IT Staff Engineer (Remote) at M-KOPA Nigeria

M-KOPA is a fast-growing FinTech company offering millions of underbanked customers across Africa access to life-enhancing products and services. From our roots as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go “PayGo’” solar energy for off grid homes, we have grown into one of the most advanced connected asset financing platforms in the world, empowering a broad range of customers to achieve progress in their lives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: IT Staff Engineer

Location: Lagos (Remote)
Employment Type: Full time
Department: Fintech Technology - IT Operations

Description

• We are looking for an IT Staff Engineer to join our IT Systems team; where progress, and humility are valued as highly as technical excellence.
• As an IT Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive technical support and ensuring the smooth operation of our IT infrastructure across the organization.

Responsibilities
In this role, you would be responsible for:

• Designing, installing, configuring, managing & monitoring the organization’s enterprise and cloud network for data VOIP and security. Monitoring network performance, troubleshooting issues, and optimizing network operations.
• Configuring and managing Routers, Switches, firewalls, and wireless solutions
• Identifying opportunities and implementing solutions for increased automation in this age of artificial intelligence, reliability and/or velocity
• Utilizing automation tools (such as Ansible or Python, Chef) to streamline network operations and configuration management.
• Providing tier 3 support for escalated network issues and outages.
• Providing and maintaining documentation regarding network configurations, operating procedures, and service records relating to network hardware and software
• Responding to priority incidents, alerts, and service requests via phone, in person, or electronically, including after-hours support when needed.
• Supporting, coaching and guiding junior engineers in their incident response, directing incident first responder actions, and appropriately escalating issues.
• Participating in disaster recovery planning and business continuity initiatives.
• Designing of IP addressing schemes, subnetting & route summarization & experience in routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF & BGP.
• Implementing and maintaining security policies, firewalls, and intrusion detection/prevention systems.
• Managing network integrations with cloud environments like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Creating and maintaining network diagrams, configurations, and documentation for compliance and operational efficiency
• This is a fully remote role and will include travel across our different markets and working within the UTC -1 through UTC+3 time zones.

Requirements
Your application should demonstrate:

• Candidates should possess relevant qualifications
• 5+ years of experience in network infrastructure engineering
• Professional certification (e.g. CCNP, CCDP) or equivalent
• Solid background in network administration and architecture and Solid understanding of network operating systems e.g., JUNOS, Cisco IOS, RouterOS)
• Experience leading network projects, including upgrades, migrations, and security implementations.
• Experience with popular network automation frameworks like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or Salt Stack to manage configurations across multiple devices
• Experience in Incident response, root cause analysis and performance optimization.
• Solid knowledge of LAN, WAN, MPLS, SD-WAN, and VPN technologies.
• Hands-on experience with network automation tools (Ansible, Python, etc.).
• Expertise in configuring and troubleshooting Routers and switches (CISCO, ARUBA, MIKROTIK), Firewalls (SOPHOS, FORTIGET, ASA), and wireless solutions (RUCKUS, UBIQUITY, WLC, Grand stream).
• Proficiency in network security best practices, including firewall configurations, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and access control.
• Experience with cloud networking (AWS, Azure).
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, PRTG, or Zabbix.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.