Senior Platform Engineer at Capitec Bank

What we’re looking for

• We are looking for deep experience in platform engineering, site reliability or DevOps engineering
• We expect at least five years of hands-on experience working in cloud environments
• We require strong experience building infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar
• We are looking for solid experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (for example Jenkins or GitHub Actions)
• We expect strong hands-on experience with containers and orchestration, particularly Kubernetes
• We are looking for experience designing and operating cloud-native systems, including microservices and event-driven architectures
• We require strong scripting or programming capability (for example Python, Go, Bash or PowerShell)
• We value experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, supported by relevant certifications
• We expect a strong understanding of networking, security, APIs, databases and distributed systems
• We are looking for engineers who can clearly explain their architecture decisions and the systems they’ve built
• We value experience leading or influencing engineering practices and mentoring others

Education (Minimum)

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Education (Ideal or Preferred)

• A relevant degree in Information Technology
• Certification in AWS Architecture