Platform Engineer I

Join Us in Becoming the Best Bank in the World

We appoint energized and motivated people for their potential and continuously look for talented, driven individuals to help us innovate and evolve. That is why we focus on finding the right people for the right jobs. We love what we do because we focus on making a positive difference for our clients and employees.  Our company DNA is built around talented and committed teams dedicated to build a brand that we are proud of and earns the trust of our clients.

Who We Are

We are a bank, but we’re much more than that. We believe that banking is about enabling people to control their financial lives through banking that is simplified, accessible, affordable, and delivered through a personal experience. By helping our clients manage their financial lives better, we enable them to live better. 

Why choose Us

At Capitec, we offer our best by living up to our CEO values in every situation – we always put the Client first, act with Energy and take Ownership. And to support people in being their best, our Employee Value Proposition offers every value to all team members through cohesive teams, growth opportunities as well as employee benefits and savings. We make it a priority to ensure that each member of the Capitec team feels welcome, valued, focused, and has the opportunity to grow. 

What you will be doing

You will build, implement and maintain resilient, scalable cost-effective and high performing Cloud developer solutions that will assist Capitec to become the best bank in the world through the application of strong AWS and IaC skills

Minimum Requirements:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology
• Experience in Agile/DevOps environments and CI/CD tools
• Develop and support infrastructure for microservices-based architectures.
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in Infrastructure, Software Development, DevOps or Security
• 3 - 5 years design and implementation of highly available, enterprise-scale Cloud infrastructure.
• 2+ years in AWS, Engineering or Infrastructure
• 2+years’ previous experience with managing a CI system (Jenkins, Gitlab CI, Automic)
• Experience with scripting and provisioning tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).

Our Ideal Candidate has

• Design and deploy highly available, enterprise-scale Cloud infrastructure.
• Strong design and troubleshooting skills on AWS (Azure or GCP is a plus).
• Enhance build and release processes through automation.
• Develop and support infrastructure for microservices-based architectures.
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization technologies (LDAP, Kerberos, AD, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML).
• Understanding of Cloud Security technologies and best practices.
• Understanding of networking in Cloud environments.

Additional Information