Are you an experienced platform engineer with a knack for crafting cutting-edge solutions in the cloud? Look no further!Apply now to join an international software firm that is on the hunt for a Senior Platform Engineer to join their dynamic team.Requirements:3+ years of experience in a platform engineering capacity4+ years of experience as a software engineer with experience in popular languages such as Java / JavaScript / Golang / Python4+ years of experience in public cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP)4+ years of experience with containerisation and container platformsExperience with Kubernetes GitOps practices, and using tools such as ArgoCD / Flux and Helm / KustomizeExperience with the implementation of monitoring and observability solutions (logging, metrics, and distributed tracing) using tools such as Loki, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and XrayFamiliar with DevOps practices and CI/CD tools (AWS DevOps Tools, Jenkins, GitHub actions, etc.)Proven experience building complex, production-grade platforms and making these available for self-service consumption by engineering teamsExpert knowledge of:Infrastructure as Code tooling (Terraform / CDK / Pulumi / Crossplane) and practicesContainer orchestration principles and Kubernetes, CKA certification preferablePublic cloud providers (AWS / Azure / GCP) and best practices (Well Architected Frameworks), certification preferableDistributed systems, service architectures, cloud native systems, the problems they attempt to solve as well as the related trade-offs to contribute to feature and service designBuilding of platform APIs, automation, system-level tooling and/ or internal developer platformsReference Number for this position is GZ57682 which is a permanent position in Johannesburg offering up to R850k per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on garthz@e-merge.co.za or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.Are you ready for a change of scenery? The e-Merge IT recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions.Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist? We pay cash for successful referrals!#J-18808-Ljbffr