Senior Platform Engineer, Gauteng

Recruiter:

Sheldon Recruitment and Selection

Job Ref:

EL003100/Nomph

Date posted:

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer for a permanent role based in Sandton, Gauteng.

POSITION INFO:
Applicants are required to meet the following criteria:

Skills: RHCSA, RHCE, Ansible, Azure Cloud, Terraform, Linux (RHEL)
At least 5-8 years of experience
Satellite (patching)
Critical Thinking and Thought Leadership (Improving ways of working)
Root Cause Analysis
Understand Banking change control processes
OS Hardening
Infrastructure as code (Automation) – Ansible and Terraform – Chef skills a bonus but not a must
Must demonstrate an automation first approach to systems management and deployment
AWS Cloud experience
Documentation and system design fundamentals
Kubernetes (nice to have) – CKA, OpenShoft admin
Good Communication skills (written and spoken)
Be able to guide and lead junior team members
Daily Standups
Team player & knowledge sharer
Service excellence – SLA adherence with internal application, DB and security teams

Salary: Market related

To apply email detailed CV and all supporting documentation through to

If you have not received a response within 7 working days, please consider your application unsuccessful

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