Remote Cloud Network Engineer - Scale Global Telecoms

Placements24; Soweto; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Flexible working hours

Professional growth & certifications

Exposure to telecom cloud infra

Collaborative remote culture

Job summary

Placements24 in South Africa seeks an experienced Cloud Network Engineer to design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud networks for a global telecom-led user base. This fully remote role offers a remote-first environment and opportunities to work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will build VPCs, subnets, IAM-like policies, and network security, automate provisioning with Python, Ansible, and Terraform, and collaborate with distributed security and engineering teams to ensure high

Qualifications

• 5+ years in network engineering with cloud focus.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on with AWS, Azure, and GCP networking services.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud network architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Implement VPCs, subnets, security groups, and load balancers.
• Automate provisioning and config with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, Python).
• Monitor performance, ensure high availability, and minimize latency.
• Enforce cloud network security policies and best practices.
• Troubleshoot issues across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Skills

Network engineering

Cloud networking

TCP/IP

BGP

DNS

VPNs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 in South Africa seeks an experienced Cloud Network Engineer to design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud networks for a global telecom-led user base. This fully remote role offers a remote-first environment and opportunities to work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will build VPCs, subnets, IAM-like policies, and network security, automate provisioning with Python, Ansible, and Terraform, and collaborate with distributed security and engineering teams to ensure high