Junior Cloud Architect at State Street in Burlington, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Who We Are Looking For

StateStreet Alpha is seeking a junior-mid level cloud architect to ensure that cloud governance frameworks, architecture patterns, and platform designs meet regulatory and compliance requirements. This role sits within the Architectural Governance and Strategy (AGS) team under CRD/Alpha Cloud Enablement and Platform Governance, focusing on technology enablement, governance automation, and regulatory alignment across Azure and AWS environments.

This is an excellent opportunity for to work at the intersection of cloud architecture, regulatory compliance, and governance automation, ensuring that CRD/Alpha's cloud-first strategy remains compliant with industry and global regulations.

Why This Role is Important

As part of Charles River Development (CRD), this role will help define and implement cloud-native governance frameworks that meet compliance mandates from regulatory bodies. The role will assist team members in driving reusable architecture patterns and governance automation to ensure secure, compliant, and scalable cloud adoption in a highly regulated financial services environment.

What You Will Be Responsible For

Cloud Governance & Regulatory Compliance Oversight

• Ensure cloud governance frameworks align with financial regulatory requirements.

• Review and approve Authority to Operate (ATO) requests, ensuring compliance with regulatory and operational governance standards.

• Conduct compliance assessments on cloud architecture designs and implementations.

• Document governance frameworks and controls to support regulatory audits and assessments.

Governance Automation & Compliance Controls

• Develop and implement governance automation solutions to enforce compliance at scale.

• Support continuous monitoring frameworks to proactively detect non-compliance in cloud deployments.

Reusable Architecture Patterns & Cloud Adoption

• Design and implement reusable cloud architecture patterns that incorporate regulatory compliance requirements.

• Ensure that architecture standards and best practices align with regulatory, security, and operational governance mandates.

What We Value

• Knowledge of cloud and platform governance, compliance frameworks.


• Ability to align cloud architecture strategies with financial services regulations.


• Hands-on experience with Azure and AWS governance and compliance tools (e.g., Azure Policy, AWS Config, Terraform).


• Knowledge of financial services industry regulations impacting cloud adoption and platform architecture.


• Ability to develop reusable patterns and templates for compliant cloud architecture.


• Experience in collaborating with ISO, Platform Engineering, solution architects, and risk.


• Strong technical writing and documentation skills for regulatory frameworks and audit reporting.

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Job Application Disclosure:

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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