Senior Cloud Solutions Architect — Remote, Multi-Cloud

Placements24; Rustenburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,100,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Provident fund

Paid time off

Professional development budget

Fully remote work

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to join a globally distributed team. This fully remote role is based in South Africa and focuses on designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP for a global user base.

The ideal candidate will lead Infrastructure as Code initiatives, uphold security best practices, and collaborate with development and operations to deliver robust cloud solutions while guiding junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure.
• Proven experience with IaC tools and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong networking, security, and database knowledge in cloud contexts.
• Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, fault-tolerant cloud solutions across providers.
• Lead IaC implementation with Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM.
• Migrate on-premises apps to the cloud.
• Enforce cloud security best practices and data protection.
• Optimize resource usage and manage costs.
• Provide technical leadership to engineers and operations teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infra issues.
• Evaluate and adopt new cloud technologies.

Skills

Cloud architecture

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM)

CI/CD pipelines

Docker/Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Security best practices

Networking & databases in cloud

Remote work management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM templates

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect to join a globally distributed team. This fully remote role is based in South Africa and focuses on designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP for a global user base.

The ideal candidate will lead Infrastructure as Code initiatives, uphold security best practices, and collaborate with development and operations to deliver robust cloud solutions while guiding junior engineers.