SwiftLink Global Services Limited is a provider of payment solutions services, licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria. We specialise in secure end-to-end payment solutions, connecting and empowering individuals, businesses, and communities across Africa.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior IT Platform Engineer (Fintech)
Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior IT Platform Engineer to lead and oversee enterprise IT operations, cloud infrastructure, DevOps and DevSecOps practices, and software engineering platform enablement within a fast-growing fintech environment.
- The successful candidate will act as the technical authority responsible for building scalable, secure, and resilient platforms that support financial services operations, including the scaling of our Agency Banking Management System and Terminal Management System (TMS).
- This role requires deep expertise in high-availability systems, transaction processing environments, and secure digital payment infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Engineering & Architecture:
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, highly available, and secure platform infrastructure for fintech operations.
- Architect cloud-native and hybrid solutions across AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.
- Build and scale platforms supporting high-volume financial transactions, agency banking systems, and terminal management systems (TMS).
- Develop reusable infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM/Bicep.
- Standardize platform environments for development, staging, and production.
- Implement container orchestration solutions (Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, OpenShift).
- Define platform reliability, scalability, and observability standards aligned with financial service uptime requirements.
IT Operations Leadership:
- Oversee day-to-day IT infrastructure operations including servers, cloud environments, and network systems supporting payment services.
- Ensure high system availability (99.9%+ uptime), performance optimization, and disaster recovery readiness.
- Lead incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and resolution of production issues impacting financial transactions.
- Implement monitoring and alerting frameworks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
- Define and manage RTO/RPO targets and business continuity strategies for critical fintech systems.
- Drive ITIL-based service management best practices.
DevOps & CI/CD Engineering:
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
- Implement GitOps practices using tools like ArgoCD.
- Automate build, testing, and deployment pipelines across environments.
- Establish release management frameworks for fintech applications.
- Improve deployment frequency while maintaining system stability for transaction platforms.
- Promote infrastructure automation and configuration management.
DevSecOps & Security Integration:
- Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, dependency and container scanning).
- Ensure compliance with fintech regulatory and security standards (PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NDPR, etc.).
- Implement secure key and secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault).
- Enforce Zero Trust architecture principles across systems.
- Conduct vulnerability assessments and remediation tracking.
- Safeguard sensitive financial data and transaction flows.
Software Engineering Oversight:
- Provide technical leadership to software engineering teams building fintech products.
- Guide architecture decisions for agency banking platforms, wallet systems, and TMS solutions.
- Promote API-first, microservices, and event-driven architecture practices.
- Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability of applications handling financial transactions.
- Align engineering standards with platform and business strategy.
Agile & Delivery Governance:
- Operate within Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).
- Collaborate with Product and Business teams to prioritize fintech platform enhancements.
- Support sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release cycles.
- Define and track engineering KPIs (deployment frequency, MTTR, lead time).
- Drive continuous improvement and DevOps maturity within the organisation.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across engineering, operations, and security teams.
Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement:
- Lead cross-functional engineering teams across IT Operations, DevOps, DevSecOps, and Software Engineering.
- Mentor and develop engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
- Communicate platform strategy and system performance to executive leadership.
- Manage vendor relationships (cloud providers, infrastructure partners, fintech integrations).
- Contribute to the company’s fintech technology strategy and digital transformation roadmap.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- System uptime and availability (99.9%+)
- Deployment frequency and release stability
- Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR)
- Change failure rate reduction
- Security vulnerability remediation timelines
- Infrastructure cost optimisation
- Scalability and performance of Agency Banking and TMS platforms
- DevOps maturity and automation improvements
Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field with 8–12+ years of experience across IT Infrastructure, DevOps, and Software Engineering
- 5+ years in a senior or leadership role
- Experience in fintech, banking, or payment systems is highly preferred
- Proven experience scaling transaction-based platforms and distributed systems
- Experience working in Agile environments
Certifications (Preferred):
- AWS / Azure / GCP Architect
- Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD)
- ITIL
- CISSP or equivalent security certification
Core Competencies:
- Strong platform architecture and systems thinking
- Leadership and mentoring capability
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Risk management and compliance awareness (fintech-focused)
- Effective communication and stakeholder management
- Automation and continuous improvement mindset
Technical Requirements
Infrastructure & Cloud:
- Strong experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V)
- Networking (VPCs, VPNs, Load Balancers, DNS)
- Storage systems, backups, and disaster recovery
- High availability architectures for financial systems
DevOps Tooling:
- Git-based version control
- CI/CD pipelines
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation)
- Configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
Monitoring & Observability:
- Prometheus, Grafana
- ELK / EFK Stack
- Cloud-native monitoring tools
Security:
- IAM, RBAC
- Identity Federation, SSO
- Vulnerability scanning tools
- Security automation within CI/CD pipelines
Programming/Scripting:
- Bash, PowerShell, Python
- Familiarity with modern stacks (Node.js, Java, .NET, React)