Principal Cloud Architect — Scale, Secure & Automate

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High salary & incentives

Executive health benefits

Stock options / equity grants

Professional development budget

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the Cloud Infrastructure team in Pretoria. You will architect scalable, secure cloud platforms, drive technical strategy, and mentor engineers.

In this senior role, you will own infrastructure design, champion automation with Terraform/CloudFormation, and ensure reliability and performance while supporting rapid growth. You will collaborate with product teams, oversee CI/CD pipelines, and codify engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with cloud infrastructure
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS or Engineering
• Expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Strong Python/Go/Java coding skills
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Proven CI/CD and automation experience

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Automate deployment, monitoring, and management of cloud resources.
• Troubleshoot complex system issues and performance bottlenecks in production environments.
• Define and enforce engineering best practices for cloud development and operations.
• Lead technical design reviews and mentor junior and senior engineers.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Automation

Mentoring

CI/CD

Python

Go

Java

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the Cloud Infrastructure team in Pretoria. You will architect scalable, secure cloud platforms, drive technical strategy, and mentor engineers.

In this senior role, you will own infrastructure design, champion automation with Terraform/CloudFormation, and ensure reliability and performance while supporting rapid growth. You will collaborate with product teams, oversee CI/CD pipelines, and codify engineering best practices.