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Real-Time Payments Engineer

Interswitch Group

Interswitch Group

Lagos, Nigeria
Posted on Sep 9, 2025

To provide technical support, monitoring, and operational management for the CI-Hub infrastructure that powers real-time payments in Nigeria and across Africa. The role ensures system uptime, reliability, security, and performance of CI-Hub services, working closely with internal teams, partners, and clients to deliver seamless and secure payment connectivity.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational Support & Monitoring

  • Monitor CI-Hub systems, applications, and integrations to ensure continuous availability, high performance, and security.
  • Perform incident management, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for technical issues.
  • Escalate unresolved or complex incidents to senior engineers or the Lead, CI-Hub Operations.

System Administration & Maintenance

  • Execute routine system checks, preventive maintenance, and upgrades on CI-Hub infrastructure.
  • Manage deployment of patches, configuration changes, and release updates.
  • Maintain accurate documentation of system configurations, operational processes, and incident resolutions.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to diagnose and resolve critical issues.
  • Analyse trends in customer support data to identify areas for improvement.

Integration & Technology Support

  • Support integration of APIs, middleware, microservices, and third-party services into CI-Hub.
  • Collaborate with solution architects and developers to implement and test new features.
  • Use monitoring tools and logs to optimise system performance and resolve bottlenecks.

Security & Compliance

  • Ensure all operations comply with security, data protection, and industry standards (e.g., PCI-DSS, NDPR, GDPR).
  • Monitor and respond to security alerts, vulnerabilities, and risks within CI-Hub systems.
  • Participate in disaster recovery and business continuity tests.

Stakeholder & Vendor Support

  • Provide second-level technical support to internal teams, customers, and partners.
  • Work with vendors, OEMs, and service providers to resolve system issues or optimise performance.
  • Support onboarding and integration of new clients into CI-Hub.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

  • Identify opportunities for process automation and efficiency improvement.
  • Participate in knowledge sharing and training sessions.
  • Contribute feedback to improve monitoring tools, operational dashboards, and engineering processes.

System Maintenance and Optimisation

  • Perform weekly routine/health check maintenance and optimisation of existing Interswitch Real-Time Payment systems to ensure reliability and performance.
  • Conduct regular assessments of system performance and recommend improvements.
  • Apply system and application patch updates as required on server workloads.

Collaboration and Communication

  • Collaborate with Project Managers, Product Owners, Back-office Operations, and Quality Assurance (QA) Engineers to achieve Interswitch Systegra business goals.
  • Communicate technical information effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement

  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of technical support and engineering processes.
  • Facilitate continuous delivery practices to ensure code changes are automatically prepared for deployment to production.

Client and Customer Management (Internal)

  • Perform post-implementation training and user knowledge sharing.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
  • 3–5 years of experience in IT operations, systems administration, or technical support.
  • Experience in financial services, fintech, or telecom operations preferred.
  • Certifications in ITIL, Cloud (AWS/Azure), Security, or Integration technologies are an added advantage.

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.