Senior Cloud Architect (Hybrid) - Migrations & Security

Placements24; Paarl; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Generous PTO

Professional development budget

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Placements24 in Paarl, Western Cape, seeks an experienced Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to design, migrate, and optimize scalable cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, or GCP. The role combines strategic architecture with hands-on leadership.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with sales and customer success, and ensure security, cost-control, and compliance for client deployments in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years in IT infrastructure and cloud computing, with at least 5 years in cloud architecture.
• Proven design/implementation experience on AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect robust, scalable, and secure cloud-native solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Lead complex cloud migration projects with minimal business disruption.
• Develop and document cloud architecture blueprints, roadmaps, and best practices.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Hybrid cloud

Cloud security

IaC

Containerization

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Eng/IT

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 in Paarl, Western Cape, seeks an experienced Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to design, migrate, and optimize scalable cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, or GCP. The role combines strategic architecture with hands-on leadership.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with sales and customer success, and ensure security, cost-control, and compliance for client deployments in a hybrid work setting.