Cloud Architect

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About the Role

Astroscale is seeking a Junior Cloud Architect to support, operate, and gradually help design our AWS cloud environment. This role is intended as a growth position for someone with strong AWS infrastructure fundamentals who wants to develop into a Cloud Architect. You will begin by learning and supporting the current AWS environment, handling day-to-day infrastructure work, contributing to architecture decisions under guidance, and progressively taking ownership of Terraform-based infrastructure as code. Over time, this position is expected to grow into a Cloud Architect role as technical ownership, architectural judgment, and business understanding mature.

Key Responsibilities

AWS Infrastructure & Operations

• Learn, support, and operate the existing AWS environment, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, security groups, Route 53, VPN/connectivity, and related infrastructure services.

• Assist with provisioning, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, patching, backup/restore, and operational maintenance of AWS-hosted infrastructure.

• Help maintain infrastructure documentation, diagrams, runbooks, change records, and environment inventories so the AWS estate remains understandable and supportable.

Cloud Architecture Support

• Support Cloud Architects and senior engineers in designing secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-aware AWS solutions aligned with business and technical requirements.

• Participate in architecture reviews, technical planning, proof-of-concepts, and migration activities, initially under guidance and with increasing ownership over time.

• Review existing AWS implementations and help identify practical improvements for reliability, security, performance, maintainability, and cost optimization.

Terraform & Infrastructure as Code

• Work with existing Terraform modules, state, variables, and deployment workflows to understand how the current AWS environment is provisioned and maintained.

• Contribute Terraform changes under review, follow version-controlled infrastructure standards, and gradually take ownership of Terraform maintenance and improvements.

• Support safe infrastructure change processes, including planning, peer review, testing, rollback planning, and documentation.

• Use automation, scripting, and Git workflows to improve repeatability, reduce manual work, and strengthen infrastructure consistency.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• 2+ years in IT infrastructure, cloud operations, systems administration, DevOps, or a related technical role.

• Hands-on familiarity with AWS core services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, security groups, Route 53, CloudWatch, and basic networking concepts.

• Foundational understanding of cloud architecture concepts, including availability, scalability, resilience, security, and cost awareness.

• Basic experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform; willingness and ability to grow into Terraform ownership.

• Comfortable using Git and participating in reviewed change workflows such as pull requests or merge requests.

• Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure issues methodically, read logs, follow runbooks, and document findings clearly.

• Strong learning mindset, attention to detail, and willingness to take ownership of operational tasks while developing architectural capability.

• Good documentation habits, including diagrams, SOPs, change notes, and environment inventories.

• Language: Professional proficiency in either English or Japanese, written and verbal. Must also possess at least basic conversational skills in the other language, with a demonstrated passion and commitment to actively learning it.

• Availability for planned weekend or late-night maintenance windows as needed.

Desirable Qualifications & Experience

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, or active progress toward AWS certification.

• Experience supporting Terraform in a team environment, including modules, remote state, provider versioning, and code review practices.

• Exposure to AWS Well-Architected concepts, including secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized designs.

• Experience with AWS networking, hybrid connectivity, VPNs, DNS, security groups, NACLs, or Transit Gateway.

• Experience with monitoring, logging, and operational tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, or equivalent.

• Basic scripting experience with Bash, Python, or PowerShell for operational automation.

• Bilingual proficiency in English and Japanese, written and verbal.

• Interest in using AI/LLM tools to accelerate documentation, troubleshooting, and Infrastructure as Code workflows.