Senior Cloud Architect - Enterprise Cloud Leader

Placements24; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Executive benefits package

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a visionary Principal Cloud Solutions Architect in Sandton, Gauteng, to lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure cloud solutions. The role combines strategic direction with hands-on leadership across AWS, Azure and GCP across a hybrid work model.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years IT experience with at least 5 years in cloud architecture, strong enterprise architecture knowledge, and excellent stakeholder communication to influence senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years focused on cloud architecture/design.
• Extensive experience on AWS, Azure and/or GCP.
• Deep knowledge of cloud-native tech, microservices, containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless.
• Strong enterprise-architecture frameworks understanding.
• Proven IaC experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates.
• Excellent networking, security and data management in cloud environments.
• Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking with strong stakeholder influence.
• Cloud certifications such as AWS/Azure are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement scalable, secure cloud solutions on major platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Define cloud strategy and roadmap with business and technical leaders.
• Provide technical leadership on cloud patterns and emerging tech.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud services to meet requirements.
• Develop reference architectures and blueprints for deployments.
• Ensure compliance with security and governance requirements.
• Lead cloud adoption and migration projects.
• Mentor engineers/architects on cloud design principles.
• Optimize for cost and performance.
• Stay updated on industry cloud trends.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder influence

Cloud strategy

Cost optimization

Security & governance

Education

Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM templates

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a visionary Principal Cloud Solutions Architect in Sandton, Gauteng, to lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure cloud solutions. The role combines strategic direction with hands-on leadership across AWS, Azure and GCP across a hybrid work model.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years IT experience with at least 5 years in cloud architecture, strong enterprise architecture knowledge, and excellent stakeholder communication to influence senior leadership.