Infrastructure Architect

Paracon; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking an experienced Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions Architect in Johannesburg. The role focuses on defining and leading the infrastructure strategy across various environments, implementing secure and scalable solutions. Candidates should possess significant cloud architecture experience and relevant qualifications. This position offers a hybrid working model and is suited for a senior professional.

Qualifications

• 8 years in infrastructure/cloud architecture in complex environments.
• Strong experience with multi-cloud environments including AWS and Azure.
• Proficiency in container orchestration, service mesh and infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain infrastructure architecture across environments.
• Architect and manage hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform.

Skills

Ruby

Disaster Recovery

Active Directory

Cloud

IaaS

PowerShell

AWS

Infrastructure

Linux

VPN

Hyper-V

VM

IP

Identity

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Paracon

Duties & Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions Architect

We are seeking a highly skilled Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions Architect to define and lead the organizations infrastructure strategy across data centers cloud platforms and edge environments. This individual will architect secure resilient and scalable solutions supporting hybrid and multi-cloud environments with a strong focus on automation compliance and performance.

Key Responsibilities :

Infrastructure Architecture & Planning :

• Define and maintain target-state infrastructure architecture across on-premises cloud and edge environments.
• Lead the roadmap for infrastructure modernization including virtualization hyperconverged infrastructure containerization and network overlays.
• Develop infrastructure blueprints and patterns for compute storage backup disaster recovery and network services.
• Align infrastructure strategies with enterprise architecture principles performance objectives and SLAs.

Cloud and Hybrid Enablement :

Architect and manage hybrid and multi-cloud environments using AWS Azure and private cloud platforms.

Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) pipelines using tools like Terraform Ansible etc.

Design cloud landing zones VPC architectures identity federation and interconnect strategies.

Ensure cloud workloads are observable cost-efficient and scalable.

Security Resilience & Compliance :

Embed security-by-design principles such as zero trust micro-segmentation encryption and access control.

Design and implement HA / DR solutions ensuring geographic redundancy and business continuity.

Ensure infrastructure is compliant with industry standards and regulatory frameworks such as PCI-DSS ISO 27001 and GDPR.

Support security initiatives including risk assessments penetration testing and secure-by-design reviews.

Governance & Collaboration :

Participate in architecture governance boards and ensure solutions align with broader IT strategy.

Collaborate with DevOps SRE security and operations teams to enhance platform reliability and automation.

Maintain architecture documentation runbooks and technical standards.

Liaise with vendors technology partners and cloud providers to evaluate and implement new solutions.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) :

Delivery of infrastructure blueprint aligned with enterprise architecture within the first 90 days.

Cloud readiness enablement for legacy workloads via IaC deployments.

Deployment of observability tooling and SLAs across critical platforms.

Reduction in configuration drift through reusable templates and blueprints.

Secure and compliant cloud migration playbooks and automated cutover strategies.

Technical Experience & Skills :

8 years in infrastructure and / or cloud architecture in complex high-availability environments.

Strong experience across compute storage virtualization cloud network architecture and disaster recovery.

Proficiency with hybrid and multi-cloud environments including AWS Azure and private cloud.

Hands-on experience with container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes) platform engineering service mesh and secure enclave deployments.

Deep understanding of infrastructure automation (IaC) CI / CD pipelines and infrastructure observability.

Knowledge of layered security identity federation and Zero Trust Architecture.

Experience with compliance frameworks such as PCI-DSS ISO 27001 GDPR.

Experience in designing scalable and resilient infrastructure for high-traffic platforms.

Strong understanding of secure cloud architecture including federated identity encryption and compliance tooling.

Desirable :

Kubernetes cluster design and operations experience.

Integration experience with observability platforms like Datadog or Splunk.

Familiarity with edge computing CDN strategies and backend scaling techniques.

Relevant cloud certifications (AWS Azure or GCP).

Experience with continuous delivery automated release management and DevSecOps practices.

Domain experience in Financial Services or FinTech is a strong plus.

Experience with vendor assessment and due diligence for technology selection.

Qualifications :

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Systems Network Engineering or a related field.

Equivalent work experience will also be considered.

Agile and Waterfall delivery experience.

Location :

Johannesburg Gauteng

Workplace Type :

Hybrid

Job Type :

Contract

Experience Type :

Senior

If you have what it takes please reach out to Kivara Rajgopal on or

Key Skills

Ruby,Disaster Recovery,Active Directory,SOA,Cloud,IaaS,PowerShell,AWS,Infrastructure,Linux,VPN,Hyper-V,VM,IP,Identity

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1