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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

Senior Back-End Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Contract Senior position
  • Pretoria
  • Posted 18 Feb 2026 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 30 days
  • Job 2633499 - Ref 878000016709708
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About the position

We are looking for a Senior Back-End Developer to design and deliver secure, compliant, and reusable cloud infrastructure components and developer enablement solutions. The successful candidate will work within a global team to build scalable platforms, improve development efficiency, and implement best-practice cloud and DevOps standards.



Key Responsibilities


  • Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform for Azure and/or AWS environments.
  • Develop reusable, modular Terraform components with proper state management, versioning, and environment separation.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools.
  • Package and manage Kubernetes deployments, Helm charts, and developer deployment enablement.
  • Implement secure secret management and least-privilege access controls.
  • Automate validation, testing, and static analysis for infrastructure (e.g., tfsec, Checkov, Terratest).
  • Troubleshoot infrastructure provisioning, cloud resource, and runtime issues.
  • Produce technical documentation, runbooks, and onboarding materials.
  • Collaborate with development teams to translate requirements into reusable platform solutions.
  • Work within Agile teams, participate in sprint activities, and mentor junior engineers.
  • Monitor platform health using logging, metrics, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).

RequirementsEssential Skills


  • Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible or similar)
  • Scripting and automation (Bash, Python)
  • Cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure)
  • CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)

Advantageous Skills


  • Kubernetes and container orchestration
  • Programming languages such as Go or Python
  • DevOps and platform engineering practices
  • Test automation and infrastructure testing
  • Monitoring and troubleshooting in cloud environments
  • Development of reusable workflows and templates
  • Interest in software architecture and hands-on development
  • Exposure to AI tools or prompt engineering

Qualifications & Experience


  • Degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • Minimum 8+ years’ experience in software development, DevOps, or platform engineering
  • Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies

Desired Skills:

  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Bash
  • Python
  • AWS
  • Azure

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

About The Employer:


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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

About the agency

Dedicated to the recruitment of IT professionals Sabenza iT is a South African registered business focusing on Finance, Engineering, SAP and general iT recruitment. We have over 18 years' experience in recruiting in South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia and have worked with a number of large companies offering the best service. We at Sabenza iT understands the changing market and we mold our services around each of our client's needs to offer a personal service. Sabenza iT has forged strong relationships with both Clients and Consultants by ensuring both parties get the most out of every placement. Our Head Office is based in South Africa and we have a satellite office in the UK so that we can keep in contact with expats who may consider returning to South Africa and so that we can offer our services globally for Consultants looking to go to South Africa and Consultants who are looking for opportunities abroad. We at Sabenza recognize the difference it makes to maintain good client relationships and we are keeping our client base niche and manageable in order to give the best service possible. We have gained a good reputation in the market place and have built a very large network and database of consultants that we draw from for each role. We are able to send applications within 24 hours of receiving a role profile or spec. We use one of the best Database software tools available to keep our database up to date and very fast to search. Sabenza iT does not only use job-sites, we headhunt and we use our network to find our clients the right Candidates. We have a strong Facebook presence and we have over 12,000 LinkedIn connections. For further information, please visit our website www.sabenzait.co.za or call me at any time on Tel: 0330040131.

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