Senior Cloud Solutions Architect: Lead Scalable, Secure Cloud Strategy

Placements24; Mtubatuba Local Municipality; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Executive health benefits

Annual bonus

Career growth opportunities

Leadership visibility in Richards Bay

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to lead design and implementation of scalable cloud infrastructures in Richards Bay. You will architect robust, secure, cost‑effective solutions and drive cloud strategy with engineering, product and business teams.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in IT, 5+ years in cloud architecture, and strong experience with AWS, Azure or GCP, plus IaC (Terraform/Ansible) and container tech (Docker/Kubernetes).

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT infrastructure with 5+ years in cloud architecture.
• Proven experience designing and deploying on AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, compute and databases.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end cloud solutions across multiple platforms.
• Develop roadmaps for cloud adoption, migration, and optimization.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to implement architectural designs.
• Define cloud governance, security standards, and best practices.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to lead design and implementation of scalable cloud infrastructures in Richards Bay. You will architect robust, secure, cost‑effective solutions and drive cloud strategy with engineering, product and business teams.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in IT, 5+ years in cloud architecture, and strong experience with AWS, Azure or GCP, plus IaC (Terraform/Ansible) and container tech (Docker/Kubernetes).