Specialist: Infrastructure Platform Engineering

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To design, operate and continuously improve secure, resilient and automated Kubernetes/Open Shift platforms for containerised and virtualised workloads through infrastructure automation, observability and Zero Touch Operations practices.

• Platform Operations and Lifecycle Management:
  Deploy, operate, scale, upgrade and maintain Kubernetes/Open Shift platforms across production and non-production environments, ensuring platform availability, performance, capacity, resilience and operational stability.
• Infrastructure Automation and Zero Touch Operations:
  Develop and maintain infrastructure automation, orchestration and run book automation using Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, Git Ops and approved automation frameworks to standardise provisioning, configuration, patching, remediation, self-service enablement and repeatable operational workflows.
• Platform Security, Compliance and Governance:
  Implement and maintain platform security controls, RBAC, vulnerability management, image governance, compliance monitoring, hardening and configuration consistency across Kubernetes/Open Shift environments.
• Observability, Reliability and Service Continuity:
  Maintain monitoring, alerting, logging, dashboarding, backup and recovery capabilities that provide visibility into platform health, service continuity and operational risk, enabling proactive detection, incident prevention and event-driven remediation.
• Continuous Improvement and Technology Enablement:
  Work with infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud and application teams to improve platform services, support CI/CD and approved deployment practices, enable self-service consumption patterns and support responsible use of emerging technology and AI-enabled operational improvements.

• Grade 12 is essential.
• A 3 year bachelor's degree/diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technology field is essential.
• 3-5 years’ relevant experience with Red Hat Open Shift Container Platform, Kubernetes and Open Shift Virtualization.
• Experience with infrastructure automation using Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, Git Ops or similar tooling.

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Open Shift Administration or Red Hat Certified Open Shift Administrator (EX280).
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

• Advanced Kubernetes knowledge (Open Shift preferred), including architecture, lifecycle management, virtualisation, networking, storage, scheduling, troubleshooting and platform operations.
• Strong infrastructure automation and orchestration experience using Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, Git Ops and scripting to support provisioning, configuration, patching, remediation and self-service workflows.
• Experience managing platform reliability, availability, performance, capacity, resilience, observability, backup and disaster recovery in enterprise production environments.
• Strong understanding of Linux, containers, registries, CI/CD practices, platform security, RBAC, vulnerability management, hardening and configuration governance.
• AI-Enabled Leadership and Delivery advantageous.
• Demonstrates the ability to identify, evaluate and implement technology, automation and AI opportunities that improve team performance, operational efficiency and business outcomes.
• Creates an environment that encourages innovation, experimentation, continuous learning and responsible adoption of emerging technologies.
• Leads teams through evolving operating models and…