Senior Backend Architect: Java, Spring Boot, AWS, DevOps

Virtuhire; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a global leader in legal information and analytics, is seeking a Senior Backend Architect to design and operate scalable CI/CD platforms. You will work with AWS, Terraform, Jenkins, and Python to automate deployment, improve security and observability, and mentor engineers across global teams.

You will help migrate legacy pipelines, build tooling, and partner with application teams to deliver reliable, scalable software in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with AWS and IaC (Terraform / CloudFormation).
• Experience designing and supporting CI/CD platforms with Jenkins.
• Strong Python skills and container deployment knowledge (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with security, quality, and compliance in engineering workflows.
• Observability using Open Telemetry or similar tooling.
• Excellent troubleshooting and incident support abilities.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
• Develop and support Jenkins shared libraries, pipeline templates, and reusable deployment patterns
• Support the migration of legacy pipelines to standardized CI/CD approaches with documentation
• Integrate security, quality, and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines and improve observability with Open Telemetry
• Build and support Python-based tooling and automation to enhance platform capabilities
• Collaborate with application teams to design CI/CD flows aligned with platform standards
• Provide operational support for pipelines and platform components, including critical incident support when needed
• Mentor team members and contribute to a collaborative culture of continuous improvement

Skills

Python

CI/CD design

Troubleshooting

Communication

Collaboration

Mentoring

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Open Telemetry

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a global leader in legal information and analytics, is seeking a Senior Backend Architect to design and operate scalable CI/CD platforms. You will work with AWS, Terraform, Jenkins, and Python to automate deployment, improve security and observability, and mentor engineers across global teams.

You will help migrate legacy pipelines, build tooling, and partner with application teams to deliver reliable, scalable software in a fast-paced environment.