Senior Platform Engineer: Cloud, IaC & SRE Leader

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

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.