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Senior Platform Engineer (PTA) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment · Pretoria

📅 24/08/2026
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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 About The Employer:
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