AWS Platform Engineer – EKS/Kubernetes (Contract)

Ilaunch; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ilaunch is seeking a Platform Engineer for a contract role in the Northern Suburbs, Western Cape. You will deploy, configure and maintain the platform across development, test and production environments, focusing on AWS, EKS, networking, IAM and databases.

You will build infrastructure with Terraform, Helm and Kubernetes, establish secure CI/CD, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery practices, manage platform upgrades and assist engineering teams with deployment patterns and incident

Qualifications

• Relevant IT qualification and certifications.
• Experience with EKS, Terraform, Helm, CI/CD.
• Knowledge of cloud security and networking.
• Experience operating PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka.
• Able to take full ownership while remaining hands-on.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure and maintain the platform across development, test and production environments.
• Own the AWS platform, including EKS, networking, IAM, databases etc.
• Build infrastructure using Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes.
• Establish secure CI/CD, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery practices.
• Manage platform upgrades.
• Support engineering teams with deployment patterns / production incidents.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

CI/CD

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kafka

Networking

Security

Education

Relevant IT Qualification

Certifications

Tools

EKS

IAM

Job description

Ilaunch is seeking a Platform Engineer for a contract role in the Northern Suburbs, Western Cape. You will deploy, configure and maintain the platform across development, test and production environments, focusing on AWS, EKS, networking, IAM and databases.

You will build infrastructure with Terraform, Helm and Kubernetes, establish secure CI/CD, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery practices, manage platform upgrades and assist engineering teams with deployment patterns and incident