Remote Senior Cloud Architect: Multi-Cloud & IaC Leader

Placements24; Mossel Bay; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical aid

Home office setup allowance

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to design, implement and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure for global clients from Mossel Bay, Western Cape. You will translate complex business needs into robust solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Lead IaC efforts with Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM, ensure security and cost optimization, and mentor engineering teams while staying current with industry trends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or engineering required; master's preferred.
• 8+ years IT infra experience with 5+ in cloud architecture.
• Proven AWS/Azure/GCP design and deployment experience.
• Strong IaC, containerization, and security expertise.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, highly available cloud solutions across AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Lead evaluation and selection of cloud services and tools.
• Create migration plans and IaC implementations.
• Enforce security, compliance and cost optimization practices.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance.
• Address complex cloud issues and collaborate with sales teams.
• Stay current with cloud trends and new services.

Skills

Cloud architecture

IaC & automation

Security & compliance

Multi-cloud strategy

Strong communication

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree (plus)

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM templates

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to design, implement and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure for global clients from Mossel Bay, Western Cape. You will translate complex business needs into robust solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Lead IaC efforts with Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM, ensure security and cost optimization, and mentor engineering teams while staying current with industry trends.