Junior Network Engineer

Junior Network Engineer — EasyPay

Location: Cape Town, hybrid

• Type: Permanent, full-time
• Reports to: Head of Infrastructure

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.

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

The role

EasyPay'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, SolarWinds or similar)
• Experience in a payments, retail or high-availability environment

Our culture — what we expect from you

Lesaka is a fast-paced fintech. The people who thrive here have a few things in common:

• 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.