Senior Data Platform Engineer - Build Trusted AI Data

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

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.