Cloud Platform Architect
Worldhire Global
Posted by a Verified Recruiter
Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Location
Johannesburg, South Africa
Work mode
Hybrid
Job type
Full-time
Annual salary
R1,848,000 - R2,200,000 (R1.85 Million - R2.2 Million)
Minimum experience
7+ years
Posted
2nd November, 2026
Required skills
Platform ArchitectCloud EngineerSREPerformance EngineerDevOps LeaderAzureAKSKubernetesNetworkingAPI ManagementDatabasesMessagingCloud-Native ServicesCI/CDDevSecOpsInfrastructure as CodeGitOpsAutomated DeploymentSRE PracticesSLISLOReliability EngineeringIncident ManagementRCAResilienceDisaster RecoveryObservability StrategyMetricsLogsDistributed Tracing
About the company
WorldHire is a global talent acquisition and executive search firm that helps companies hire top talent across multiple industries and geographies. We partner with startups, mid-sized businesses, and global enterprises to identify, assess, and recruit professionals for leadership, technical, and business-critical roles. Our focus is on delivering high-quality talent through a consultative and efficient hiring process, ensuring the right fit for both clients and candidates.
About the role
Role - Cloud Platform Architect
Location - Johannesburg, SA (Hybrid)
Open for FTE and Contract
Platform Engineering Lead Azure | SRE | DevOps | Performance
Ideal profile:
- A strong combination of Platform Architect + Cloud Engineer + SRE + Performance Engineer + DevOps Leader, with the ability to lead teams while remaining technically hands-on.
- Lead the Platform Engineering function across Azure Cloud, DevOps, SRE, Performance Engineering, Application Modernization, and Developer Enablement.
- Define and drive the platform architecture, engineering strategy, standards, and technology roadmap for a scalable enterprise platform.
- Provide strong hands-on expertise in Azure, AKS, Kubernetes, networking, API Management, databases, messaging, and cloud-native services.
- Establish Golden Paths / Paved Roads, reusable platform capabilities, engineering standards, and self-service developer experiences.
- Lead the design and implementation of CI/CD, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and automated deployment practices.
- Establish and drive SRE practices, including SLI/SLO, reliability engineering, incident management, RCA, resilience, and disaster recovery.
- Drive end-to-end performance and production troubleshooting, from application/API through Kubernetes, Azure infrastructure, databases, and external dependencies.
- Establish a comprehensive observability strategy covering metrics, logs, distributed tracing, dashboards, alerting, and proactive performance monitoring.
- Define and enforce security, governance, identity, secrets management, policy-as-code, and compliance standards across the platform.
- Lead technical design reviews and ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, cost- effective, and operationally ready.
- Mentor and provide technical direction to engineers across Platform, DevOps, SRE, Performance Engineering, and Application teams.
- Collaborate closely with Architecture, Product, Development, Security, Infrastructure, and Operations teams to remove technical blockers and accelerate delivery.
- Be a hands-on technical leader who can move from architecture and strategy to implementation, troubleshooting, and resolution of complex production issues.
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