Platform Engineer

Cloud Platform Engineer

Claremont, Cape Town

We’re looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer to help build, automate and maintain secure, reliable cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS.

Joining the Group IT Operations team, you’ll combine hands-on cloud engineering with operational support and infrastructure modernisation. You’ll work closely with development, security and infrastructure colleagues to improve how environments are deployed, monitored and maintained.

The role

• Build and operate Azure and AWS infrastructure across compute, networking, identity, storage and platform services.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and standardise environments to reduce configuration drift.
• Build infrastructure deployment pipelines using GitHub, including validation, compliance checks and security scanning.
• Improve availability, disaster recovery, monitoring and incident response.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and manage patching, performance and cloud costs.
• Deliver migrations, upgrades and deployments, supporting development teams with production releases.
• Maintain clear documentation, runbooks and auditable change processes.
• Share knowledge and mentor colleagues in cloud engineering, infrastructure as code and automation.

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience managing enterprise infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking and virtualisation.
• Experience modernising infrastructure and services using cloud technologies.
• Practical knowledge of Azure and/or AWS, Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of containerisation, scripting and Windows Server and/or Linux administration.
• Familiarity with backup, disaster recovery, business continuity and database technologies.
• A security-focused approach to infrastructure design and operations.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to explain technical issues clearly to different audiences.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver projects to agreed timescales.

Technology environment

The wider environment includes Docker, Kubernetes, PowerShell, Python, GitHub, GitLab, ArgoCD, Octopus Deploy, Azure/AWS PaaS, New Relic, Cloudflare, HashiCorp tooling, Zerto, VMware and Dell EMC storage.

Qualifications

A degree in Computer Science or an equivalent field, alongside relevant cloud administration and infrastructure as code and/or containerisation accreditations.