Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Sanlam Group Technology is responsible for the provision of a digitally enabled technology service as a group COE, drive business and transformation and provide group-wide digital and data architecture. We operate the various technology platforms and shared services, ensure Cyber and Information Security resilience, and act as technology governance and risk orchestrator for technology across Sanlam.

What will you do?

This is a technical Kubernetes support position. This is for an Individual with Linux Certification and Kubernetes experience and some Coding background. Operational support is key and Standby and after-hours support will be expected. Manage and maintain Linux platforms to ensure stability and continued high performance of said platforms and applications deployed thereon. Assist in implementing, managing and configuration of environment, platform, and application monitoring. Assisting in the constant automation and configuration of the Kubernetes environments. Participate in continual investigation into best practices, methodologies and tooling for deployment, DevOps, monitoring, release and configuration management and all other relevant disciplines. Documentation of the investigation is compulsory.

Work with Linux advance implementations as well as hardware configured environments. Ensure that tooling and platform obsolescence is avoided and managed in the form of roadmaps, patches, and upgrades. Facilitate the automation of areas this person will be involved as the workload is growing and the toolsets are also getting more – key is to automate as much what makes sense and use proper rules to ensure it is a clean and secure implementation.

What will make you successful in this role?

The following would assist a successful candidate:

Application platform, maintenance, implementation, and configuration of the following (or similar):

• Linux advance user with Certification started
• RedHat JBoss EAP (or Wildfly)
• Kubernetes and Rancher experience
• Understand the concept of integration of web-based services and practical use of APIs, REST and SOAP services.
• Understand conceptual makeup of the SDLC and, with regards to the implementation phase, the change in responsibilities based on level of agility.

Exposure to Infrastructure / Application configuration management tooling including the following (or similar) is advisable:

• Ansible
• Chef
• Puppet
• Foreman
• Rundeck
• Redis (cache)
• Graylog
• Harbor

Understanding of relationships and integration between host, operating system, platform and application layers. Knowledge of integration between application touch-points such as directory services (ie LDAP), databases, load balancers and reverse-proxies are also beneficial.

Exposure to containerization concepts and technology such as the following:

• Docker (Swarm)
• Kubernetes operations & administration build, upgrade clusters add remove maintain nodes manage storage manage cluster integrations support applications security - cluster & applications

Qualification and Experience

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology

Experience:

• 2-5 years in the field of Information Technology
• 2-5 years runtime operations support in some form
• Must have exposure with scripting
• 2 years as an advance Linux user
• Linux advance Certification (recommended)

Knowledge and Skills:

Operating system software and hardware and utility software Software installations and upgrades Business requirements Security management and data recovery Change control

Personal Attributes:

Organisational savvy - Contributing through others Manages complexity - Contributing through others Plans and aligns - Contributing through others Optimises work processes - Contributing through others

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies:

Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others Customer focus - Contributing through others Drives results - Contributing through others Collaborates - Contributing through others Being resilient - Contributing through others

Turnaround time:

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.