Introduction

An established organisation is seeking a Solutions Architect - Cloud Solutions to join its team in Mossel Bay. This role will contribute to software, systems, and digital capability across a growing operational landscape. The position offers the opportunity to work on meaningful systems, applications, infrastructure, or digital services depending on the portfolio and team structure.

This position is well suited to a professional who can combine strong technical fundamentals with a practical, service-oriented approach to delivery and support. The successful candidate will be expected to work with appropriate urgency, maintain quality standards, and support a collaborative delivery culture while contributing to business-facing outcomes.

Duties & Responsibilities

This role combines hands-on technical responsibility with operational coordination and clear ownership of delivery outcomes.

Maintain documentation for environments, processes, access control, and change activities.
Monitor environments, investigate incidents, and implement corrective actions or preventative improvements.
Contribute to resilience, scalability, and service continuity planning.
Support infrastructure, cloud, network, security, or platform components to maintain availability, performance, and control.
Work with internal stakeholders, service providers, and project teams on upgrades, enhancements, and issue resolution.
Assist with deployments, configuration changes, patching, backup checks, and recovery readiness.
Review logs, alerts, and technical performance metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Candidates should be comfortable working with business requirements, technical standards, and practical delivery expectations.

Relevant diploma or degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Development, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Exposure to infrastructure, cloud, networking, security, monitoring, administration, or environment support relevant to the role.
Understanding of operational controls, technical troubleshooting, and change management discipline.
Good working knowledge of documentation standards, structured problem-solving, and stakeholder communication.
Typically suited to candidates with around 5–8 years relevant experience and confidence handling complex responsibilities, mentorship, or technical guidance.