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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

Senior Platform Engineer (JHB) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R01 - R02 per month
  • Permanent Senior position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 07 Aug 2026 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 30 days
  • Job 2643607 - Ref 878000022840188
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About the position

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.


RequirementsRequirements 
  • 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.


Desired Skills:

  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • GitOps
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • automation and internal developer platforms

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

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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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