Remote Cloud Architect: Lead Scalable, Secure Cloud

Placements24; Sandton; Remote; ZAR 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive-level salary and bonus

Fully remote position

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Stock options and incentives

Professional development budget and-in

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a visionary Cloud Solutions Architect to join their fully remote technology team. You will design, develop, and implement scalable, secure cloud-based solutions across AWS, Azure, or GCP, translating business requirements into robust architectures.

This senior role requires leadership, collaboration with engineering and security teams, and guidance on migration strategies and best practices. Proficiency in IaC and container technologies is essential to drive innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field; master's degree preferred.
• Extensive experience as a Cloud Solutions Architect or senior cloud engineer.
• Strong understanding of AWS/Azure/GCP and IaC tools.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure cloud solutions across major providers.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and security teams.
• Create architectural blueprints, specs, and deployment diagrams.
• Evaluate new cloud tech to improve performance and cost-efficiency.
• Provide leadership on cloud adoption, migration strategies, and best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure issues.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder management

Communication

Strategic thinking

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a visionary Cloud Solutions Architect to join their fully remote technology team. You will design, develop, and implement scalable, secure cloud-based solutions across AWS, Azure, or GCP, translating business requirements into robust architectures.

This senior role requires leadership, collaboration with engineering and security teams, and guidance on migration strategies and best practices. Proficiency in IaC and container technologies is essential to drive innovation.