Senior Cloud Architect: Remote AWS/Azure Lead

Placements24; Vereeniging; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Home office stipend

Flexible hours

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Architect to join a remote-first team delivering scalable, secure cloud solutions on AWS and Azure. You will define cloud strategy, govern architectures, and mentor engineers across the globe from your home office.

Qualifications include 7+ years in IT infrastructure and cloud, Terraform or CloudFormation, and strong security practices. The regional team is based near Vereeniging, South Africa.

Qualifications

• 7+ years IT infrastructure and cloud computing experience.
• Proven AWS and Azure implementations.
• Strong security and governance knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud solutions on AWS and Azure.
• Develop cloud architecture blueprints, standards, and best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering teams for cloud migrations and deployments.
• Provide technical leadership on cloud technologies and strategies.
• Evaluate and adopt new cloud services to optimize performance.
• Enforce cloud security policies and compliance requirements.
• Develop disaster recovery and business continuity plans for cloud environments.
• Lead and mentor junior cloud engineers and architects.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Azure

CI/CD

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Architect to join a remote-first team delivering scalable, secure cloud solutions on AWS and Azure. You will define cloud strategy, govern architectures, and mentor engineers across the globe from your home office.

Qualifications include 7+ years in IT infrastructure and cloud, Terraform or CloudFormation, and strong security practices. The regional team is based near Vereeniging, South Africa.