Senior Telecom Cloud Architect - Remote, Multi-Cloud & 5G

Placements24; Mbombela (Nelspruit); Hybrid; ZAR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus package

Medical coverage

Home office stipend

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Telecom Cloud Architect to design scalable cloud-native telecom solutions for a remote-first, globally distributed team. You will shape cloud strategy, lead architecture decisions, and guide engineers across AWS, Azure, and GCP with Kubernetes and microservices.

This role emphasizes security, governance, and PoC development, with opportunities for international collaboration and continuous learning. Remote work is supported with a strong compensation package.

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field.
• 10+ years in IT infrastructure and software architecture, with 5+ years in cloud architecture.
• Extensive experience on AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Deep knowledge of cloud-native tech including Kubernetes, microservices, CI/CD, DevOps.
• Proven experience architecting telecom systems (VNF/CNF, 5G core).
• Strong networking, security, data management in cloud.
• Excellent communication and remote leadership skills.
• Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure) are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design robust, scalable, and secure cloud-native telecom solutions.
• Define cloud strategy, standards, and best practices.
• Evaluate cloud services and technologies (Kubernetes, serverless, microservices).
• Develop roadmaps to migrate telecom workloads to the cloud.
• Mentor engineers and architects; drive architectural decisions remotely.
• Create PoCs to validate architectural designs.
• Ensure security, compliance, and governance across platforms.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

DevOps

Networking

Security

VNF/CNF orchestration

5G core

Education

Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Telecommunications

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD tooling

Git/GitHub Actions

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Telecom Cloud Architect to design scalable cloud-native telecom solutions for a remote-first, globally distributed team. You will shape cloud strategy, lead architecture decisions, and guide engineers across AWS, Azure, and GCP with Kubernetes and microservices.

This role emphasizes security, governance, and PoC development, with opportunities for international collaboration and continuous learning. Remote work is supported with a strong compensation package.