Lead: Cloud and DevOps Platform Engineering at Capitec Bank

Purpose Statement

• To provide direction to and lead teams responsible for the full product lifecycle to ensure successful delivery of all product features, support and maintenance related tasks within the Capitec Bank Operations 
• Oversee the ongoing drive to increase efficiency, optimisation, innovation and people development in these environments.

Experience

Minimum:

• 5 years’ proven and strong experience as a Technical Lead/ Lead Software Engineer.
• 6 years' proven experience in implementation of platform/ software engineering projects.
• Strong Experience with AWS Cloud, Infrastructure as Code, Pipeline as Code
• Cloud and DevOps Technologies

Ideal:

• Previous Platform Engineering experience
• Skills/Technologies:
• • Backend: C#, Java, Python or similar
• Financial services environment
• Good understanding of testing strategy, e.g. unit testing vs integration testing vs regression testing etc.
• Best practices for Quality Assurance (QA): Advances functional & non-functional automated testing.
• Capitec Bank Business Model
• Agile development principles

Qualifications (Minimum)

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology - Computer Science or Information Technology - Programming

Knowledge

Minimum:

• Familiar with Agile and project tracking tools
• Familiar with Continuous implementation and Continuous deployment process
• Application development, Standards, and Governance
• Testing practices

Skills/Technologies:

• Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD Tools, Linux, Servers, Security
• Databases: SQL & NoSQL
• Skills/Technologies:
  • Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD Tools, Linux, Servers, Security
  • Databases: SQL & NoSQL

Skills

• Communications Skills
• Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Negotiation skills
• Attention to Detail