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Senior Platform Engineer (CPT
Job in
Cape Town, 7100, South Africa
Listed on 2026-09-12
Listing for:
Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-12
Job specializations:
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Software Development
AWS
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 07/08/2026
A senior-level Platform Engineering opportunity for an experienced engineer with astrong track record of building scalable, production-grade platforms and self-service capabilities for engineering teams. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise acrossAWS, Kubernetes, Git Ops, 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.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in a Platform Engineering capacity – building self-service platforms and abstractions used by other engineering teams.
- 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 Git Ops practices using ArgoCD / Flux andHelm/Kustomize.
- Strong experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions using toolssuch as Cloud Watch, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki and X-Ray.
- Strong understanding of Dev Ops practices and CI/CD tools such as Git Hub Action sand Git Lab 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 nonnegotiable.
- Proven experience building Kubernetes Operators is non-negotiable.
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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