Senior AWS Cloud Architect for Enterprise Migrations

Placements24; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance bonuses

Health insurance

Training & certs

Career advancement

Team events

Paid leave

Job summary

Placements24 in Pretoria is seeking an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect specializing in AWS to design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure for enterprise clients. You will translate business goals into robust cloud strategies and guide migrations with a hands-on leadership approach.

The ideal candidate holds 7+ years in IT infrastructure and 5+ years AWS design/implementation, with strong IaC, networking, security, and client-facing communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or related field.
• 7+ years of IT infrastructure and solutions architecture experience.
• 5+ years hands-on experience designing/implementing solutions on AWS.
• In-depth knowledge of core AWS services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda.
• Experience with cloud networking, security best practices, and compliance.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent communication, presentation, and client-facing skills.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and provide effective solutions.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect robust, scalable, and secure cloud solutions using AWS services.
• Develop migration strategies and roadmaps for moving workloads to AWS.
• Provide technical leadership to development and operations teams.
• Collaborate with clients to gather requirements and propose optimal cloud solutions.
• Implement and manage compute, storage, networking, and security.
• Optimize cloud environments for cost, performance, and reliability.
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide improvement recommendations.
• Develop and maintain documentation for cloud architectures and configurations.
• Stay up-to-date with AWS services and best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues.

Skills

AWS

Cloud-native architectures

Migration strategies

Leadership

Client-facing communication

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Security best practices

Compliance

EC2

S3

VPC

IAM

RDS

Lambda

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 in Pretoria is seeking an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect specializing in AWS to design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure for enterprise clients. You will translate business goals into robust cloud strategies and guide migrations with a hands-on leadership approach.

The ideal candidate holds 7+ years in IT infrastructure and 5+ years AWS design/implementation, with strong IaC, networking, security, and client-facing communication skills.