Remote Senior Cloud Architect – Multi-Cloud & IaC Expert

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

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Retirement annuity

Performance-based bonuses

Remote-first work setup

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Senior Cloud Architect to design, implement and manage scalable cloud solutions for diverse clients. The role emphasizes AWS/Azure/GCP with IaC, security, and cost optimization in a remote setting.

You will lead architecture efforts, guide migrations, and collaborate across distributed teams while maintaining high performance and strong governance. A senior, hands-on expert is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, IT or related field.
• 7+ years of experience designing, deploying and managing cloud solutions.
• Extensive experience with AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Proficient in IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Strong networking, security and containerization knowledge (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Excellent problem solving and communication, able to work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable, highly available cloud infrastructures.
• Develop and implement cloud strategies, architectures and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership on cloud-native solutions and migration strategies.
• Collaborate with development, operations and security teams for seamless deployments.
• Optimize cloud environments for performance, cost and security.
• Mentor junior cloud engineers and share knowledge.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Multi-cloud

AWS/Azure/GCP

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Networking

Security

CI/CD

Remote work

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IT

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Senior Cloud Architect to design, implement and manage scalable cloud solutions for diverse clients. The role emphasizes AWS/Azure/GCP with IaC, security, and cost optimization in a remote setting.

You will lead architecture efforts, guide migrations, and collaborate across distributed teams while maintaining high performance and strong governance. A senior, hands-on expert is required.