Staff Cloud Architect - AWS, Japan

Location

Though our work is primarily remote (work from home) with occasional travel to Tokyo, we are only looking for people who reside in Japan and have work rights there.

Who We Are

Public cloud transforms the way we build technology, and at DoiT we are on a mission to help companies, big or small, to go through this transformation.

We are a team of cloud professionals who love working with other people to solve challenging technical problems. We are committed to personal development and enjoy sharing our knowledge and experience through blogging, training, public speaking, and contributing to open-source.

We work hands-on, side-by-side with our customers to educate, mentor, advise, and solve problems to make sure they are getting the most out of what the cloud has to offer.

Our approach is different - we prefer to teach people how to fish instead of fishing for them. Here is how we do it: a day in the life of a Cloud Architect @ DoiT.

We are looking for people to join us on our mission and share the honor and delight of being able to help companies to realize their ideas into successful products.

The Opportunity

Staff Cloud Architects (SCAs) manage a team of 6-8 highly skilled Cloud Architects, overseeing day to day activities working with customers and sales. SCAs execute on departmental initiatives and support team development, working closely with their teams to understand and achieve their goals. SCAs support departmental alignment coordinating between the different teams, territories and regions to ensure consistent and high quality customer experiences.

You will be the first technical expert on the ground - a unique opportunity to shape and build DoiT cloud consulting practice in Japan.

This is a player-coach role with 30/70 split between leadership and hands-on work.

ResponsibilitiesTeam Management

• Hire, onboard and manage team of Cloud Architects specializing in container orchestration, data and analytics, machine learning, cost optimization
• Empower your team to become the best version of themselves, challenge them technically, support them in achieving cloud certification and their personal career objectives

Service Delivery for Digital-Native Companies

• Enable your team to guide customers on how to configure and deploy their products or services on AWS infrastructure
• Act as an escalation point and provide technical assistance to customers on innovative and complex cloud topics

Cross-department

• Closely work with our sales and marketing team to evangelize AWS products and services by organizing events such as meetups, workshops, immersion days, etc. with a goal of knowledge sharing and education
• Impact product strategy by consolidating team’s feedback
• Work with your peers from within the global team across departments: sales, customer success, people operations, etc.  

Qualifications

From experience, the ideal candidate will have:

• Verbal and written fluency in both Japanese and English
• Proven people leadership or tech leadership skills
• 10+ years of expertise to architect, develop, and troubleshoot large production-grade distributed systems on AWS and select the appropriate tools to tackle business problems at the right scale
• 5+ years of experience working with technical consulting or managed services
• Experience working with Cloud Partners such as Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform
• Passion for developing individuals and creating a highly engaged team environment
• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership & drive
• Extensive experience working cross functionally with other departments such as Sales and Product

Are you a Do’er?

Here’s a little more info about us and our culture...

DoiT International is a world-leading cloud advisory company, Amazon Web Services Premier partner and Google Cloud’s partner of the year. We help our customers tackle complex problems of scale, using our industry-leading expertise, machine learning, complexity analysis, and system design.

At DoiT, we value our transparent work culture. With a flat organizational structure, we empower every individual to provide direct feedback. This feedback not only influences our operations but also contributes to making our company an even better place to work.

Our core values guide us in creating a diverse team, a welcoming and supportive working environment, and a stellar employee experience with plenty of opportunities for personal and professional development. Challenging work, continuous learning, opportunities for promotion as we continue to scale, and a remote-first culture rooted in communication, transparency, and trust help us to attract and retain some of the best talents in the industry and we would love for you to join us on our mission.

We are a remote-first company, and you can work from anywhere within a (long) commute distance from Tokyo. If you would prefer not to work from home, we are happy to arrange an office space for you to work from. We’ve curated a culture that thrives in a virtual environment and will try to provide you with the resources you need to connect with colleagues from all around the world.

We put our team first and provide great benefits & perks such as:

• Private health insurance
• Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP)
• Genuine unlimited annual leave policy
• Flexible working hours and a focus on maintaining a healthy work-life balance
• Annual in-person company summit
• We encourage you to spend 30% of your work time learning new skills and working on your professional development

Sounds too good to be true? - Check out our Glassdoor Page! We thought so too, but we’re here and happy we hit that ‘apply’ button.

Want to learn more? 

• Check out our live stats page to learn more about the technologies we use to support our customers 
• Dig into some real-world examples of the types of issues we solve and learn more about open-source tools we have developed along the way

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