Remote Senior Cloud Architect — Enterprise-Scale Solutions

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

Benefits offered by this job

Executive salary

Health insurance

Remote work

Bonuses

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Solutions Architect for a fully remote role serving enterprise clients. The position emphasizes designing and delivering scalable cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with migration planning and security governance.

Strong leadership and stakeholder communication are essential for success in a remote-first environment. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in IT architecture, 5+ years in cloud architecture, and relevant certifications, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of IT architecture experience, with at least 5 years in cloud solutions architecture.
• Proven expertise in designing and deploying solutions on AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, compute, and databases.
• Strong knowledge of security, IAM, and compliance in cloud environments.
• Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud strategies and implementations.
• Excellent DevOps understanding, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving and strategic thinking abilities.
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management, especially remotely.

Responsibilities

• Design robust, scalable, and secure cloud solutions across multiple cloud platforms.
• Develop migration strategies and roadmaps for cloud adoption.
• Lead technical discussions and translate business needs into cloud architectures.
• Guide cloud-native tech, microservices, serverless, and containerization.
• Define and implement cloud security, compliance, and governance models.
• Oversee deployment of cloud solutions aligned with architecture.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams for integration.
• Evaluate new cloud technologies to enhance client solutions.
• Create architectural documentation, diagrams, and proposals.
• Act as trusted advisor guiding clients through cloud journeys.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Hybrid/multi-cloud

Security principles

DevOps

CI/CD

Infrastructure as code

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Solutions Architect for a fully remote role serving enterprise clients. The position emphasizes designing and delivering scalable cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with migration planning and security governance.

Strong leadership and stakeholder communication are essential for success in a remote-first environment. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in IT architecture, 5+ years in cloud architecture, and relevant certifications, with