Cloud Platform Architect
GoldenRule · Johannesburg, Gauteng · R Undisclosed
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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.
Desired Skills
- Systems Analysis
- Complex Problem Solving
- Programming/configuration
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management