Senior Cloud Systems Administrator — Remote (SA)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Performance bonuses

Cloud certification opportunities

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Administrator with a strong cloud focus. This fully remote SA role supports a distributed team across South Africa, while operating with an operational hub near Upington, Northern Cape.

You will optimize cloud infrastructure, implement monitoring, and collaborate with developers to streamline deployments. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in systems administration, expertise across AWS/Azure/GCP, scripting, and virtualization, with strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years as Systems Administrator with a cloud focus.
• Hands-on with AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Proficient in Bash, PowerShell or Python scripting.
• Strong Linux and Windows Server knowledge.
• Experience with virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V).
• Networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs).
• Familiar with Docker and Kubernetes; monitoring tools expertise.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Deploy, configure, and manage cloud servers, storage, and networks.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
• Automate routine tasks via scripting.
• Ensure security and data integrity of cloud systems.
• Manage user accounts, permissions and access controls.
• Apply patches and tune performance; troubleshoot issues.
• Document systems and procedures; disaster recovery planning.
• Collaborate with development teams for deployments.

Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Scripting (Bash/PowerShell/Python)

Linux & Windows Server admin

VMware/Hyper-V virtualization

Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs)

Docker/Kubernetes

Monitoring (Nagios/Zabbix/Prometheus)

Remote work & communication

Education

Bachelors in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Docker

Kubernetes

Nagios

Zabbix

Prometheus

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Administrator with a strong cloud focus. This fully remote SA role supports a distributed team across South Africa, while operating with an operational hub near Upington, Northern Cape.

You will optimize cloud infrastructure, implement monitoring, and collaborate with developers to streamline deployments. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in systems administration, expertise across AWS/Azure/GCP, scripting, and virtualization, with strong