Key details
Quick facts about this role
Location
Kempton Park, Gauteng
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
R 42 000 - R 48 000 per month
Posted
10 Mar 2026
Closes
31 Mar 2026

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Platform Engineer - Digital Services

Introduction

An established organisation is seeking a Platform Engineer - Digital Services to join its team in Kempton Park. This role will contribute to software, systems, and digital capability across a growing operational landscape. The position offers the opportunity to work on meaningful systems, applications, infrastructure, or digital services depending on the portfolio and team structure.

This position is well suited to a professional who can combine strong technical fundamentals with a practical, service-oriented approach to delivery and support. The successful candidate will be expected to work with appropriate urgency, maintain quality standards, and support a collaborative delivery culture while contributing to business-facing outcomes.

Duties & Responsibilities

This role combines hands-on technical responsibility with operational coordination and clear ownership of delivery outcomes.

  • Support infrastructure, cloud, network, security, or platform components to maintain availability, performance, and control.
  • Maintain documentation for environments, processes, access control, and change activities.
  • Follow change management, security, and operational governance requirements consistently.
  • Assist with deployments, configuration changes, patching, backup checks, and recovery readiness.
  • Work with internal stakeholders, service providers, and project teams on upgrades, enhancements, and issue resolution.
  • Review logs, alerts, and technical performance metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities.

Desired Experience & Qualification

The ideal candidate will combine relevant technical capability with strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

  • Relevant diploma or degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Development, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Exposure to infrastructure, cloud, networking, security, monitoring, administration, or environment support relevant to the role.
  • Understanding of operational controls, technical troubleshooting, and change management discipline.
  • Good working knowledge of documentation standards, structured problem-solving, and stakeholder communication.
  • Typically suited to candidates with around 3–6 years relevant experience and the ability to manage core responsibilities independently.
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