Network Administrator

Who We Are

Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial ecosystem, helping 10 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, and business management tools since 2019.As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, it powers most of the country’s Point of Sale (POS) transactions. Through its subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes $22 billion monthly for its customers while operating profitably.

About the role

We are hiring an experienced Network Engineer to manage and optimize our hybrid network infrastructure across on-premises data centers and public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure). You’ll play a key role in designing, securing, and automating network solutions to support business-critical operations.

Location: Lagos

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Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and support hybrid network architectures (on-prem + AWS/GCP/Azure).

• Configure and maintain BGP, OSPF, VLANs, MPLS, and IP routing.

• Manage cloud networking components – VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Cloud VPN, NAT Gateways, and equivalent services in GCP.

• Implement and manage onprem and cloud VPNs, routers, firewalls, proxies, onprem and cloud load balancers (e.g., AWS ELB/GCP Load Balancer), and secure network configurations.

• Troubleshoot complex incidents; act as Tier-3 escalation for network issues.

• Monitor performance using tools like CloudWatch, Stackdriver, SolarWinds, Nagios.

• Automate tasks using Python, Ansible, or Terraform.

• Optimize network metrics – latency, throughput, packet loss.

• Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and internal security policies.

• Recommend upgrades and drive cost-effective network improvements (10–15% savings annually).

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with enterprise networking (on-prem and cloud).

• In-depth knowledge of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), IPsec, VLANs, MPLS.

• Proficient with cloud networking in AWS,GCP,Azure: VPCs, VPNs, firewalls, NAT, load balancers.

• Experience with VPN solutions, firewall configurations (cloud and on-prem), and secure proxy design.

• Solid grasp of network security best practices.

• Experience in automation and scripting (Python, Ansible, Terraform).

• Familiarity with network monitoring and alerting tools.

Good to Have

• Exposure to AWS Cloud WAN, AWS Firewall Manager, and GCP equivalent services.

• Experience with zero trust network design.