Senior Platform Engineer

Communicate Finance; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Communicate Finance is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale secure cloud platforms. You will drive platform engineering initiatives, shape technical strategy, and mentor engineers across teams.

Join a collaborative environment in South Africa where you will implement IaC, Kubernetes-based deployments, and robust CI/CD pipelines, while prioritizing reliability, security, and observability.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Platform/DevOps/SRE or related field.
• Experience designing and supporting large-scale cloud environments.
• Strong IaC and cloud automation experience.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes and containerised platforms.
• Experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of networking, security, cloud architecture, and operations.
• Ability to lead initiatives and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving and mentoring skills.
• Degree or equivalent industry experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platforms
• Lead platform engineering initiatives and contribute to technical strategy
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions
• Build, optimise, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes
• Automate operational processes to improve efficiency and reliability
• Implement platform observability, monitoring, and incident management practices
• Collaborate with Software Engineering, DevOps, Security, and Architecture teams
• Mentor junior engineers and champion platform engineering best practices
• Drive improvements to system performance, scalability, resilience, and security

Skills

Platform Eng

DevOps

Mentoring

Problem solving

Education

Degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

IaC

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platforms
• Lead platform engineering initiatives and contribute to technical strategy
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions
• Build, optimise, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes
• Automate operational processes to improve efficiency and reliability
• Implement platform observability, monitoring, and incident management practices
• Collaborate with Software Engineering, DevOps, Security, and Architecture teams
• Mentor junior engineers and champion platform engineering best practices
• Drive improvements to system performance, scalability, resilience, and security

Job Experience and Skills Required:

• Minimum 6+ years’ of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a related field
• Proven experience designing and supporting large-scale cloud environments
• Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code and cloud automation
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and containerised platforms
• Experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of networking, security, cloud architecture, and operational best practices
• Ability to lead technical initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and mentoring skills
• Relevant degree or equivalent industry experience is advantageous

This is an opportunity to join our talent pool and be considered for future opportunities with leading organisations across South Africa.

If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles / positions.