Platform Engineer: Kubernetes & Cloud Automation

Network Finance; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Finance is seeking a seasoned Platform Engineer to own production Kubernetes clusters, automate infrastructure, and ensure high availability in Azure cloud. You will develop Helm charts, manage Terraform workflows, and build CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps in a scalable, secure environment.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in platform or SRE roles, strong Linux and networking skills, and a track record of incident response and cost optimization in large cloud deployments.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in Platform/Infrastructure/SRE roles.
• Strong Kubernetes production experience (CKA advantageous).
• Experience with Terraform managing Azure infra.
• Azure DevOps CI/CD経験.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage production Kubernetes clusters with high availability, scalability, and security.
• Manage cluster lifecycle, node pools, autoscaling, quotas, namespaces, and RBAC policies.
• Administer multi-cluster environments using Rancher.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts across environments.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Manage Azure infrastructure with Terraform and IaC best practices.
• Maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability platforms.
• Lead incident response, RCAs, and post-mortems.
• Implement infra improvements to reduce single points of failure.
• Optimize platform performance and cloud costs.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment processes.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go/Python/Bash scripting

Linux administration

Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS)

Incident response/on-call

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Azure (AKS)

Rancher

Helm

Job description

Network Finance is seeking a seasoned Platform Engineer to own production Kubernetes clusters, automate infrastructure, and ensure high availability in Azure cloud. You will develop Helm charts, manage Terraform workflows, and build CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps in a scalable, secure environment.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in platform or SRE roles, strong Linux and networking skills, and a track record of incident response and cost optimization in large cloud deployments.