Chief Infrastructure Engineer

Bebeeinfrastructure; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in infrastructure architecture in Cape Town is looking for an experienced Infrastructure Architect to design and implement infrastructure across various platforms. The candidate should have 8+ years in infrastructure roles, strong skills in cloud and data center architecture, and experience with automation tools like Terraform and Ansible. This role offers a competitive salary, benefits package, and commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Opportunities for career advancement

Qualifications

• 8+ years in infrastructure or cloud architecture roles in high-availability environments.
• Experience with platform engineering, service mesh, and secure enclave deployment.
• Familiarity with architecture risk assessments and secure design principles.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the target-state infrastructure architecture across data centres.
• Lead the roadmap for infrastructure modernization including virtualization and hybrid cloud design.
• Ensure infrastructure compliance with PCI-DSS and ISO.

Skills

Data center and cloud network architecture

Compute and virtualization

Hybrid cloud design

IaC and automation

CI/CD and infrastructure observability

Strong experience in designing high traffic, scalable, reliable infrastructure

Vendor assessment

Kubernetes cluster design

Continuous delivery and release automation

Cloud certification (AWS, Azure)

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Datadog

Splunk

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Architect to join our team. As an Infrastructure Architect, you will be responsible for designing and implementing the infrastructure architecture across data centers, cloud platforms, and edge environments. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data center and cloud network architecture, compute and virtualization, storage and backup, hybrid cloud design, IaC and automation, CI/CD and infrastructure observability. You will work closely with cross‑functional teams to ensure that our infrastructure is secure, compliant, and aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Define and maintain the target‑state infrastructure architecture across data centres, cloud platforms, and edge environments.

Lead the roadmap for infrastructure modernization including virtualization, hyperconverged systems, containerization, and network overlays.

Establish infrastructure patterns and blueprints for compute, storage, backup, disaster recovery (DR), and network architectures.

Align infrastructure strategy with enterprise architecture principles, performance objectives, and service‑level agreements (SLAs).

Drive hybrid and multi‑cloud architecture strategy across AWS, Azure, and private cloud (e.g. OpenStack, VMware).

Architect secure, compliant infrastructure‑as‑code pipelines, integrating Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.

Guide cloud landing zone design, VPC architecture, identity federation, and interconnect strategies.

Ensure observability, cost governance, and elasticity in cloud‑native workloads.

Embed security‑by‑design principles into infrastructure blueprints, including micro segmentation, encryption and zero‑trust access.

Architect HA / DR solutions across critical systems, ensuring geographic redundancy and failover readiness.

Ensure infrastructure compliance with PCI‑DSS, ISO

• and local regulatory requirements.

Support infrastructure risk assessments and penetration testing preparation.

Participate in Architecture Review Boards to assess infrastructure impact and conformance to strategy.

Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, security, and operations teams to promote infrastructure reliability and automation.

Engage with vendors, cloud providers, and technology partners for capability assessment and solutioning.

Produce and maintain infrastructure architecture documentation, standards, and runbooks.

Deliver infrastructure blueprint aligned to EA target architecture within 90 days.

Define scalable deployment topologies for critical systems (e.g., mobile money platforms, APIs, microservices clusters).

Champion use of infrastructure blueprints and reusable templates to reduce config drift and accelerate onboarding.

Enable at least 3 legacy workloads for cloud readiness with full infra‑as‑code deployment.

Design secure, multi‑cloud landing zones with federated identity, policy enforcement, and network segmentation.

Develop migration playbooks and automated cutover strategies to enable safe cloud transitions.

Deploy observability and automation across ?60% of critical systems.

Establish platform SLAs and work with Tech Ops to monitor, improve uptime and performance.

Ensure all infra configs comply with internal baselines and pass automated security scans.

Integrate infra security with SIEM, SOAR, and vulnerability tools in collaboration with cybersecurity teams.

Qualifications

8+ years in infrastructure or cloud architecture roles in high‑availability environments.

Strong background in data center and cloud network architecture, compute and virtualization, storage and backup, hybrid cloud design, IaC and automation, CI/CD and infrastructure observability.

Experience with platform engineering, service mesh, and secure enclave deployment. Familiarity with Fintech or payments‑grade infrastructure standards.

Clear understanding of layered security, zero trust, and identity federation.

Demonstrated hands‑on experience architecting infrastructure: Hybrid / multi‑cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP), container orchestration (Kubernetes), IaaS / PaaS adoption models.

Deep understanding of architectural implications for regulatory compliance frameworks (PCI‑DSS, GDPR, ISO).

Experience integrating Zero Trust Architecture, identity management (OAuth2, OpenID, SAML), and encryption protocols into enterprise design.

Familiarity with architecture risk assessments, threat modelling, and secure‑by‑design principles.

Strong experience in designing high traffic, scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure.

Understanding of cloud architecture and services (e.g., serverless computing, containerization, orchestration).

Experience leading or supporting large‑scale modernization or transformation programs (e.g., core banking revamp, mobile money overhaul, ERP replacement).

Kubernetes cluster design and day‑to‑day operations experience.

Experience integrating third‑party observability platforms (Datadog, Splunk).

Exposure to edge computing, CDN integration, and mobile backend scaling strategies.

Cloud certification (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Architect Expert).

Experience with continuous delivery and release automation processes.

Knowledge and interest in market‑leading payment technologies, suppliers and innovations.

Understanding of technical and architectural policies and ability to transform that policy into detailed technical design.

Experience in vendor assessment and technical due diligence for major platform selections.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Network Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience.

8 years technical background inclusive of infrastructure architecture experience.

Domain experience in Financial Services and Financial technologies will be an added advantage.

Has demonstrable knowledge and experience in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

How You Will Thrive

This role offers a wide range of opportunities to develop your skills and expertise in infrastructure architecture, as well as collaborate with cross‑functional teams to drive business outcomes. As an Infrastructure Architect, you will have the autonomy to design and implement innovative solutions that meet the needs of our customers and stakeholders. You will also have the opportunity to work with cutting‑edge technologies and tools, and contribute to the development of best practices and standards in infrastructure architecture. We are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive work environment that encourages professional growth and development.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for career advancement and professional development. Our company values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we strive to create a workplace culture that reflects these values. We are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates.

About Us

We are a leading organization in the field of infrastructure architecture, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions that meet the needs of our customers and stakeholders. We are passionate about using technology to drive business outcomes, and we believe that collaboration and innovation are key to achieving success. We are dedicated to creating a workplace culture that is supportive, inclusive, and rewarding, and we strive to provide our employees with the tools and resources they need to thrive in their careers.