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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• CCNA (completed or in progress).
• Exposure to monitoring tools (PRTG, Zabbix, Solar Winds or similar).
• Experience in a payments, retail or high‑availability environment.

• 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.