Remote Senior Cloud Architect — Lead Multi-Cloud & DevOps

Placements24; Noord-Kaap; Remote; ZAR 2,001,000 - 3,001,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full remote work flexibility

Competitive salary and bonuses

Professional growth and certifications

Global collaboration across time zones

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to design, develop, and implement scalable, secure cloud solutions for enterprise clients. The role is fully remote, requiring collaboration across time zones and strong communication skills.

You will lead architecture strategy, mentor engineers, and drive digital transformation using AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with emphasis on microservices, containers, serverless, and DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years IT architecture experience, 5+ years in cloud solutions architecture.
• Proven design/deploy experience on at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP), multi-cloud preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, secure cloud-native solutions on AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Lead requirements assessment and translate into cloud architecture roadmaps.
• Define best practices for cloud infrastructure, security, DR, HA, and cost optimization.
• Create architectural blueprints, specs, and POCs for cloud solutions.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams for seamless deployment.
• Provide technical leadership on cloud tech, microservices, containers, and serverless computing.
• Evaluate new cloud tech and services to enhance solutions.
• Perform performance tuning and root-cause analysis for cloud environments.
• Mentor junior architects and engineers; foster continuous learning.
• Stay updated on cloud trends, tech, and DevOps best practices.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Multi-cloud

DevOps practices

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud security

Communication

Architectural leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

IaC tooling

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to design, develop, and implement scalable, secure cloud solutions for enterprise clients. The role is fully remote, requiring collaboration across time zones and strong communication skills.

You will lead architecture strategy, mentor engineers, and drive digital transformation using AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with emphasis on microservices, containers, serverless, and DevOps practices.