Senior Platform Engineer (JHB)

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment in Johannesburg seeks a senior Platform Engineer to design and deliver scalable, production-grade internal developer platforms and self-service capabilities for engineering teams. You will apply deep AWS and Kubernetes expertise, implement GitOps with ArgoCD/Flux, and drive IaC with Terraform, Pulumi or Crossplane to enable reliable, cloud-native solutions.

This role focuses on building observable, secure platforms that scale across the organization, with an emphasis on

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Platform Engineering building self-service platforms.
• 6+ years of experience with Public Cloud, with strong hands-on AWS experience.
• 6+ years of containerisation and container platforms.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes GitOps using ArgoCD / Flux and Helm/Kustomize.
• Strong experience implementing monitoring/observability with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki and X-Ray.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD.
• Hands-on with Crossplane, ArgoCD and Backstage.
• Proven experience building Kubernetes Operators.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain self-service platforms and abstractions used by other engineering teams.
• Implement and operate monitoring/observability for cloud-native platforms (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Develop Kubernetes Operators and platform tooling to enable scalable, reliable internal platforms.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

GitOps

IaC

Crossplane

ArgoCD

Terraform

Pulumi

Backstage

Helm/Kustomize

CI/CD

CloudWatch

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

X-Ray

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Johannesburg, 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.