Cloud Architecture & Delivery Lead (Hands-On)

Samloryxconsultancy; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Samloryxconsultancy is seeking an experienced architect-lead who remains hands-on and can shape system designs for client engagements. You will own architecture decisions, estimate delivery, and define the sequence of work while guiding a small engineering team.

You will stay involved in coding about half the time, and design cloud solutions on AWS or Azure with attention to cost, security, and operations. This three-year contract demands clear client communication.

Qualifications

• Around 12 years in software engineering with several of those leading technical delivery.
• Deep Java and Spring Boot with ability to explain system design to non-technical clients.
• Strong cloud architecture experience on AWS or Azure, including cost control.
• Proven ownership of a system end to end, from design through production support.
• Experience mentoring engineers and giving constructive feedback.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and technical direction of client systems, and write the decisions down
• Lead a small team of engineers: sequencing work, reviewing code, and raising the standard
• Stay hands-on: roughly half the role involves writing production code
• Design cloud architecture across AWS and Azure, including cost, security and operational reality
• Run the delivery conversation with clients directly, including scope and timelines
• Give honest estimates and flag slippage early
• Set and hold the quality bar: testing, pipelines, and handover that actually works

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Cloud architecture

Team leadership

Client engagement

Cost optimization

Kubernetes

Terraform

Kafka

Polyglot backend

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Samloryxconsultancy is seeking an experienced architect-lead who remains hands-on and can shape system designs for client engagements. You will own architecture decisions, estimate delivery, and define the sequence of work while guiding a small engineering team.

You will stay involved in coding about half the time, and design cloud solutions on AWS or Azure with attention to cost, security, and operations. This three-year contract demands clear client communication.