Senior Platform Engineer (CPT)

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment in Cape Town seeks an senior Platform Engineer to architect and deliver scalable, production-grade platforms for engineering teams. You will drive self-service capabilities, AWS-based cloud architectures, and Kubernetes-based platforms with a strong focus on automation and observability.

You will implement GitOps practices with ArgoCD/Flux, define IaC strategies using Terraform, CDK, Pulumi, and Crossplane, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Platform Engineering experience building self-service platforms for engineering teams.
• 6+ years of Public Cloud experience with strong hands-on AWS experience.
• 6+ years of containerisation and container platforms experience.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes GitOps using ArgoCD / Flux and Helm/Kustomize.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, X-Ray.
• Solid knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD.
• Proven track record building complex production-grade platforms for self-service engineering teams.
• Hands-on with Crossplane, ArgoCD and Backstage.
• Proven experience building Kubernetes Operators.

Responsibilities

• Build production-grade platforms and make them self-service for engineering teams.
• Lead Kubernetes and GitOps implementations using ArgoCD/Flux.
• Develop IaC tooling and automation with Terraform, CDK, Pulumi or Crossplane.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

GitOps

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

ArgoCD

Crossplane

Terraform

CDK

Pulumi

Tools

Terraform

CDK

Pulumi

Crossplane

ArgoCD

Helm

Kustomize

Backstage

Job description

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 07/08/2026

A senior-level Platform Engineering opportunity for an experienced engineer with astrong track record of building scalable, production-grade platforms and self-servicecapabilities for engineering teams. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise acrossAWS, Kubernetes, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, automation and internaldeveloper platforms, with a strong focus on building reliable, scalable and cloudnative solutions.

Expert Knowledge

• AWS cloud architecture and services, with strong understanding of AWS bestpractices and the Well-Architected Framework.
• Building platform APIs, automation, system-level tooling and/or internal developerplatforms.
• Infrastructure as Code tooling and practices, including Terraform, CDK, Pulumi andCrossplane.
• Container orchestration principles and Kubernetes; CKA certification preferable.
• Cloud-native systems, distributed systems and service architectures, includingassociated design trade-offs.
• Building and operating scalable, secure and highly available platforms within AWSenvironments.
  

Requirements

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a Platform Engineering capacity – building self-serviceplatforms and abstractions used by other engineering teams.
  
• 6+ years of experience working with Public Cloud, with strong hands-on AWSexperience.
  
• 6+ years of experience with containerisation and container platforms.
  
• Strong experience with Kubernetes GitOps practices using ArgoCD / Flux andHelm/Kustomize.
  
• Strong experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions using toolssuch as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki and X-Ray.
  
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actionsand GitLab CI/CD.
  
• Proven experience building complex, production-grade platforms and making theseavailable for self-service consumption by engineering teams.
  
• Hands-on experience with Crossplane, ArgoCD and Backstage is nonnegotiable.
  
• Proven experience building Kubernetes Operators is non-negotiable.