Specialist Platform Engineer - Kubernetes

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 SummaryApply 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

Key Responsibilities:

· Design, deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters on-premises and in AWS cloud using industry best practices.

· 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 optimized for performance, cost-effectiveness and security.

Requirements:

· Bachelors degree in Computer science or Informatics would be preferable but Candidates with suitable and relevant experience will be acknowledged.

· At least 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 Crossplane.

· Familiarity with AWS services and best practices for Kubernetes deployment in AWS.

· Understanding of corporate policy and constraints

· Knowledge of networking concepts and security best practices in Kubernetes.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

· Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

· Solid documentation skills

· Git tool best practices

Ideal Certifications:

· Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).

· Hashicorp Terraform associate

· Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA)

· AWS certified cloud practitioner or AWS Associate level certifications.

Ideal experience:

· Monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack.

· Helm, Kustomize, Argo CD, Flux or related deployment tools.

· Repository and CI/CD platforms (like Azure DevOps and Github)

What would make you a good fit?

· Disposition to rotational afterhours standby support

· Deliver on feature driven work outside of support rotation

· Want to expand your Kubernetes knowledge?

· Want 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?

· Employing critical thinking and problem-solving skills?

· Have a positive can-do attitude with matching enthusiasm?

· Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

· Can work within a team and communicate effectively.

What you can look forward to:

· Hybrid work, (anywhere in South Africa, based in JHB or CPT is a benefit though)

· Flexible working hours

· Free access to Enterprise grade training and certification (AWS, ACloudGuru, Udemy, o’Reilly)

Education

National Certificate: 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

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