Remote Lead Cloud Architect: Strategy & Migrations

Placements24; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work arrangement

Competitive salary package

Professional development budget

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a visionary Lead Cloud Architect to spearhead their cloud strategy and infrastructure development. This fully remote role offers the chance to design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will drive architectural standards, lead cloud adoption, and ensure reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency of digital assets. A 7+ year track record in cloud architecture and strong leadership are essential, with the ability to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of cloud architecture design and implementation experience
• Proven track record of cloud migrations
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent
• Strong networking, security, IaC, and DevOps knowledge

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Develop architectural standards and blueprints for cloud deployments.
• Lead the migration of on-premises applications to the cloud.
• Provide technical leadership to engineering teams on cloud technologies.
• Ensure security, compliance and cost optimization of cloud resources.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into cloud plans.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Cloud security

IaC

Docker/Kubernetes

DevOps

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a visionary Lead Cloud Architect to spearhead their cloud strategy and infrastructure development. This fully remote role offers the chance to design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will drive architectural standards, lead cloud adoption, and ensure reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency of digital assets. A 7+ year track record in cloud architecture and strong leadership are essential, with the ability to