Senior AWS Cloud Architect - Remote & Impactful

Placements24; Durban; Hybrid; ZAR 1.976.000 - 2.964.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary

Flexible remote work

Health insurance coverage

Retirement savings plan

Generous paid time off and holidays

Professional development opportunities

Home office equipment stipend

Company laptop and licenses

Virtual team-building events

Zusammenfassung

WhatJobs Direct is seeking a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to lead AWS-centric cloud initiatives in a remote-first team. You will design, deploy, and optimize scalable, secure cloud infrastructure that aligns with business goals while guiding engineering and ops across time zones.

You will own architectural blueprints, drive migration roadmaps, enforce best practices, optimize costs, and document configurations.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field.
• Proven AWS-focused Cloud Solutions Architect experience.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation.
• Experience designing microservices, containers, and serverless.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• CI/CD and DevOps experience.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical and communication skills.
• Remote work experience and self-management valued.
• AWS certifications desirable.
• Experience working in a fully remote capacity is a strong plus.

Aufgaben

• Design and implement cloud solutions on AWS with scalability, security, and reliability.
• Develop architectural blueprints and roadmaps for migration, adoption, and optimization.
• Provide technical leadership on cloud best practices, services, and technologies.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to deploy cloud-native applications.
• Perform cost analysis and implement cost optimization for AWS resources.
• Define and enforce security standards and compliance in the cloud environment.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure issues and provide timely resolution.
• Evaluate and recommend new AWS services and technologies.
• Document cloud architecture, processes, and configurations.

Kenntnisse

AWS expertise

Microservices architecture

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation)

CI/CD & DevOps

Problem-solving & communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Jobbeschreibung

WhatJobs Direct is seeking a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to lead AWS-centric cloud initiatives in a remote-first team. You will design, deploy, and optimize scalable, secure cloud infrastructure that aligns with business goals while guiding engineering and ops across time zones.

You will own architectural blueprints, drive migration roadmaps, enforce best practices, optimize costs, and document configurations.