Platform Engineer: Cloud Pipelines, Reliability & Security

DataFin Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech recruitment firm is seeking a skilled Platform Engineer to oversee the management of production applications on Heroku, AWS, and DigitalOcean. This role involves hands-on experience with CI/CD, ensuring system reliability, and collaborating with developers on secure coding practices. The ideal candidate should possess over 3 years of experience in cloud infrastructure management, incident response, and be adept with tools such as Terraform and Docker. This position offers an excellent opportunity to enhance platform capabilities and security compliance.

Benefits

Health benefits

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience managing production apps on Heroku, AWS, or DigitalOcean.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions.
• Proficient in monitoring tools like Sentry and Papertrail.

Responsibilities

• Manage Heroku pipelines, CI/CD, and production environments.
• Ensure uptime and performance for all production applications.
• Support Developers with tooling and secure coding practices.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure Management

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring & incident response

Security Fundamentals

Communication & collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Job description

A leading tech recruitment firm is seeking a skilled Platform Engineer to oversee the management of production applications on Heroku, AWS, and DigitalOcean. This role involves hands-on experience with CI/CD, ensuring system reliability, and collaborating with developers on secure coding practices. The ideal candidate should possess over 3 years of experience in cloud infrastructure management, incident response, and be adept with tools such as Terraform and Docker. This position offers an excellent opportunity to enhance platform capabilities and security compliance.