Remote Lead Cloud Architect - Telecom & Cloud Strategy

Placements24; Mtubatuba Local Municipality; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Remote work across SA

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Generous annual leave

Professional development budget

Home office equipment

Job summary

Placements24 invites a seasoned Lead Cloud Solutions Architect to drive strategic cloud initiatives for telecom/digital transformations. This remote role supports operations across South Africa, translating business needs into scalable, secure cloud designs.

You will guide the adoption of AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, lead cloud governance, mentor engineers, and ensure cost-efficient solutions while maintaining security and compliance across environments.

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years IT experience with 5+ years in cloud architecture/design.
• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and microservices.
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with telecom network principles is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable, high-availability cloud solutions on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Lead cloud adoption strategy and migrations.
• Define cloud architecture requirements and translate into designs.
• Enforce cloud governance, security policies and best practices.
• Evaluate new cloud services to improve performance and reduce costs.
• Provide technical leadership to cloud engineering teams.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infra issues and implement solutions.
• Ensure regulatory and data privacy compliance in cloud environments.
• Create documentation for architectures and operations.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Containerization

Microservices

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

Networking in cloud

Security governance

Cloud security

Education

Master's or Bachelor's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Placements24 invites a seasoned Lead Cloud Solutions Architect to drive strategic cloud initiatives for telecom/digital transformations. This remote role supports operations across South Africa, translating business needs into scalable, secure cloud designs.

You will guide the adoption of AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, lead cloud governance, mentor engineers, and ensure cost-efficient solutions while maintaining security and compliance across environments.