Senior Remote Cloud Networking Engineer

Placements24; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Flexible working hours

Home office setup allowance

Health insurance

Professional certifications

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Cloud Network Engineer to join a fully remote team. You will design, implement, and manage scalable cloud networking across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring high availability and security.

You will automate provisioning with Terraform/Ansible, collaborate with distributed teams, and optimize performance in hybrid/multi-cloud setups. Strong focus on remote collaboration and continuous learning.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in network engineering with a focus on cloud networking.
• Hands-on with AWS, Azure, and GCP and their networking services.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or Python.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VPNs, and network security.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain secure and scalable network infrastructure on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Implement and manage VPCs, subnets, routing, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Develop and automate network provisioning using IaC tools.
• Monitor network performance and optimize latency and throughput.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues across multi-cloud environments.

Skills

Cloud networking

Terraform

Ansible

Python

BGP

OSPF

VPNs

Kubernetes networking

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Cloud Network Engineer to join a fully remote team. You will design, implement, and manage scalable cloud networking across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring high availability and security.

You will automate provisioning with Terraform/Ansible, collaborate with distributed teams, and optimize performance in hybrid/multi-cloud setups. Strong focus on remote collaboration and continuous learning.