Build the Future of Rail Traffic Management

**Do you want to shape the future of mobility and contribute to safer, smarter and greener transport solutions?**Technology is driving today’s fast-paced world, and we create new innovations that transform industries and society for the better. But without the brightest and most creative people -- people like you -- our achievements would not be possible. Join us and together let's start powering good to make the world a better place.

At Hitachi Rail, we don’t just develop technology. We create innovations that keep cities moving, connect people across borders, and drive a more sustainable future. We are now looking for a System Operations Specialist to strengthen our team in Norway. This is your chance to be part of a forward-thinking company where your expertise will have real-world impact.

As a System Operations Specialist you will cover the activities involved in both IS-IT or in system operation.

We want diversity in our workforce and encourage all qualified candidates to apply for a job with us.

Applications will be processed continuously.

Why join us?

• Make a difference: Work on solutions that improve safety, sustainability, and efficiency in rail transport.

• Innovate and lead: Take ownership of complex technical challenges, from design to deployment.

• Grow with us: Develop your skills in DevOps, cloud, and rail signalling systems in a global organization.

• Think bigger: Explore career opportunities across Hitachi’s worldwide network.

• Enjoy competitive rewards: Strong compensation, pension and insurance packages.

What you’ll do

• Perform operations, anticipate operational problems and contribute to improve the system operation

• Continually improve the system, IS-IT, prevent customer issues, and manage corrective actions

• Develop solutions to neutralize or rectify reported faults, as well as planning the technical and content-related coordination of the solution

• Execute incident response activities as Incident Manager, and participate in the detection

• Create reports on faults

• Advance the root cause analysis and find solutions through cross-departmental cooperation with project planning, development, etc.

• Manage day-to-day activities, including services provided to internal or external customers, support to the system, and support to IS-IT

• Be the point of contact for all service-related topics of national and international customers

• Ensure customer communication on technical questions, problems and solutions to complex faults

• Optimize support, update and further develop of the knowledge database

• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures in compliance with legal regulation

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• A university-level technical education (or equivalent experience).

• Min. 3 years’ experience in cloud operation

• Full overview of IT infrastructure and cloud operation

• IT knowledge in the areas of cloud computing, virtual machines, server-client architectures is mandatory

• Extensive asset and user management experience

• Extensive knowledge within hardware monitoring, troubleshooting and corrective actions

• Experience with programming and scripting languages

• Experience working with cloud providers, preferably AWS

• Experience with container environments such as Docker and Kubernetes

• Experience working with configuration management software

• Experience with zero-downtime deployment of web applications

• Interest and skill set in DevOps principles

• Experience with continuous integration and tools

• Fluency in English, written and spoken

Bonus skills (nice to have):

• A positive attitude combined with excellent interpersonal and motivational skills

• Experience with working across boundaries and within a matrix organization

• A proactive and accountable approach

• A strong sense of responsibility for your work tasks

• A customer-focused balanced and you recognize the need for governance

• The ability to establish and meet deadlines, multi-task and prioritize

• Excellent communication skills

For the chosen candidate we offer:

• A position in a strong academic environment where you will have responsibility and possibility to grow and develop in a global organization

• An inspiring and safe working environment

• Central location in Oslo

• Career opportunities both nationally and internationally

• Competitive terms, pension and insurance agreements

• Social activities and a corporate sports team

Ready to take your career further?

Apply now and help us transform the way the world moves.