Solutions Architect - Cloud Platforms

Boardroom Appointments; Durban; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in South Africa is looking for a Solutions Architect to design and implement Cloud Platforms. The role involves collaboration with development teams, technical design, and documentation of cloud solutions. Candidates should possess extensive experience with AWS or Azure and have a background in software architecture and cloud technologies. This position requires strong mentorship abilities to guide global IT teams. Join to help shape and deliver cloud-based solutions that drive business transformation.

Qualifications

• 10 years of IT experience.
• 6 years working on designing and maintaining Cloud Solutions.
• AWS or Azure certifications in IAAS, DEVOPS, Containerization.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support cloud solutions.
• Document Cloud Technical landscape.
• Develop migration plans for Cloud transition.
• Educate users on Cloud solutions.

Skills

Cloud Technologies

Software Architecture

Continuous Integration Tools

Web Application Security

Technical Design and Documentation

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or diploma in Information Technology

Tools

AWS

Azure

Terraform

GIT

GITHUB

Job description

About the job Solutions Architect - Cloud Platforms

Key purpose:

As a Solutions Architect, you'll be responsible for the design and implementation of our Cloud Platforms. You will work closely with development teams to ensure that they are implementing solutions in line with the latest industry standards. You should have experience working on cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS and understand how these platforms work. We're looking for candidates who can articulate technical solutions clearly so that everyone understands what is being achieved. This role will involve helping to build new products, improve existing products and define future product roadmaps through design thinking processes (User Experience Design & User Research). The candidate must have demonstrable skills in software architecture, cloud technologies, continuous integration tools such as Jenkins / TeamCity / Bamboo etc., web application security practices including automated code.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Technical design, build and support cloud solutions to meet current and future business needs
• Document the as is Cloud Technical landscape to identify opportunities to improve and optimize
• Develop a technical blueprint and guidelines for consuming Cloud Services
• Develop migration plans to transition on premise workloads into Cloud
• Develop a decision tree to assist in choosing the right cloud platform for each use case
• Assist with technical roadmaps and approaches for delivering technology and transformation
• Work closely with our vendors to deliver solutions to our clients
• Educate and be a change adoption agent for our business to utilize cloud solutions effectively
• Develop and inform our users around the technical use cases for Cloud solutions
• Drive the execution of key project delivery and bring technology strategy to life
• Identify opportunities to improve ways of work using cloud solutions through automation
• Mentor and train our global IT Teams on Cloud Solutions
• Maintain an IT Asset list of all cloud purchased products, user license allocation to optimize spend and maintain software license inventory for audit and compliance purposes
• Ensure proposed solutions are highly available
• Develop and maintain documentation, e.g., Policies, Standards, Processes, Design Specification, As Built documentation
• Develop and test disaster recovery plan/s where applicable at least annually for cloud deployed solutions
• Enforce Security by Design principle when designing, installing, and maintaining all cloud servicesCloud Platform
• Machine Learning, CI, Cloud Service Discovery, Automated Tuning, API Engines, Scripting, API Management Collaborates with other DevOps engineers to implement enterprise architecture, business process, and systems on cloud platforms
• Develops application templates and reusable components, infrastructure code, and cloud-native extension components
• Implements design patterns, architecture principles, and best practices for the future development of applications and processes

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelors degree or diploma in Information Technology or similar qualification
• 10 Years of IT experience
• 6 years working experience designing, installing, and maintaining Cloud Solutions
• AWS or Azure certifications in 1 or more of the following areas, example IAAS, DEVOPS, Containerization
• Experience working with Terraform, GIT, GITHUB