Senior Platform Engineer

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

ITE006295/SAN

Date posted:

Monday, September 9, 2024

Location:

Capetown, South Africa

Salary:

R90 000 Monthly

SUMMARY:
Our client, a technology company with an international client base, is recruiting for a professional and self-motivated Senior Platform Engineer to join their highly skilled team.

POSITION INFO:
Senior Platform Engineer
Remote, Cape Town

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience.

Requirements:

Minimum of 8 years in active Development roles
Experience with most of the technology used (as below), especially Terraform and Docker.
Strong operational exposure with AWS, Linux and MySQL.

KPA’s:

You will be responsible for developing and maintaining vertical, independent infrastructure, creating development pipelines, and managing software services while setting platform engineering standards across the group.
Assist in researching, prototyping (P.O.C.), and implementing new technologies or services for group-wide adoption.
Manage and configure various servers/instances using Docker, Terraform, and Ansible.
Support the transition of legacy systems to Docker, ensuring all services eventually run on Docker.
Develop scripts and automate tasks using Bash, Python, and Groovy.
Review and approve your peers' work as part of the software development lifecycle.
Maintain cloud infrastructure, primarily hosted on AWS.
Ensure the reliability of the CI/CD pipeline.
Build independent web tools and microservices to streamline development workflows.
Plan and implement backup strategies, log rotations, and scaling solutions for large datasets.
Stay updated on industry trends, new technologies, and best practices in DevOps and software development.
Continuously enhance products, systems, and processes.
Deliver software and projects within agreed timelines.
Demonstrate persistence and problem-solving skills to resolve complex software bugs.

Tools & Technologies:

Debian/Ubuntu
Nginx
Docker, Terraform, Ansible
Fargate ECS & EKS, RDS Aurora
Laravel, PHP, MySQL, Elasticsearch (web applications)
.NET Core, MSSQL, Elasticsearch (web applications)
Android, Java (mobile apps)
Memcached, Redis, SQS
Datadog, Pingdom, PagerDuty
Jenkins
GitHub
AWS
Cloudflare
OKTA

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