Senior Platform Engineer (CPT)

Posted 23 Days Ago
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Cape Town, Western Cape, ZAF
In-Office
Senior level
Agency • Information Technology • Professional Services
The Role
Design, build and operate scalable, secure cloud-native internal developer platforms and self-service tooling. Lead automation, IaC, GitOps, Kubernetes operations, observability and platform APIs to enable engineering teams to deploy and operate production-grade services.
Summary Generated by Built In
A senior-level Platform Engineering opportunity for an experienced engineer with a strong track record of building scalable, production-grade platforms and self-service capabilities for engineering teams. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise across AWS, Kubernetes, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, automation and internal developer platforms, with a strong focus on building reliable, scalable and cloud native solutions.

Expert Knowledge 
  • AWS cloud architecture and services, with strong understanding of AWS best practices and the Well-Architected Framework.
  • Building platform APIs, automation, system-level tooling and/or internal developer platforms.
  • Infrastructure as Code tooling and practices, including Terraform, CDK, Pulumi and Crossplane.
  • Container orchestration principles and Kubernetes; CKA certification preferable.
  • Cloud-native systems, distributed systems and service architectures, including associated design trade-offs.
  • Building and operating scalable, secure and highly available platforms within AWS environments.


Requirements
Requirements 
  • 5+ years of experience in a Platform Engineering capacity – building self-service platforms and abstractions used by other engineering teams.
  • 2 - 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer using languages such as Java, JavaScript, Golang or Python.
  • 6+ years of experience working with Public Cloud, with strong hands-on AWS experience.
  • 6+ years of experience with containerisation and container platforms.
  • Strong experience with Kubernetes GitOps practices using ArgoCD / Flux and Helm/Kustomize.
  • Strong experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions using tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki and X-Ray.
  • Strong understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD.
  • Proven experience building complex, production-grade platforms and making these available for self-service consumption by engineering teams.
  • Hands-on experience with Crossplane, ArgoCD and Backstage is non negotiable. 
  • Proven experience building Kubernetes Operators is non-negotiable.


Skills Required

  • 5+ years of experience in a Platform Engineering capacity - building self-service platforms and abstractions used by other engineering teams.
  • 2-3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer using Java, JavaScript, Golang or Python.
  • 6+ years of experience working with Public Cloud, strong hands-on AWS experience and knowledge of AWS Well-Architected Framework.
  • 6+ years of experience with containerization and container platforms; strong Kubernetes expertise.
  • Strong experience with Kubernetes GitOps practices using ArgoCD or Flux and Helm/Kustomize.
  • Experience implementing monitoring and observability using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki and X-Ray.
  • Strong understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD.
  • Proven experience building complex, production-grade platforms and making these available for self-service consumption by engineering teams.
  • Hands-on experience with Crossplane, ArgoCD and Backstage (non-negotiable).
  • Proven experience building Kubernetes Operators (non-negotiable).
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tooling and practices including Terraform, CDK and Pulumi.
  • CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) certification preferable.
  • Expert knowledge of cloud-native systems, distributed systems and service architecture trade-offs.
  • Experience building platform APIs, automation, system-level tooling and internal developer platforms.
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The Company
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Sabenza IT is a niche recruitment company specializing in Information Technology, SAP, Finance, and Engineering roles, with over 23 years of experience.

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