Credit Direct Limited is a non-bank finance company with its Head-Quarters in Lagos, Nigeria. The company was established in 2006 and is focused on providing Payroll based consumer loans to eligible individuals. The Company currently operates in 25 states in Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory– Abuja. With a staff strength of over 1000 employees and an active customer base in excess of 300,000, Credit Direct Limited is positioning itself to become the dominant market leader in the unsecured micro-lending (payroll lending) space in Nigeria and indeed Sub-Saharan Africa.
To design, implement, secure, and maintain Credit Direct Ltd’s network and infrastructure environment, ensuring high availability, optimal performance, scalability, and compliance with regulatory and internal security standards. The role supports business continuity, secure financial operations, and digital transformation initiatives across the organization.
Job Details
Network Infrastructure Management:
- Designs, implements, and maintains the organization’s LAN, WAN, wireless, and VPN infrastructure to ensure secure and reliable connectivity across all locations. Design the network and system architecture.
IT Infrastructure & Systems Support:
- Provides technical support for network-related systems and infrastructure, ensuring servers and connected services operate efficiently and with minimal downtime.
Network Security & Access Control:
- Implements and enforces network security controls, including firewalls, access policies, and monitoring, to protect systems, data, and financial operations from threats.
Enterprise Connectivity & Availability Management:
- Ensures high availability of network services through proactive monitoring, capacity planning, and timely resolution of connectivity issues.
Incident Management & Service Continuity:
- Responds to and resolves network incidents within agreed SLAs, supporting business continuity and minimizing operational disruptions.
Cloud Network Management and Security:
- Designs and secures AWS network infrastructure utilizing ALB/NLB for traffic distribution and AWS Network Firewall combined with Security Groups for multi-layered threat protection and traffic inspection.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
- Relevant professional certifications such as CCNA/CCNP, CompTIA Network+, Microsoft, or equivalent are an added advantage.
- Minimum of 2–5 years hands-on experience in network engineering and IT infrastructure within an enterprise or financial services environment.
Technical Competencies:
- Strong knowledge of networking concepts (TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, switching, VPNs).
- Experience with firewalls, network security, and monitoring tools.
- Understanding of cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments.
- Incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills.
- Documentation and configuration management
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
- Relevant professional certifications such as CCNA/CCNP, CompTIA Network+, Microsoft, or equivalent are an added advantage.
- Oversees the deployment and optimization of cloud-native networking services, including Application and Network Load Balancers, network security (SG, NACLs, AWS WAF and AWS Firewall)
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