Senior Systems Administrator

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa MFS Africa Full time

Who We Are

At MFS Africa, we believe that the only currency that matters is access. Our mission is to make borders matter less by connecting Africans to each other and to the world, giving them access to the global digital economy.

We are Africa's leading omnichannel payments platform, enabling real-time cross border cross scheme and cross currency payment within, from and to the continent digitally and offline. We partner with mobile network operators, mobile transfer operators, global enterprises, and financial institutions to connect over 400 million mobile money users to a world of limitless possibilities.

As a fintech company, we strive toward 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. Our people are talented, curious, passionate, and the reason our company does exceptional things. Excellence in nurturing our people and their passions is foundational to our success as a business. The MFS Africa team has doubled in the past year and continues to grow rapidly.

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 pride ourselves on world-class team and world class operations. We are regulated by the FSC in Mauritius, BoG in Ghana, BoT in Tanzania, BCC in the DRC, and FCA in the UK.

The Role

We are seeking a bright, energetic, and motivated Senior Systems 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.

The position will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

**You might be a good fit if you have**:
Fluency in English, a dditional languages would be plus i.e. French

Proficiency in Google cloud and AWS architecture and its VPN configurations

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
Install and configure Linux operating systems

Manage and monitor network servers

Deploy and configure MySQL databases

Troubleshoot issues and outages by managing the Google Cloud infrastructure

Managing and troubleshooting the VPN connections

Higher Diploma or BSc in Computer Science or a related technical field

Advanced knowledge and experience working with MySQL, and proficiency with Tomcat web server

**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 experience

Advanced knowledge in TCP/IP networking

Advance knowledge in Linux networking and iptables

Basic Cisco server configuration and troubleshooting

**Why work for us**:
We are the cutting edge of fintech in Africa

Ranked by Fast Company as Second Most Innovative Company in Africa

Attractive package including flexible benefits and competitive remuneration

Diverse, inclusive, gender-balanced company culture representing >28 nationalities and speaking >20 languages

Massive growth potential

We operate a flexible remote working and unlimited leave policy

We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world to create access for the millions of users who also believe in what we do



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