Senior Data Platform Engineer

X, bigly labs; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

X, bigly labs in Johannesburg leads data platform initiatives to power analytics, AI workloads, and innovative healthcare solutions. This Senior Data Platform Engineer will design, build, and operate secure, scalable data platforms.

You will collaborate with data architects, implement IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and governance standards to drive cost efficiency and reliability. Join a high-performance team focused on cutting-edge digital healthcare solutions and cloud engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing or related field.
• Certification in cloud platforms (AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or GCP).
• 6+ years' experience in Data Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or DevOps.
• Experience with Databricks, Amazon S3, Lakehouse or Data Warehouse platforms.
• Experience defining, testing and supporting data integration patterns.
• Experience building and supporting enterprise data platforms from source to consumption.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation or similar).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitHub/DevOps practices.
• Experience implementing platform security, monitoring and observability.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, storage and compute platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build, configure and maintain enterprise data platforms supporting analytics and AI.
• Ensure deployed solutions meet defined architectural and governance standard.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using approved enterprise standards.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform deployments.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise governance and security standards.
• Collaborate with Data Architects to implement platform standards and process.

Skills

Databricks

AWS Cloud

Terraform

Data Platform Design

CI/CD

Security & Governance

Distributed Systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Amazon S3

Lakehouse Platforms

GitHub

Job description

We are X, bigly labs, Dis-Chem's high-performance innovation hub; a place where bold ideas meet data, design, and radical customer focus to reimagine what healthcare can be.

Our mission is to power the future of healthcare by lowering costs, unlocking new possibilities, and improving access to healthcare for all South Africans. We do this through cutting-edge digital solutions that deliver smarter, more human, and truly patient-focused experiences. Here, your work is not limited to a whiteboard; it becomes real. It drives decisions, shapes experiences, and moves healthcare forward. We are driven by one big question: How do we use data and today’s technology to build breakthroughs to better health?

There’s only one question left: are you ready to make healthcare smarter, and actually mean it?

Senior Data Platform Engineer

is responsible for designing, building, operating and continuously improve secure, scalable and resilient enterprise data platforms that enable trusted data engineering, analytics and AI workloads while ensuring operational excellence, security, innovation and cost efficiency.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR?

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing or related field.
• Certification in cloud platforms (AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or GCP).
• 6+ years' experience in Data Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or DevOps.
• Experience with Databricks, Amazon S3, Lakehouse or Data Warehouse platforms.
• Experience defining, testing and supporting data integration patterns.
• Experience building and supporting enterprise data platforms from source to consumption.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation or similar).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitHub/DevOps practices.
• Experience implementing platform security, monitoring and observability.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, storage and compute platforms.

Advantageous

• Databricks Certified Data Engineer or Platform Administrator.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
• Kubernetes certification.
• DevOps certification.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING?

• Build, configure and maintain enterprise data platforms supporting analytics and AI.
• Ensure deployed solutions meet defined architectural and governance standard.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using approved enterprise standards.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform deployments.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise governance and security standards.
• Collaborate with Data Architects to implement platform standards and process.

WHO YOU ARE?

• Strong systems thinker with operational excellence mindset.
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Collaborate effectively across data and engineering teams.
• Promote standardisation, automation, patterns and platform reuse.
• Ability to thrive in fast-changing environments.

Our values show up in how we think, build, and make choices that make an impact. We are building a culture that drives progress; one that fixes friction, chases what changes, and owns the outcome. We design with tomorrow in mind, ask sharper questions, and answer them with care, urgency, and systems that scale.

Think you’ve got energy, curiosity, and guts? Come hold the space, make it matter, and own a breakthrough.