Senior Systems Administrator at MFS Africa

Description

MFS Africa is the leading digital payments hub 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 unbanked people. MFS Africa connects over 320 million mobile money users across sub-Saharan Africa through its platform – the MFS Hub. As a B2B company, we enable cross-border payment for mobile money operators, banks, money transfer operators, large corporate and a growing number of SMEs. Our recent partnership with Visa will soon allow us to connect the MFS Hub to Visa.net, effectively connecting African consumers and businesses to the global digital economy. As a technology fintech company, we strive to automate everything we do and run world-class back-office operations spread between Johannesburg, Port-Louis, Accra and soon Nairobi. We also have a compliance team in Johannesburg, London and Port-Louis and are regulated by the FSC in Mauritius and the FCA in the UK.

The Role

We are seeking an energetic and motivated Senior Systems Administrator to work as a member of the technical team, building the next generation of MFS Africa’s products and services. The position will report to the Tech Director (Infrastructure and Cyber security) and should be based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The duties and responsibilities of the role will be as follows:

• Install and configure Linux operating systems
• Manage and monitor network servers
• Deploy and configure MySQL databases
• Set up email accounts and workstations
• Monitor performance and maintain application systems according to requirements
• Troubleshoot issues and outages by mmanaging the Google Cloud infrastructure
• Managing and troubleshooting the VPN connections

Requirements

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
• 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
• Advanced knowledge in TCP/IP networking
• Advance knowledge in Linux networking and iptables
• Basic Cisco server configuration and troubleshooting

Qualifications and Experience

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

Benefits

• We are highly innovative and were ranked by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies in the world
• We work at the very cutting edge of fintech in Africa
• We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world. We are building the MFS Africa Hub into a payment infrastructure designed to last 100 years
• We have a culture of caring and execution and a very diverse work environment with over 30+ nationalities represented