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Principal Cloud Technical Architect (Google)

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Job Summary

Serve as the senior Google Cloud technical leader for enterprise architecture engagements across South Africa and Middle East & Africa. Partner with sales, consulting, and delivery teams to design scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-optimized cloud solutions, including target-state architecture for networking, identity, security, observability, automation, and disaster recovery. Lead architecture reviews, drive migration/modernization and IaC practices (Terraform and Google tooling), and mentor teams while presenting solutions to executive stakeholders.

Location: Johannesburg

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead the architecture, design, and technical governance of enterprise-scale Google Cloud solutions.
•Partner with sales and client stakeholders to develop cloud strategies, solution architectures, and transformation roadmaps.
•Design highly available, resilient, secure, and scalable cloud platforms using Google Cloud best practices.
•Define target-state architectures across networking, security, identity, observability, automation, disaster recovery, and operational excellence.
•Develop Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform and Google Cloud deployment/infrastructure automation tools; provide oversight through migration and delivery.

Key Requirements

•Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
•8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud architecture, or platform engineering, with at least 4 years focused on Google Cloud.
•Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification (required or strongly preferred).
•Deep expertise across Google Cloud services including VPC, Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud IAM, and related governance/monitoring services.
•Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform and Google Cloud infrastructure automation; strong DevOps/platform engineering experience (Git, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, automation).

Experience:8+ yearsCloud architecturePlatform engineeringIT infrastructureGoogle CloudEnterprise networkingCloud migrationModernizationDevOpsFinOps

Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline

Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementSolution presentationDocumentationMentoring

Certifications:Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

Tech Stack:Google CloudGoogle Cloud Architecture FrameworkVPCCloud RouterCompute EngineGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Cloud RunCloud FunctionsCloud StorageCloud SQLBigtableFirestoreCloud IAMResource ManagerCloud MonitoringCloud DNSBackup and DRTerraformGoogle Cloud Deployment ManagerInfrastructure Manager

Company Brief

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Dimension Data, operating under NTT Ltd, provides managed IT services, cloud and data center solutions, networking, cybersecurity, and digital transformation services to enterprise customers worldwide.

Industry: Professional Services

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Established Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 1983

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