Cloud Architect - Centurion, South Africa - Network Contracting

Network Contracting

Verified Company

Centurion, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

**Primary Duties and Responsibilities: **To provide overall infrastructure and cloud designs and balance requirements against resource utilisation and architectural factors and in line with business strategy.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in either Information Systems, Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering or any other relevant field.
Honours or Masters in information systems, Informatics, Computer Science or Engineering is preferred
Microsoft Azure Certifications

Experience and Knowledge:

510 years and/or relevant industry experience as well as experience in relevant IT discipline
Cloud domain knowledge, systematic requirements gathering skills, good communication skills, experience with cloud architecture tools, experience with Agile methodologies.
Deep understanding of cloud computing platforms, including public, private, and hybrid clouds, as well as various cloud services and technologies.
Ability to design and implement cloudbased architectures that meet the organisation's requirements in terms of security, performance, scalability, and costeffectiveness.
Strong technical background in areas such as networking, databases, and security, as well as experience with Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders, including business leaders, technical teams, and vendors, to understand their needs and requirements and to present technical solutions in a clear and concise manner.
Experience in managing complex projects, including defining project scope, creating project plans, and coordinating with other teams to ensure successful implementation of cloudbased solutions.
Ability to identify and troubleshoot technical issues that arise during implementation and maintenance of cloudbased solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Designing and implementing cloudbased infrastructure solutions, including compute, storage, network, and security components.
Ensuring the security and compliance of cloudbased solutions, including data protection, identity and access management, and network security.
Cloud Cost Optimization: Implementing cost optimisation strategies, such as rightsizing resources, using reserved instances, and leveraging spot instances, to minimise cloud costs while maintaining performance and scalability.
Optimising the performance of cloudbased solutions by monitoring and analysing performance metrics, identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks, and implementing best practices for performance optimisation.
Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Company Culture building initiatives.
Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy.
Identify opportunities to improve or enhance processes by identifying and recommending improvements to tools; policies and procedures to add value to the firm.
Reduce risk by ensuring accuracy of information through compliance with risk and compliance requirements.
Keep abreast of legislation and other industry changes that impacts on role by reading the relevant newsletters; websites and attending sessions.
Understand and embrace the companys Vision and Values by demonstrating the values through interaction with team and stakeholders.
Create and manage own career through guidance and support of management; department and colleagues.
Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers.
Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed; experience practiced and certifications obtained and/or maintained within specified time frames.
Ensure knowledge management; continuity and team success through constructive participation in a diverse team and sharing knowledge with team.
Utilise resources by complying to organisational and departmental standards and procedures.
Demonstrate understanding of policies; procedures and standards by completing relevant surveys.
Identify risks according policies and take corrective action according to level of control.
Communicate dependencies to project team.