Senior Cloud Network Architect — Remote

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

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work arrangement

Health insurance

Training and certifications budget

Global distributed team

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloud Network Engineer to join a globally distributed, remote-first team. You will design, implement, and manage secure, scalable cloud networking infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring high performance and reliability.

You will automate provisioning with IaC, collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams, harden cloud networks against threats, and optimize routing, subnets, and load balancing to support mission-critical applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years in network engineering with a strong cloud focus.
• Deep expertise in virtual networks, subnets, routing and load balancing in AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform/Ansible) and scripting (Python).
• Strong cloud network security practices and incident response awareness.
• Experience with containers and cloud networking concepts (Docker/Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud network solutions on major cloud platforms.
• Implement and manage network security controls, including firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS in cloud.
• Optimize network performance, latency, and throughput for cloud apps and services.
• Develop and automate network provisioning and management tasks using IaC.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues in distributed cloud environments and resolve quickly.
• Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, and app teams to ensure seamless integration.

Skills

Cloud networking

Network engineering

Security best practices

Collaboration with DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloud Network Engineer to join a globally distributed, remote-first team. You will design, implement, and manage secure, scalable cloud networking infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring high performance and reliability.

You will automate provisioning with IaC, collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams, harden cloud networks against threats, and optimize routing, subnets, and load balancing to support mission-critical applications.