Cloud Architect

Junior Cloud Architect – KAF Digital Bank

KAF Group, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Department : Center of Excellence (CoE)

Position Type : Full‑Time

About the Job

KAF Digital Bank is a forward‑thinking digital bank committed to revolutionizing the financial industry through technology. We leverage Microsoft Azure to build secure, scalable, and innovative banking solutions. Our Center of Excellence is the core of our technical strategy. We are looking for a motivated Junior Azure Cloud Architect to help us shape the future of our cloud platform. This is an ideal entry‑level position for a recent graduate or a professional with 1–2 years of experience. The role involves working directly with our Cloud Architect, turning architectural vision into reality, and ensuring compliance with banking security standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in designing foundational platform landing zones and workload deployments, creating diagrams, specifications, and contributing to configuration.
• Build and deploy proof‑of‑concepts to validate new Azure services, third‑party tools, and architectural patterns, including AKS, Azure Functions, and Azure SQL.
• Develop, test, and maintain reusable IaC scripts using Terraform or Bicep for consistent, compliant, automated deployment.
• Help implement and monitor governance policies aligned with the Azure Well‑Architected Framework, focusing on security, cost, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Development, and vendor teams to provide cloud guidance and evaluate new solutions.
• Implement security controls using Azure Policy and Microsoft Defender for Cloud; ensure designs meet Bank Negara Malaysia regulations.
• Assist monitoring cloud consumption and recommend cost and performance optimization across Azure environment.

Qualifications

Preferred (Nice‑to‑Have)

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