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  • Posted: Aug 31, 2021
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    Absa Bank Limited (Absa) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Africa Group Limited. Absa offers personal and business banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management as well as bancassurance. Barclays Africa Group Limited is 62.3% owned by Barclays Bank PLC and is listed on the JSE Limited. The Group is one of A...
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    Lead Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

    Job Summary

    • Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade Platform services & build capability in others to do the same. This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver against business requirements at an optimal cost to serve.

    Job Description

    Lead Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

    • Join the Platform Engineering team at Absa; where we are rolling out containerisation to an organisation of 42,000 people in twelve countries. Platform Engineering is run like a start-up and avidly backed by our organisation.
    • Our mission is to partner with internal teams, providing them with the tools and platform they need to build, secure and run their applications. Together we are building the future of banking while helping them learn and grow on newer technologies. We pioneer new technology and patterns using open source software; continuously pushing the boundary on what the future of banking should look like. In Platform Engineering we’re putting the building blocks in place, it's an exciting place to be. You could be part of an experienced team of system and automation engineers who have extensive experience and knowledge. The team strives for engineering excellence, continuous improvement and is passionate about work and delivery. We write lots of code and design modern CaaS and DevOps solutions while tackling unique technical problems. We continuously aim to improve the agile and DevOps methodologies in the organisation; we strive to be the agents of change.
    • We are responsible for building out our container strategy and bridging the gap between cloud infrastructure and developers. We are moving quickly in the direction of cloud infrastructure and starting to focus on the use of Kubernetes Operators and serverless functions. We build custom tools alongside Kubernetes and need you to bring your core engineering skills in helping us take our team forward, focusing heavily on both your developmental and DevOps engineering capabilities you have mastered over the years.

    As a Lead Platform Engineer you will: 

    • Help grow Subatomic, our internal, developer automation framework
    • Build controllers / operators for internal and open source projects
    • Work within a technically strong team and delivering high quality solutions with direct involvement in both the design and directional outcomes
    • Help expand Backstage (https://backstage.io) by building open-source components for use by our teams
    • Help build out our AWS container strategy, porting our developer automation tools for it

    Key requirements:

    • Kubernetes experience used across different projects, preferably as both an administrator and user
    • Understanding of Kubernetes related projects such as Tekton, and the Operator framework
    • Knowledge of the ecosystem and major projects around Kubernetes
    • Strong track record of architecting and writing systems using good engineering practices
    • The desire to continually learn about emerging technologies / emerging trends
    • 7 years relevant programming experience, 2 year relevant Kubernetes experience

    Education

    Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
    Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

    Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Absa on absa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com to apply

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