Safaricom Ethiopia is looking for a qualified person who meets the criteria indicated below.
Safaricom Ethiopia is owned by an international consortium including Vodafone Group; Safaricom PLC; Vodacom Group; Sumitomo Corporation – one of the largest international trading and business investment companies; and British International Investment (BII) – the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor.
Position 1: System Engineer: VAS
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
• BSc. Degree or equivalent in one of the following: Telecommunication Engineering/Electrical Engineering/ Electronics engineering/Computer Science/IT.
• 3+ years’ experience in IT / telecommunication environment or Software Engineering
Desired
3+ years of EXADATA administration
Team Player
Ability to work under no supervision.
Willing to learn about new technologies.
Knowledge about Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, OCI &/or Azure
Good knowledge in VAS solutions including Messaging, Voice & Service Delivery Platforms
Experience on development in Java
Experience with REST API and microservices development
Strong understanding of virtualization and container infrastructure technology
Knowledge of Distributed Systems, analytics tools such and Python, Standard Query languages, Procedural
Programming languages, Linux/Unix, Shell scripting
Experience with JavaScript, JSON, XSLT, XML
Knowledge in TCP/IP, IP Traffic Engineering, SS7 signaling, GSM MAP and SMPP Protocols
Working knowledge in Unix systems and Databases – Oracle, MySQL.
Deep understanding of 3GPP protocols and interfaces.
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Position 2: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
· BSc Degree in Computer science, Computer Technology/ Electrical engineering.
· 5+ years’ experience in infrastructure support and/or planning in an environment with mixed VMware, Redhat virtualization.
· Cloud Infrastructure Certifications i.e. VMWare Data Center Certifications, RHCSA, RHCE
· 4 years experience in Virtualization and Cloud platforms with exposure to Telecom Virtualized functions.
· Experience in OpenStack and contarization platforms.
· Experience with Container/PaaS orchestration/management platforms such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Cloud Foundry and Tanzu.
· Extensive knowledge of Virtual Network Functions
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Position 3: Database Administrator
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology or Electrical Engineering Field.
With at least 3 years’ hands on Experience in managing busy database environments.
3+ Years Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL and MSSQL database administration required and other Opensource Databases.
Experience in Oracle RAC, Data guard, RMAN and Engineered systems.
Experience in Linux/Unix and Windows Server Operating system.
Database Systems Administration Techniques – understanding of DB Performance tuning on various Operating Systems, good troubleshooting skills, Database Migration, and ILM techniques.
Attention to details and analytical thinking.
Ability to organize and plan work independently.
Strong written and oral capability.
Desired
3+ years of EXADATA administration
Team Player
Ability to work under no supervision.
Willing to learn about new technologies.
Knowledge about Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, OCI &/or Azure
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Position 4: Specialist – Contact Center Planning & Delivery
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
Bsc/Btech in technical fields: computer science/engineering/IT/Software engineering/
3-year experience systems planning and support.
1 year of experience in DEVOPS and programming in major OOP languages: Java/C++/C#. Experience RDBMS and NoSQL db desired.
Good Experience in java script and report builder tools
Good understanding about cloud concepts – DC virtualization , containerization, Kubernetes , CI/CD pipeline
1 year Experience in Linux and /ubuntu or windows OS.
Experience in IT related projects
Good interpersonal relationships.
Good communication and stakeholder management skills
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Position 5: Specialist M-Pesa Digital Channel Developer
Must Have Technical/Professional Qualification
· Knowledge of Scrum/Kanban Agile methodologies
· Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Software Development or related subject.
· Experience in Continuous integration and deployment methodologies using automated tools such as Jenkins.
· Basic understanding of cloud computing is a plus
· An understanding of security principles with regard to web, mobile applications, backend and tech platform and strong experience in Kotlin, and JavaScript with frameworks like Flutter.
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Position 6: ERP Support Manager
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
· A degree in IT, Mathematics or Engineering (Telecommunications or Electrical & Electronic)
· Intermediate Unix Certification required
· Intermediate training on networking and security standards e.g. CCNA or its Equivalent
· Proficiency in programming languages including MSSQL, PL/SQL and Perl
· Intermediate training on Database Administration essential (Preferably Oracle and MS SQL)
Minimum of 5 years’ experience with system analysis, data analysis, ERP systems, relational database, data warehouse, and OLAP and programming preferable in PLSQL, Perl and MSSQL.
· Experience with LAN/WAN Support including Satellite and fiber communication
Knowledge of Mobile Network core network systems, Short Message Service Center (SMSC), routing, Mediation and Intelligent Networks is an added advantage
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
How To Apply:
If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the career portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume.
The closing date for receiving applications is June 3, 2025.
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