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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

Senior Python Developer (AWS/Azure) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Contract Senior position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 15 Dec 2025 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 25 days
  • Job 2629566 - Ref 878000014413168
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About the position

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Python Developer with strong cloud engineering expertise across AWS and/or Azure. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of hands-on Python development experience, deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, and a proven ability to design, build, and scale secure, reliable backend systems.


 


Key Responsibilities:


  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend applications using Python.
  • Build RESTful APIs, microservices, automation scripts, and data processing pipelines.
  • Implement unit tests, integration tests, and CI/CD automation.
  • Optimise application performance, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Architect, deploy, and manage cloud-native solutions on AWS and/or Azure.
  • Work with cloud services such as: Lambda, API Gateway, EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Step Functions, ECS, CloudFormation, IAM
  • Azure: Functions, App Services, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, Cosmos DB, AKS, ARM/Bicep, AAD
  • Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or Bicep.
  • Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of all cloud-hosted applications.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, CodePipeline, etc.).
  • Containerise applications using Docker; deploy and manage Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) environments.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot production systems using cloud native tools (CloudWatch, Application Insights, etc.).
  • Implement cloud and application security best practices (IAM, secrets management, network security).
  • Ensure compliance with relevant standards and frameworks (ISO, SOC2, POPIA/GDPR where applicable).
  • Act as a senior contributor, mentoring mid-level/junior developers.
  • Participate in solution architecture, technical design sessions, and code reviews.
  • Work closely with product owners, DevOps engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.


Requirements
  • 7+ years professional Python development experience (required).
  • Certifications: AWS Developer/Architect, Azure Developer/Architect.
  • Strong experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.
  • Proven experience designing and building REST APIs, microservices, and serverless components.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), and cloud infrastructure.
  • Strong skills in relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Cosmos DB).
  • Solid understanding of software engineering best practices (testing, code reviews, DRY, SOLID).
  • Experience with IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or Bicep.
  • Experience with CI/CD automation.
  • Experience with asynchronous frameworks (FastAPI, aiohttp, asyncio).
  • Experience with messaging/streaming platforms (SQS, SNS, Kafka, EventHub).
  • Knowledge of data engineering pipelines or ML workflow integration.


Desired Skills:

  • python
  • aws
  • azure
  • ec2
  • lambda
  • api gateway

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

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Dedicated to the recruitment of IT professionals Sabenza iT is a South African registered business focusing on Finance, Engineering, SAP and general iT recruitment. We have over 18 years' experience in recruiting in South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia and have worked with a number of large companies offering the best service. We at Sabenza iT understands the changing market and we mold our services around each of our client's needs to offer a personal service. Sabenza iT has forged strong relationships with both Clients and Consultants by ensuring both parties get the most out of every placement. Our Head Office is based in South Africa and we have a satellite office in the UK so that we can keep in contact with expats who may consider returning to South Africa and so that we can offer our services globally for Consultants looking to go to South Africa and Consultants who are looking for opportunities abroad. We at Sabenza recognize the difference it makes to maintain good client relationships and we are keeping our client base niche and manageable in order to give the best service possible. We have gained a good reputation in the market place and have built a very large network and database of consultants that we draw from for each role. We are able to send applications within 24 hours of receiving a role profile or spec. We use one of the best Database software tools available to keep our database up to date and very fast to search. Sabenza iT does not only use job-sites, we headhunt and we use our network to find our clients the right Candidates. We have a strong Facebook presence and we have over 12,000 LinkedIn connections. For further information, please visit our website www.sabenzait.co.za or call me at any time on Tel: 0330040131.

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