Cloud Solutions Architect: Azure & AWS, FinOps Leader

Alexforbes; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexforbes seeks an experienced Solution Architect with cloud experience to design, develop, and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-based solutions aligned to business strategy and enterprise architecture objectives.

You will translate business requirements into modern architecture, ensuring governance, security, performance, and sustainability, with expertise in Azure and/or AWS, cloud migration, application modernization, and FinOps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or a related field (NQF 7)
• TOGAF Certification
• Nice to have - Postgraduate qualification in Information Technology or related field (NQF 8)
• Minimum 10 years’ overall IT industry experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a Solution Architect role. Cloud experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide architecture leadership across complex technology initiatives.
• Design end-to-end technical solutions aligned with business objectives and enterprise architecture principles.
• Lead cloud adoption, migration, and modernisation initiatives.
• Ensure governance, security, and operational sustainability of solutions.
• Mentor architects, developers, analysts, and engineering teams.
• Promote innovation and knowledge sharing within the organisation.

Skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Architecture governance

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field

TOGAF Certification

Postgraduate qualification (NQF 8)

Job description

Alexforbes seeks an experienced Solution Architect with cloud experience to design, develop, and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-based solutions aligned to business strategy and enterprise architecture objectives.

You will translate business requirements into modern architecture, ensuring governance, security, performance, and sustainability, with expertise in Azure and/or AWS, cloud migration, application modernization, and FinOps.