles of three closely related matching fields―SE (Front Engineer: Cross-Industry IT Infrastructure), SE (Platform Engineer), and Design & Development (Software Engineer)―as well as how each collaborates with other front engineers.
We design and build large-scale and highly complex business applications and systems to realize our clients' business in various industries such as finance, industry and distribution, railroads, and public sector. We communicate deeply with customers in requirement design situations, etc., and proceed with our work to make optimal proposals. We recommend this position to those who want to be involved in system construction, application development, and other technical aspects, as well as those who want to be involved in system development and construction for large-scale projects.
As a division specializing in applications, we design, develop, and maintain large-scale, advanced “business applications (*1)” for various industries, including finance, railroads, and public services, to support critical systems that are indispensable to society. We also promote the “Lumada(*2)” business by combining the know-how we have accumulated through years of application development with knowledge that responds to the latest IT trends. The knowledge that responds to recent IT trends focuses on providing services that realize DX (Digital Transformation) and CX (Customer Experience) by utilizing GlobalLogic's digital technology.
1 Software that enables customers to reform their business activities and achieve more efficient operations.
2 A generic term for solutions, services, and technologies that leverage Hitachi's advanced digital technologies to create value from customer data and accelerate digital innovation.
Provide platform service solutions to support customers' DX promotion by utilizing technologies such as data utilization, cloud, security, and middleware. They provide technical consulting, support for building and migrating cloud environments, optimize IT operations, and handle everything from cost governance planning to operations through close communication with customers and SEs (front-line engineers). While being involved in the development of common technologies, we also promote projects for specific customers. This position is recommended for those who are interested in cloud computing, security technology, data analysis, and systems for various industries.
The following diagram illustrates the roles of three closely related matching fields―SE (Front Engineer: Cross-Industry IT Infrastructure), SE (Platform Engineer), and Design & Development (Software Engineer)―as well as how each collaborates with other front engineers.
The Cloud Services Platform Business Unit provides optimal platform solutions to solve customer issues by leveraging its advanced technological capabilities and partner commercial products. It also supports Hitachi's front-line business through customer proposals, new domain development, and market research. We contribute to the expansion of IT business by meeting market needs with our knowledge of cloud, digital, middleware, servers, and storage.
As an SE in the internal IT department of Digital Systems & Services (DSS), you will be responsible for planning and supporting IT infrastructure and business systems for employees, internal IT governance, and promotion of internal DX for DSS business, regardless of industry. This position is recommended for those who would like to hear directly from users and make practical use of the latest IT technologies in the field.
As the in-house IT for the Digital Systems & Services Sector, this position plans and supports IT infrastructure and business systems for employees, and assists in the implementation of IT strategies and the use of digital solutions (BI, AI, RPA, etc.). In addition, I oversee the IT governance of the sector, including domestic and overseas group companies, and promote the optimization of IT investments and enhancement of security.
As an internal security manager of Digital Systems & Services (DSS), this position is responsible for formulating common security measures and goals, developing and deploying security processes and standards, and monitoring and following up on the implementation status. In addition, as a Center of Excellence (CoE) for security technology, we accumulate the latest security trends and know-how, disseminate information internally, provide technical support to business units, and train security personnel. This position is recommended for those who are interested in security and willing to formulate security measures and gain knowledge of new technologies and attack methods.
Aiming to contribute to strengthening security and resolving issues in terms of organization, systems, and operations. We provide security planning, control, and technical support to mitigate security risks and strengthen security in total. We formulate common security measures and goals for the digital systems and services sector, develop and deploy security processes and standards, and monitor and follow up on their implementation. We also accumulate the latest security trends and know-how, disseminate this information internally, provide technical support to business units, and train security personnel.
To prevent failures due to technical risks in projects in Japan and overseas, we contribute to the stable promotion of projects from the development technology side by providing estimation and design assessments and practical support in each project, utilizing our conventions and knowledge accumulated from past cases. We develop and operate project information platforms and knowledge sharing platforms that visualize project status data through the use of cutting-edge technologies such as generative AI technology and collaboration with global companies, and support project success by mobilizing Hitachi's technological capabilities.
Want to actively learn cutting-edge and new technologies. Interested in system development, and want to work on technologies and measures that can contribute to DSS's overall business.
IT Digital Solution projects often share the same knowledge and know-how required for system integration, and we are formulating and improving project management systems that reflect the latest trends in management technology to ensure success. We are also strengthening governance through third-party checks, and developing a foundation for horizontal deployment of knowledge from successful projects and a professional human resource certification system. In addition, we are considering new measures for the horizontal deployment of knowledge and the use of generative AI for the success of DX and collaborative business projects.
As the PMO (Project Management Office) division of Digital Systems & Services (DSS), we provide assessments, audits, and project management support for large-scale social infrastructure development projects in Japan and overseas led by the front business divisions. Unlike consulting firms, we leverage the knowledge and lessons learned accumulated within DSS to establish and operate various management rules, thereby increasing the success rate of projects.
Those who want to gain expertise in project management for mission-critical system development and acquire the skills to lead projects to success. This role allows you to hear directly from frontline project managers and executives and experience firsthand how your work contributes to driving projects forward.
IT Digital Solution projects often share the same knowledge and know-how required for system integration, and we are developing and improving our project management system to reflect the latest trends in management technology to ensure success. We are also strengthening governance through third-party checks, and developing a foundation for horizontal deployment of knowledge from successful projects and a professional human resource certification system. In addition, we are considering new measures for the horizontal deployment of knowledge and the use of generative AI for the success of DX and collaborative business projects.
This position is responsible for the planning and development of OS, middleware, and generative AI-related software that forms the foundation of Hitachi's IT business and provides globally competitive services. Specifically, the Software Engineer will design and develop databases, application servers, storage management software, generative AI platforms, etc., support OSS (open source software), build cloud environments, etc., and collaborate with customers through the IoT platform “Lumada”. This job is suitable for those who want to polish their manufacturing and advanced technical skills in the IT field.
The following diagram illustrates the roles of three closely related matching fields―SE (Front Engineer: Cross-Industry IT Infrastructure), SE (Platform Engineer), and Design & Development (Software Engineer)―as well as how each collaborates with other front engineers.
The Managed & Platform Services Division leverages advanced technical expertise and partner offerings to deliver optimal platform solutions that address customer challenges. It also supports Hitachi’s front-line businesses through customer proposals, exploration of new business domains, and market research. By applying deep knowledge across cloud, digital technologies, middleware, servers, and storage, the division responds to market needs and contributes to the expansion of Hitachi’s IT business.
Responsible for quality assurance of information systems and services in front-line businesses such as finance, public, social infrastructure, industry and distribution, and defense, and supports SEs in development projects as a quality management expert through to system go-live. This position is suitable for those who are interested in quality management and production engineering in the IT field and want to contribute to the safety and security of society through highly reliable systems. As a quality professional, it is recommended for those who want to be involved in delivering systems that are critical to society.
The mission of Hitachi's Quality Assurance Department is to promote customer satisfaction and protect the quality of products that support social infrastructure under the motto “Quality First: Quality First. The department promotes quality improvement from development to operation and maintenance in response to fields such as finance, public, and industry, as well as IT products. Furthermore, we proactively incorporate the latest technologies, such as digital solutions and AI, and provide quality-related solutions in collaboration with our business divisions.
You will be responsible for quality assurance of software products implemented in cloud services and other platforms, working alongside development teams as a quality management specialist from requirements definition through design, implementation, testing, inspection, and customer support.
This role is well suited for those interested in software quality assurance and software engineering, and who aspire to contribute to the safety and security of society through highly reliable software. It is ideal for individuals who wish to be involved in the business as quality professionals.
The mission of Hitachi's Quality Assurance Department is to promote customer satisfaction and protect the quality of products that support social infrastructure under the motto “Quality First: Quality First. The department promotes quality improvement from development to operation and maintenance in response to fields such as finance, public, and industry, as well as IT products. Furthermore, we proactively incorporate the latest technologies, such as digital solutions and AI, and provide quality-related solutions in collaboration with our business divisions.
Analyzes business through interviews with customers and promotes system design after establishing business flow and defining requirements in cooperation with the development department to realize business strategies.
From the management perspective of the company, after analyzing the market and competition, make proposals on IT system specifications necessary to achieve business goals and solve problems.
Manages the progress of the entire project. Responsible for the completion of the project in terms of budget, quality, and delivery date, from proposal to coordination with customers and related departments, execution, and monitoring and control.
IT architects plan and conceptualize IT systemization, which is important for management and business strategies, and design the structure that forms the entire system. They also support projects by improving development efficiency and quality in system construction.
Application specialists design, develop, build, implement, test, and maintain applications to solve business issues in industry-specific and general-purpose operations by utilizing specialized technologies.
Using knowledge of statistics and AI, analyze collected data to identify trends and propose business measures to help solve corporate issues.
They implement information security measures from system planning to operation, and maintain and improve functionality. They also support the development of organizational structures and rules so that information management can be properly realized. Furthermore, they are responsible for customer proposal, design, and construction of security solutions, as well as incident response, analysis, and customer reporting as part of security operations.
To improve customer satisfaction, they have the knowledge to maintain the quality of developed software at a certain level, and practice and apply this knowledge in projects and system operations.
They are responsible for providing value to customers through continuous improvement of services such as stable operation, optimization, and new proposals even after the completion of the system.
As IT specialists, they provide the highly specialized knowledge and skills required to build and operate systems and support projects from a technical perspective.
Responsible for both internal and external communications of the organization. Assists management and plays a leading role in business operations and information system transformation.
Responsible for the acquisition, design, implementation, and operation of information technology resources in internal systems. Provides technical user training and support.
Responsible for designing, developing, implementing and updating software systems. Specifically, they will research user needs, create computer programs, test, and maintain and prepare documentation of the system.
Within the Digital Systems & Services Sector (DSS), the Project Governance Specialist is responsible for developing and improving project management systems, ensuring the validity of estimates and plans, and supporting risk countermeasures in order to ensure the success of projects.
The product manager manages the product from planning to operation, and maximizes value by determining and executing the direction and strategy of the product itself. Duties include market research, analysis of customer needs, and product development.
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