Senior Infrastructure Architect - Hybrid Cloud & On-Prem

Placements24; East London; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive bonuses

Medical aid

Retirement fund

Generous leave

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Placements24 in East London, Eastern Cape is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Architect to design, implement and manage robust IT infrastructure. You will lead architecture for servers, networks, storage and cloud, ensuring reliability, scalability and security in a hybrid work setup.

The role requires 7+ years in IT infrastructure with cloud and on-premises experience, VMware, and strong problem-solving. Excellent collaboration across teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field.
• 7+ years IT infrastructure management and design experience.
• 3+ years in an architecture role.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and hybrid cloud.
• Strong networking, virtualization (VMware), and OS (Windows/Linux).
• Certifications (MCSE, VCP, cloud certs) are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, secure IT infrastructure solutions.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure roadmaps and standards.
• Oversee new infrastructure projects and upgrades.
• Evaluate hardware, software and cloud services.
• Ensure performance, availability and disaster recovery requirements.
• Collaborate with operations, security and development teams.
• Provide technical leadership on infrastructure matters.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues.
• Stay current with emerging infrastructure technologies.

Skills

Infrastructure design

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

VMware virtualization

Networking knowledge

Hybrid cloud experience

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

Tools

IaC tools (Terraform/Ansible)

Windows Server

Linux

Job description

Placements24 in East London, Eastern Cape is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Architect to design, implement and manage robust IT infrastructure. You will lead architecture for servers, networks, storage and cloud, ensuring reliability, scalability and security in a hybrid work setup.

The role requires 7+ years in IT infrastructure with cloud and on-premises experience, VMware, and strong problem-solving. Excellent collaboration across teams is essential.