Senior Devops Administrator Job at MFS Africa

MFS Africa is the leading digital payments platform in Africa, enabling low-cost payments across the continent. The company works in close partnership with mobile network operators and financial institutions to bring simple and relevant payment services to African consumers and businesses. MFS Africa connects over 320 million mobile money users across Africa through its platform, which enables cross-border payment for mobile money networks, banks, money transfer operators, and large corporates.

As a fintech company, we strive towards elegance and simplicity in everything we do. Our mission is to make borders matter less, and our values are to simplify, care, and be revolutionary. We pride ourselves on world-class operations and a distributed team. Our offices include Abidjan, Accra, Johannesburg, Kampala, Lagos, London, Nairobi, and Port-Louis, and many employees work remotely from locations where we do not have offices. We are regulated by the FSC in Mauritius, BoG in Ghana, BoT in Tanzania, and FCA in the UK.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Senior Devops Administrator

Job Location: Lagos (Hybrid)
Department: Technology

The Role

• We are seeking a bright, energetic, and motivated Senior DevOps Administrator, who will report to the Tech Director (Infrastructure and Cyber security), to work as a member of the technical team, building the next generation of MFS Africa’s products and services.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Install and configure Linux operating systems.
• Monitor performance and maintain application systems according to requirements.
• Troubleshoot issues and outages by managing Cloud infrastructure.
• Manage and monitor network servers.
• Deploy and configure MySQL databases.
• Managing and troubleshooting the VPN connections

Educational qualification and key skills

• Higher Diploma or B.Sc Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Fluency in English
• Additional languages would be plus i.e., French

Skills and competencies:

• Advanced knowledge and experience working with MySQL, and proficiency with Tomcat web server.
• Proficiency in Google cloud and AWS architecture and its VPN configurations
• Proficiency in devOps related activities.
• Advanced knowledge in TCP/IP networking.
• Advance knowledge in Linux networking and iptables
• Bonus: e-commerce, online payments, or banking/card payments experience
• Advanced knowledge in mail, apache, selinux configurations on linux boxes
• Linux server installation and hardening
• Basic Cisco server configuration and troubleshooting

Why work for us

• We are the cutting edge of fintech in
• We are highly innovative and were ranked by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies in the world
• Attractive package including flexible benefits and competitive remuneration,
• Massive growth potential
• We operate a flexible hybrid working and unlimited leave
• We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world and are building the MFS Africa Hub (Baxi Bu) into a payment infrastructure designed to transcend generations.
• We have a very diverse work environment with over 30+ nationalities represented and continually strive to build a culture of caring and execution.