Specialist Platform Engineer

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Apply platform engineering expertise, critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to produce well-organised, optimised and documented source code that successfully delivers platform features & components of the service & solves complex technical problems with high quality solutions.

Job Description

CIB Corporate Technology is seeking a Specialist Platform Engineer with experience in Kubernetes to join our team who has a culture of learning, trust, empowerment, flexibility, recognition, work-life harmony and diversity & inclusion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy and maintain Kubernetes clusters on-premises and in AWS cloud using industry best practices.
• Work collaboratively with other engineers and stakeholders to ensure high-availability, reliability, scalability and security of our Kubernetes platform.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code to automate deployment, scaling, and management of Kubernetes clusters.
• Collaborate with software development teams to ensure seamless integration of Kubernetes platform with their applications.
• Continuously monitor and improve the performance, reliability, and security of the Kubernetes platform.
• Provide technical guidance and support to other members of the team and stakeholders in the areas of Kubernetes architecture, deployment and management.
• Troubleshoot and resolve any issues related to the Kubernetes platform.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in Kubernetes technology to ensure the platform is optimised for performance, cost-effectiveness and security.

Key Requirements:

• Relevant B-Degree in Computer Science or Informatics preferred but not essential if minimum requirements of experience & practical application is evident
• Min 3 years of experience in designing, deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture, deployment, and management
• Experience in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Familiarity with AWS services and best practices for Kubernetes deployment in AWS
• Knowledge of networking concepts and security best practices in Kubernetes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Ideal Certifications experience:

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Terraform associate
• AWS certified cloud practitioner or AWS Associate level certifications
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack
• Experience with Helm, Kustomize, Argo CD, Flux or related deployment tools

What would make you a good fit?

• Willingness to learn or expand your Kubernetes knowledge
• Want to experience with DevOps tooling
• Have a light-hearted sense of humour
• Enjoy learning new technologies
• Can deal with the large cognitive load that platform engineering presents
• Passion for problem solving
• Want to solve technical problems for technical peers instead business problems for business owners
• Have a positive can-do attitude with matching enthusiasm
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Collaborative team player that communicates effectively
• Able to work within an autonomous self-organising team
• Holds standards or ways of work to offer and contribute to team

What you can look forward to:

• Remote work (anywhere in South Africa, teams are based in JHB and CPT though)
• Flexible working hours
• Free access to Enterprise grade training and certification (AWS, Kubernetes, ACloudGuru, Udemy)
• Access to innovative technology and tools (Miro, Slack, JetBrains, Rancher etc)
• Come as You Are, bring your whole self to work with a sense of belonging

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised