System Engineer II at Capitec Bank

About the role:

• The Systems Engineer II is a critical role within the Personal Bank technology team, responsible for the end-to-end ownership of AWS-based infrastructure and custom-built applications supporting Finance and Payments.
• This role goes beyond traditional infrastructure support and requires a well-rounded engineer who can operate across cloud engineering, application ownership, and system integration. The successful incumbent will manage and evolve an existing AWS environment, maintain and extend integrations with SAP S/4HANA, and support key finance platforms, including non-AWS applications.
• A key focus area will be understanding and enhancing existing systems with limited documentation, including the ability to read and extend established codebases, maintain data processing pipelines, and ensure operational continuity across critical services.
• The role also plays an important part in upcoming platform changes, including re-architecting integrations, roles, and access models as part of the migration to ODIN. As such, the incumbent is expected to take full ownership of their environment, contribute to system improvements, and ensure alignment with security, compliance, and performance standards.

Our ideal candidate has:
We are looking for a hands-on, accountable Systems Engineer II with strong technical expertise in AWS cloud engineering, system integration, and application ownership. The ideal candidate will:

• Have 3–6 years of hands-on AWS experience, managing production environments across EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, API Gateway, and related services.
• Be proficient in infrastructure as code using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation, with practical experience in Linux administration and networking fundamentals.
• Possess software engineering skills, capable of reading, maintaining, and extending existing codebases (Python – boto3 or Java), and building custom applications within AWS.
• Have experience with data processing and file transformation pipelines, including formats such as CSV, JSON, XML, and Parquet.
• Understand integration patterns, including file-based and API-driven integrations, and have experience integrating AWS with enterprise systems, particularly SAP S/4HANA or similar ERP platforms.
• Be comfortable working in financial systems environments, supporting platforms such as IT2, IT3, or similar treasury applications, with strong attention to security, compliance, and accuracy.
• Exhibit strong ownership and accountability, able to operate in environments with limited documentation and independently resolve technical issues.
• Be a strong collaborator and communicator, translating technical complexity for finance and business stakeholders, and contributing to the mentorship of junior team members.
• Advantageous experience includes SAP Basis, AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Developer, SysOps), and event streaming technologies such as Kafka / Amazon MSK.

Key Attributes:

• Technically strong and adaptable
• Curious and proactive in understanding systems
• Committed to continuous improvement and operational excellence

Education (Minimum)

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Education (Ideal or Preferred)

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology

Additional Information

• Clear criminal and credit record