AWS DevOps​/Platform Engineering Lead

This is not a Dev Ops role where you sit on the sidelines reviewing architecture diagrams. You’ll be leading the AWS Dev Ops and platform engineering capability while staying firmly hands-on.

Around half your time will be spent in engineering delivery across AWS environments, migrations, modernisation projects and managed services.

The other half will focus on leading and developing the Dev Ops team, owning delivery standards, supporting customers and making sure the work gets done properly.

You’ll be responsible for the technical direction of the team, but you’ll still be expected to design solutions, review code, solve complex production issues and step into high-pressure incidents when needed.

The environment suits someone who enjoys both the technical and leadership sides of the job and does not want to choose between the two.
Core tech: AWS, Terraform, Cloud Formation, Kubernetes, EKS, Docker, Helm, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab, Linux, Python/Bash, Cloud Watch and Cloud Trail.

Salary:
Up to R150k CTC per month.

• Lead and develop the Dev Ops engineering team, including hiring, onboarding, performance management and day-to-day work allocation.
• Mentor engineers through technical reviews, code reviews, pairing and structured development plans.
• Build capability within the team and create clear AWS certification and career development pathways.
• Own the technical delivery of Dev Ops work streams across customer projects.
• Produce realistic technical estimates and ensure delivery remains within agreed scope and effort.
• Lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable AWS architectures.
• Define Dev Ops, Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD standards across projects.
• Design AWS landing zones and multi-account environments using AWS Organizations and Control Tower.
• Lead Terraform architecture, reusable module design and automation standards.
• Design and manage container platforms using Kubernetes, Amazon EKS and ECS.
• Build and maintain containerised workloads using Docker and Helm.
• Design CI/CD and Git Ops pipelines using tools such as Git Hub Actions and Git Lab.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting and observability across production environments.
• Design backup and disaster recovery solutions, including RTO, RPO and DR testing.
• Support AWS migrations and application modernisation projects.
• Ensure AWS environments align with Well-Architected principles.
• Implement and maintain AWS security controls across IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Guard Duty, Security Hub and related services.
• Embed security into CI/CD pipelines through policy-as-code, infrastructure scanning and secrets scanning.
• Support environments operating under compliance requirements such as POPIA, GDPR, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, NIST and HIPAA.
• Act as the escalation point for complex AWS production issues.
• Lead P1 and P2 incident response, root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
• Establish and manage on-call and support rotations to ensure SLA commitments are met.
• Advise customers on AWS optimisation, resilience, reliability and cost reduction.
• Participate in architecture workshops and technical discovery sessions with customers.
• Produce technical designs, estimates, proposals and input into Statements of Work.
• Communicate technical risks, decisions and delivery status clearly to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Work closely with Delivery, Presales, Managed Services, Security and Fin Ops teams.
• Build reusable delivery assets including Terraform modules, pipeline templates, SOPs and runbooks.
• Track and improve engineering delivery metrics including deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate and mean time to recovery.

• You’ll need strong technical depth, but this…