AWS Platform Engineer – Midrand / Semi-Remote – R700 PH

E-Merge; Pretoria; Remote; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking an AWS Platform Engineer to join a fast-growing manufacturing team. The role requires a strong understanding of AWS technologies, data engineering, and machine learning lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, at least 5 years of relevant experience, and AWS certification. This contract position offers a competitive rate. Located in Gauteng, South Africa with semi-remote flexibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role (e.g., DevOps Engineer).
• AWS Certified Developer associate or AWS Certified Solution Architect required.
• Solid understanding of machine learning model training and lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Understand and interpret business needs and requirements.
• Create build and release pipelines for ML solutions.
• Assign additional responsibilities in Agile Working Model.

Skills

AWS networking & security hardening

CI / CD

Programming in Python

Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)

Data engineering (ETL)

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience

Tools

AWS cloud technologies

Terraform

Github actions

Job description

Overview

Currently searching for an AWS Platform Engineer to be part of the fast-growing winning manufacturing team.

We are looking for someone with strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirements with an aptitude to move concepts through to proposal and successful implementation.

Requirements :

• Bachelor''s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5 years'' experience in a similar role (e.g., DevOps Engineer)
• AWS Certified Developer associate or AWS Certified Solution Architect
• Strong Experience related to AWS networking & security hardening
• Experience with CI / CD, automated testing tools ideally Github actions
• Experience working with AWS cloud technologies such as Amazon Sagemaker, AWS API Gateway, VPC, S3, Step Functions, Event Bridge, Lambda, Sagemaker Pipelines, CloudWatch and IAM
• Programming skills in Python
• Solid understanding of Machine Learning model training & lifecycle
• Experience in creating build and release pipelines for ML solutions
• Proven experience in infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Terragrunt
• Solid understanding of data engineering (ETL) and data storage concepts
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter
• Ability to work independently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality
• Familiarity with machine learning lifecycle and model development
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users
• Strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirements with an aptitude to move concepts through to proposal and successful implementation

Reference Number for this position is GZ60328 which is a contract position based in Midrand / Centurion / Semi- Remote offering a contract rate of R700 per hour