Geidea Established in 2008, Geidea epitomizes customer focused empowerment and commercial success through continuous innovation.
Geidea makes best in class digital payment solutions available for all by attracting and leveraging the best creative & entrepreneurial talent in the market
Our solutions give any business the chance to get ahead and reach for more no matter their size or maturity.
Our technology mirrors our people - Smart, Innovative & Forward Thinking
www.geidea.net
To maintain a competitive advantage as we grow, we are currently looking for a new "Network Team Lead"
Job purpose:
The Network Team Lead is responsible for leading the design, implementation, monitoring, and support of enterprise network infrastructure. This role ensures high availability, performance, security, and compliance of LAN/WAN, data center, cloud, and security network environments.
Responsibilities:
Leadership & Team Management
- Lead and mentor network engineers and support staff.
- Allocate tasks, manage workload, and track performance KPIs.
- Conduct technical reviews and ensure best practices are followed.
- Provide escalation support for critical network incidents.
Network Operations & Infrastructure
- Manage and maintain:
- LAN/WAN, MPLS, SD-WAN
- Data Center Networking
- Cloud Networking (AWS/Azure/GCP etc)
- VPN & Remote Access
- Ensure high availability and redundancy design.
- Perform capacity planning and performance tuning.
Network Security
- Oversee firewall management (e.g., Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco).
- Implement network segmentation and Zero Trust principles.
- Ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards (ISO 27001, NCA, PCI-DSS).
- Monitor and respond to network security incidents.
Architecture & Projects
- Design scalable and secure network architecture.
- Lead infrastructure upgrade and migration projects.
- Support digital transformation initiatives (Cloud/SASE/SD-WAN).
Monitoring & Tools
- Manage monitoring tools (SolarWinds, PRTG, ManageEngine, etc.).
- Ensure proactive monitoring and incident response.
- Maintain network documentation and topology diagrams.
Qualifications:
Must have technical / professional qualifications (knowledge & Skills level of presence in the job (High/Medium/Low)
- 7+ Years of experience, with minimum 2 years as a lead
- Bachelor’s degree in IT or engineering
- Experience in Network, operations, security, projects, design, architecture
- CCNP/CCIE security or routing and switching
- Experience in firewalls Fortinet & Palo Alto, F5
- Fin-tech background is preferred
- Experience in telecom provider connectivity and technologies
- Firewalls & NGFWs → Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco Firepower, Check Point
- IDS/IPS → Snort, Suricata, Palo Alto Threat Prevention
- SIEM & SOAR → Splunk, QRadar, Elastic, Chronicle
- DDoS Protection → Arbor Networks, Akamai Kona, Cloudflare, Radware
- WAF → Imperva, F5 ASM, Cloudflare WAF
- Endpoint & EDR → CrowdStrike, Carbon Black, Microsoft Defender ATP
- Cloud Security → Prisma Cloud, AWS , Azure Sentinel, GCP SCC
- Protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VXLAN, STP, QoS.
- Technologies: SD-WAN, SDN, NFV, Load Balancers (F5, Citrix ADC).
- Cloud Networking: Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, Cloud VPNs.
- Automation: Python, Ansible, Terraform, REST APIs.
- Monitoring: SolarWinds, ThousandEyes, NetScout, Wireshark.
Our values guide how we think and act - They describe what we care about the most
Customer first - It’s embedded in our design thinking and customer service approach
Open - Openness allows us to constantly improve and evolve
Real - No jargon and no excuses!
Bold - Constantly challenging ourselves and our way of thinking.
Resilient – If we fail, we bounce back stronger than before.
Collaborative - We know that we can achieve a lot more as a team.
We are changing lives by constantly striving for a better solution.
