Lead: Cloud and DevOps Platform Engineering
Date: 8 May 2024
Location: Sandton, GT, ZA
Company: Capitec Bank Ltd
Purpose Statement
- To provide direction to and lead teams responsible for the full product lifecycle to ensure successful delivery of all product features, support and maintenance related tasks within the Capitec Bank Operations
- Oversee the ongoing drive to increase efficiency, optimisation, innovation and people development in these environments.
Experience
Minimum:
- 5 years’ proven and strong experience as a Technical Lead/ Lead Software Engineer.
- 6 years' proven experience in implementation of platform/ software engineering projects.
- Strong Experience with AWS Cloud, Infrastructure as Code, Pipeline as Code
- Cloud and DevOps Technologies
- Ideal:
- Previous Platform Engineering experience
- Skills/Technologies:
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- Backend: C#, Java, Python or similar
- Financial services environment
- Good understanding of testing strategy, e.g. unit testing vs integration testing vs regression testing etc.
- Best practices for Quality Assurance (QA): Advances functional & non-functional automated testing.
- Capitec Bank Business Model
- Agile development principles
Qualifications (Minimum)
- Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational
Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology - Computer Science or Information Technology - Programming
Knowledge
Minimum:
- Familiar with Agile and project tracking tools
- Familiar with Continuous implementation and Continuous deployment process
- Application development, Standards, and Governance
- Testing practices
- Skills/Technologies:
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD Tools, Linux, Servers, Security
- Databases: SQL & NoSQL
- Skills/Technologies:
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD Tools, Linux, Servers, Security
- Databases: SQL & NoSQL
Skills
- Communications Skills
- Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Negotiation skills
- Attention to Detail
Conditions of Employment
- Clear criminal and credit record