AWS Platform & Infrastructure Engineer (Hybrid)

Communicate Recruitment; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 781,000 - 893,000; Full time

Job summary

Communicate Recruitment in Cape Town CBD is seeking an experienced Infrastructure & Platform Engineer to own cloud and on‑prem infrastructure in a regulated, production environment. This hybrid role demands end‑to‑end problem solving, safe infrastructure changes and ongoing reliability improvements.

You will manage multi‑account AWS environments, implement Infrastructure as Code, and design changes with Terraform/OpenTofu.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience managing multi-account AWS environments.
• Experience delivering infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
• Solid networking fundamentals across multiple infrastructure layers.
• Strong Linux and general infrastructure knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of infrastructure investigations and changes across a multi-account AWS environment.
• Validate live infrastructure state, gather evidence and implement approved changes safely.
• Design and deliver infrastructure changes using Terraform and/or OpenTofu.
• Build automation to improve operational checks, access reviews and audit processes.
• Maintain and troubleshoot hybrid infrastructure including datacentre connectivity, networking, virtualisation, backups and monitoring.
• Improve logging, security visibility and audit readiness across the estate.
• Maintain infrastructure documentation and runbooks; collaborate with internal teams and vendors.

Skills

Multi-account AWS environments

Infrastructure as Code

Networking fundamentals

Linux

Hybrid cloud

Security, logging, monitoring

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

Job description

Communicate Recruitment in Cape Town CBD is seeking an experienced Infrastructure & Platform Engineer to own cloud and on‑prem infrastructure in a regulated, production environment. This hybrid role demands end‑to‑end problem solving, safe infrastructure changes and ongoing reliability improvements.

You will manage multi‑account AWS environments, implement Infrastructure as Code, and design changes with Terraform/OpenTofu.