0226 Back-End Developer (Advanced)

Imizizi; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Imizizi in Pretoria is seeking an experienced Cloud/DevOps engineer to develop and operate production-ready applications in a 24/7 environment on AWS. You will work with cross-functional teams to design scalable cloud solutions and ensure reliable deployments.

The role emphasizes automation, infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), and monitoring via CloudWatch. Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, databases (SQL/NoSQL), and security patterns is required, with

Qualifications

• Relevant IT degree or equivalent experience.
• Cloud certifications (Developer Associate minimum, Professional preferred).

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate production ready business applications (24/7 Support).
• Liaise with customer, team members and external vendors.
• Monitoring and operation of applications within AWS CloudWatch.
• Applying cloud-security patterns and concepts to the solutions and deployments.
• Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.
• Identify risks / impediments, proactively resolve and/or escalate.
• Comply with Code Compliance & Unit Testing standards.
• Prepare system/technical documentation per ISO standards.
• Pro-active knowledge sharing, mentoring, and coaching of team members.
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Team Charter.

Skills

Automated testing

AWS cloud

CI/CD pipelines

SQL databases

NoSQL databases

Cloud architecture

AGILE SCRUM

Serverless

Education

Relevant IT Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

CloudWatch

DynamoDB

S3

SQS

SNS

API Gateway

Job description

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• 3+years automated testing experience (unit tests, end-to-end tests)
• 3+ years hands-on AWS serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation preferred)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub actions preferred)
• Experience with Databases both SQL and NoSQL
• Experience with cloud technologies (Amazon AWS is strongly preferred):
• Compute: Kubernetes and Serverless
• API Gateway, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, S3, etc.
• Virtual networks, including communication with on-premise networks
• Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (design, configuration and operation)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Automated deployment and configuration of components and systems
• Monitoring and log analytics
• Experience with Databases both Sql and NoSql
• Experience with Design / Architecture Patterns
• Experience in AGILE or SCRUM.
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:

• Experience with Linear and Nonlinear Optimization
• Experience with Design and Evaluation of Efficient Algorithms (Complexity Theory)
• Experience with Performance Testing and Tuning
• Experience with E-mobility
• Java

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and operate production ready business applications (24/7 Support)
• Liaise with customer, team members and external vendors
• Monitoring and operation of applications within AWS CloudWatch.
• Applying cloud-security patterns and concepts to the solutions and deployments
• Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.
• Identify risks / impediments, proactively resolve and/or escape to the relevant parties.
• Comply with Code Compliance & Unit Testing standards and practices.
• Prepare system/technical documentation (as per ISO standards).
• Pro-active knowledge sharing, mentoring, and coaching of members from the same or other teams.
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM)Team Charter

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

• Relevant IT Degree or equivalent experience
• Cloud Certifications (Developer Associate minimum, Professional preferred)