Remote Senior Cloud Architect – FinTech & Security

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Remote work flexibility

Learning opportunities and training

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect for a fully remote role in South Africa. The candidate will design and manage scalable cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP with a focus on financial services requirements, security, and disaster recovery.

Strong leadership, communication, and IaC experience are essential. You will work closely with engineering, product, and security teams to ensure cloud architectures meet stringent regulatory standards while enabling high

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years IT infrastructure experience with cloud architecture focus (min 5 years in senior architect role).
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider (AWS/Azure/GCP) and their services.
• Experience with high availability, DR, security, and compliance in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Design robust, scalable, and secure cloud-native solutions on AWS/Azure/GCP for financial platforms.
• Lead cloud infrastructure strategies, migrations, cost optimization, and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to ensure scalable, reliable applications.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Security & compliance

Networking

IaC & automation

Leadership & collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM templates

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect for a fully remote role in South Africa. The candidate will design and manage scalable cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP with a focus on financial services requirements, security, and disaster recovery.

Strong leadership, communication, and IaC experience are essential. You will work closely with engineering, product, and security teams to ensure cloud architectures meet stringent regulatory standards while enabling high