About the position
ENVIRONMENT:
The Platform Developer with Database Engineering experience will join a Site Reliability Engineering team. This role focuses on developing, integrating, and maintaining shared platform services, with a strong emphasis on relational database systems, automation, and platform reliability. The successful candidate will contribute to both platform engineering and database-related development tasks.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and maintain platform services and automation scripts for infrastructure provisioning.
- Design, implement, and support relational database systems (MariaDB, MySQL, Postgres).
- Write SQL queries, stored procedures, and database scripts following best practices.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation workflows.
- Work with containerisation and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).
- Monitor system and database performance; respond to alerts and incidents.
- Collaborate with engineers across platform, data, and software teams using Agile practices.
- Document technical designs, database schemas, and operational procedures.
REQUIREMENTS:
Essential Requirements:
- 5+ years hands-on experience in platform or infrastructure engineering.
- Strong Linux administration, scripting, and automation skills.
- Experience with relational databases and SQL development.
- Proficiency with containerisation and orchestration technologies.
- CI/CD and automation tools experience (GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, FluxCD).
- Working knowledge of distributed systems and microservices.
- Experience in monitoring and observability tools.
Desirable Requirements:
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, OpenStack).
- Exposure to large-scale distributed storage and parallel file systems.
- Integration of security practices into DevOps/SRE pipelines.
- Experience with scientific computing or data acquisition platforms.
- Familiarity with hardware acceleration (GPU, FPGA) and parallel computing.
Qualifications:
- NQF Level 7 qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
- B. Tech/B.Sc. (Comp Sci) with 8+ years relevant experience
- B.Eng./B.Sc. Hons (Comp Sci) with 5+ years relevant experience
- M.Eng./M.Sc. (Comp Sci) with 3+ years relevant experience
ATTRIBUTES:
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.
COMMENTS:
When applying for jobs, ensure that you have the minimum job requirements. Only SA Citizens will be considered for this role. If you are not in the mentioned location of any of the jobs, please note your relocation plans in all applications for jobs and correspondence. Apply here [URL Removed] e-mail a Word copy of your CV to [Email Address Removed] and mention the reference number of the job.
Desired Skills:
- Platform
- Developer
- Database
