Senior Cloud Network Engineer - Remote (South Africa)

Placements24; Polokwane; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical coverage

Retirement plan

Professional development budget

Job summary

Placements24, on behalf of a leading telecommunications innovator in South Africa, seeks a Senior Cloud Network Engineer for a fully remote role. You will design, implement, and manage cloud-based network infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring security, scalability, and high availability.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in network engineering with cloud focus, strong IaC experience (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), and relevant cloud certifications.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in network engineering with cloud networking focus.
• Experience deploying complex networks on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Proficient in IaC tools: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain secure, scalable cloud network infrastructure.
• Implement VPCs, subnets, routing, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Automate provisioning and configuration using IaC tools.
• Ensure connectivity between on‑prem and cloud in hybrid setups.
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot, and optimize for low latency.
• Document architectures and operational procedures.

Skills

Cloud networking

Network design

Automation/IaC

Remote collaboration

Troubleshooting/monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24, on behalf of a leading telecommunications innovator in South Africa, seeks a Senior Cloud Network Engineer for a fully remote role. You will design, implement, and manage cloud-based network infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring security, scalability, and high availability.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in network engineering with cloud focus, strong IaC experience (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), and relevant cloud certifications.