Summary
Edward Hills is a Technical Lead with 14 years’ experience modernising enterprise systems, currently driving .NET migration and cloud transformations at The Co-operative Bank in Wellington. He blends hands-on platform, DevOps/SRE and solution-architecture skills with a background in Identity and Access Management for large government, defence and financial projects serving millions. Comfortable across the full stack—from Linux and open-source tooling to AWS, DNS, web apps and databases—he leads small agile teams and mentors developers while keeping delivery pragmatic. His career began in research and bioinformatics tooling, an experience that honed his ability to learn new domains quickly and contribute to complex integrations. Edward is equally at home designing secure identity solutions as he is building scalable platform automation, making him a versatile bridge between engineering and operations.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Honours (BSc Hons) First class, Computer Science, Honors First Class, Bachelor of Science Honours (BSc Hons) First class, Computer Science, Honors First Class at University of Otago
Bayfield High School
English