About the Role
Unified Payment Services Limited (UP®) is Nigeria's premier Payments and Financial Technology company, founded in 1997 by a consortium of leading Nigerian banks. We operate as a vital shared infrastructure for the financial community, driven by a vision to be the most preferred e-payment service provider in Africa. We are currently seeking a dynamic and skilled professional to lead our middleware operations and ensure seamless system integrations.
Key Responsibilities- Administer, configure, monitor, and maintain enterprise middleware platforms and integration environments to ensure optimal performance and high availability.
- Proactively monitor middleware services, APIs, and message queues to quickly identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
- Troubleshoot integration failures and system errors, conducting thorough root-cause analysis and implementing preventive measures.
- Support the deployment, configuration, upgrades, patching, and migration of middleware across development, testing, and production environments.
- Manage complex integrations between internal applications, external systems, financial institutions, and third-party service providers.
- Implement and maintain robust middleware security configurations, access controls, certificates, and authentication mechanisms.
- Collaborate closely with development, infrastructure, database, and security teams to deliver reliable integration solutions.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5 to 8 years of relevant professional experience in middleware administration, application integration, or platform engineering.
- Demonstrated experience working within a financial services, fintech, banking, or telecommunications environment.
- Strong familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, version control, and automated deployment processes.
- Relevant professional certifications in middleware, cloud platforms, or systems administration will be an added advantage.
- Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
- Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employee and dependents.
- Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
- Dynamic and collaborative work environment in a leading African fintech organization.