Junior network engineer

About Lesaka

Lesaka Technologies is a Southern African fintech building the connected ecosystem for financial inclusion — transactional banking, lending, insurance, payments and cash management for merchants, consumers and enterprise clients across the region. We’re publicly listed (Nasdaq: LSAK / JSE: LSK) and growing fast.

Job Description

Junior Network Engineer — Easy Pay

Location: Cape Town, hybrid. Type: Permanent, full‑time. Reports to: Head of Infrastructure.

Easy Pay powers airtime, data, electricity, lotto and 600+ bill payments through the largest retail footprint in South Africa.

The role:

Easy Pay’s network carries live transaction traffic across thousands of retail sites. We need a junior network engineer to help keep that network healthy — monitoring, troubleshooting, and supporting the infrastructure team as they roll out changes. You’ll learn fast, work close to production, and build the foundation for a career in network engineering.

What you’ll own Monitor network health across LAN, WAN and VPN links, and escalate issues before they become outages. Triage and resolve first‑line network incidents — connectivity drops, latency, routing issues. Support firewall, switch and router configuration changes under senior engineer guidance. Maintain accurate network documentation, diagrams and asset records. Assist with patching, firmware updates and scheduled maintenance windows. Log and track incidents through to resolution in our ticketing system. Build hands‑on experience with routing, switching and network security fundamentals. What you bring 1‑2 years’ experience in a network or IT support role, or a relevant diploma/certification with strong practical exposure. Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VLANs. Exposure to routers, switches and firewalls (Cisco, Fortinet, or similar). Comfortable troubleshooting under pressure with production systems live. Clear, calm communicator — you can explain a network issue to a non‑technical colleague. Willingness to work outside standard hours occasionally for maintenance windows or incidents. Nice to have CCNA (completed or in progress). Exposure to monitoring tools (PRTG, Zabbix, Solar Winds or similar). Experience in a payments, retail or high‑availability environment. Our culture — what we expect from you Ownership. You don’t wait to be asked. If something is broken or unclear, you call for the ball and fix it. Fast adaptation. Priorities shift, markets move, regulations change. You don’t flinch — you re‑plan and move. Execution mindset. Ideas are cheap. Shipping is the job. You walk slow, run fast: think it through, then move with urgency. Customer first. The merchant, consumer or enterprise client is why we exist. Your decisions trace back to them.

If you’d rather optimise a process to perfection over six months than ship something useful in six weeks, this won’t be the right fit. #J-18808-Ljbffr