Cloud Architect - CCoE Section, Cloud Platform Enablement Department (CPED)

The Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE) is a cross-functional team responsible for creating and implementing cloud-related best practices, guidelines, and governance policies. Our primary mission is to ensure that cloud resources are used effectively and efficiently to achieve Rakuten's business objectives. We drive our multi-cloud strategy across GCP, AWS, Azure, and OCI, accelerating cloud adoption, enhancing security, standardizing processes, fostering faster innovation, and optimizing cost efficiency (FinOps) throughout the organization.

Position:

Why We Hire

As public cloud adoption expands and grows more complex across the organization, there is an urgent need to define and drive a holistic architecture strategy across our multi-cloud environment. We currently manage over 50 operations across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI, and require a professional who can provide enterprise-level architecture design, standardization, and technical leadership based on a deep understanding of each cloud platform. We are looking for a Cloud Architect who can lead the entire organization in designing security guardrails, standardizing network architecture, and driving the Well-Architected Framework.

Position Details

As a technical lead within the CCoE, you will play a broad role spanning from defining the organization-wide architecture strategy across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) to establishing and driving technical standards.

Key Responsibilities

1. Multi-Cloud Architecture Design & Standardization