Named a 2026 Japan AWS Jr. Champion
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I've been named a 2026 Japan AWS Jr. Champion, one of just 114 engineers recognized nationwide this year.
What Is the AWS Jr. Champions Program?
AWS Jr. Champions is an official recognition program run by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Japan. Each year it selects a small cohort of early-career engineers—those with roughly one to three years of professional experience—nominated by AWS Partner Network companies from across the country. Now in its fourth year, the 2026 cohort comprises 114 members, each serving a one-year term.
The program recognizes engineers who demonstrate strong technical ability, leadership within their organizations, and contribution to the wider AWS community. Selection weighs technical accomplishments and AWS expertise, the ability to influence peers and lead internal AWS communities, and public knowledge sharing through writing and talks.
My own contributions have centered on technical writing about AWS, including articles on Amazon ECS networking and migrating AWS resources to infrastructure-as-code with Terraform.
I'm listed on the official roster as 太田 暢 (Itaru Ota), 3-shake Inc.
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