Senior Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure Architect

Optimal Growth Technologies; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect to define and maintain target-state architecture across data centers and cloud environments. The role involves leading modernization roadmaps and ensuring security principles are embedded within infrastructure designs. The ideal candidate has over 8 years in cloud architecture, experience with CI/CD automation, and familiarity with fintech standards. This role offers opportunities for significant impact in cloud transformation projects.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in infrastructure or cloud architecture roles in high-availability environments.
• Strong background in cloud network architecture and hybrid cloud design.
• Experience with Fintech or payments-grade infrastructure standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain target-state infrastructure architecture across various platforms.
• Lead roadmap for infrastructure modernization.
• Ensure observability, cost governance, and elasticity in cloud-native workloads.

Skills

Infrastructure and cloud architecture

Security principles

Collaboration with DevOps and SRE teams

Cloud services (AWS, Azure)

Containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes)

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD tools

Datadog

Splunk

Job description

A leading technology firm in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect to define and maintain target-state architecture across data centers and cloud environments. The role involves leading modernization roadmaps and ensuring security principles are embedded within infrastructure designs. The ideal candidate has over 8 years in cloud architecture, experience with CI/CD automation, and familiarity with fintech standards. This role offers opportunities for significant impact in cloud transformation projects.