Remote Senior Cloud Architect - Multi-Cloud & IaC Expert

Placements24; Gqeberha; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Performance bonuses

Health insurance

Retirement savings plan

Professional development budget

Conferences/global events

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect for a fully remote role in South Africa. You will design, implement, and optimize scalable, secure cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP, guiding pre-sales and post-implementation activities.

You will lead architectural design, IaC with Terraform/Ansible/CloudFormation, and work with DevOps to ensure cost-efficient, resilient solutions for diverse clients.

Qualifications

• 7+ years IT infrastructure experience with 4+ years in cloud design.
• Hands-on with AWS, Azure and/or GCP; IaC expertise.
• Knowledge of networking, security, databases, compute services.
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes and DevOps/CI-CD practices.
• Cloud certifications are a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Develop blueprints and roadmaps for cloud adoption and migration.
• Provide technical leadership to engineering during implementation.
• Ensure secure, scalable, cost-optimized architectures.
• Lead IaC using Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Collaborate with sales to translate business needs into solutions.
• Document designs, standards, and procedures.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Pre-sales support

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect for a fully remote role in South Africa. You will design, implement, and optimize scalable, secure cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP, guiding pre-sales and post-implementation activities.

You will lead architectural design, IaC with Terraform/Ansible/CloudFormation, and work with DevOps to ensure cost-efficient, resilient solutions for diverse clients.