Senior Infrastructure Solutions Architect (Hybrid Cloud)

Placements24; South Africa; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical aid

Life cover

Professional development

Certifications support

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Placements24 invites a Senior Solutions Architect (Infrastructure) to join our client’s rapidly expanding IT consulting team in a hybrid role based in Tembisa, Gauteng. You will design scalable infrastructure spanning on‑prem, cloud, and hybrid environments, while leading client engagements and mentoring engineers.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in infrastructure design, cloud experience, and strong virtualization/networking skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in infrastructure design and architecture.
• Experience designing hybrid cloud solutions.
• Strong knowledge of virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V) and networking.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement comprehensive infrastructure solutions across servers, storage, networking, and virtualization.
• Architect and deploy cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Lead client engagements from discovery to delivery and provide technical leadership.
• Create architectural documentation and diagrams for proposals.
• Mentor junior infrastructure engineers and ensure security and performance.

Skills

Infrastructure design

Hybrid cloud

Virtualization

Networking

PowerShell/Bash

Storage & data protection

Client-facing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 invites a Senior Solutions Architect (Infrastructure) to join our client’s rapidly expanding IT consulting team in a hybrid role based in Tembisa, Gauteng. You will design scalable infrastructure spanning on‑prem, cloud, and hybrid environments, while leading client engagements and mentoring engineers.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in infrastructure design, cloud experience, and strong virtualization/networking skills.