Cloud Architect

Recruiter:

Data Centrix

Job Ref:

JHB007086/Ruan

Date posted:

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
MTS's client in the Logistics secor is looking for a Cloud Architect (Solutions Architect) that has extensive working knowledge with Azure. Candidates need to have solid experience setting up secure authentication and authorization mechanisms for applications and services, spanning legacy on-premises systems to modern cloud-native infrastructure.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements:

Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
ITIL Practitioner (V3) / ITIL Specialist (V4)
Azure Certifications (Azure Administrator, Azure Solution Architect)
4 – 6 years relevant experience as a Cloud Architect
Citrix knowledge
Technologies environments
- PaaS: Managed DB, NoSQL, Logic-App, Azure function, Service Bus…
- Network knowledge: private link, VNets
- OS / DB: windows server 2022, SQL server 2022 mainly
- Interface models: APIs, file transfer as MFT, SFTP, ETL as Talend, Service Bus
- Storage: Azure File share, Blob storage
Monitoring tools (ex Datadog)

Responsibilities:

Design (High Level Design + Low Level Design) and implement scalable, secure, and reliable Azure cloud solutions (IaaS or PaaS)
Identify and check security standards (SSO, internet exposure, account management, network segregation)
Support application owners in the design and build process
Support cost efficiency analysis (FINOPS)
Support cloud monitoring (work with monitoring team on configuration and alerting)
Develop and maintain cloud architecture guidelines and best practices.
Stay updated with the latest cloud technologies and trends.

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