Mobile Money Maintenace Enginee

Huawei Technologies Ethiopia PLC
Full time Posted: Oct 24, 2026
Career Level
Mid Level(3-5 years)
Location
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Salary
Deadline
Nov 25, 2026
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About This Role

This is a frontline operations role keeping a live mobile money platform running — the kind of system where a missed alarm can mean transactions failing for thousands of customers. Working under Huawei's managed services model in Ethiopia, you'd be embedded in the operator's environment, balancing technical firefighting with the diplomatic demands of a vendor-client relationship. It suits engineers who are comfortable with on-call pressure and understand that in fintech infrastructure, stability matters more than novelty.

What the Requirements Say About This Role

The profile Huawei is after is someone who has already operated production systems, not just built or tested them — the emphasis on monitoring, alarms, and risk mitigation signals they need an engineer who thinks in terms of uptime and incident response. The repeated stress on compliance and "zero violations" suggests this is a regulated financial services context where audit trails and security discipline are non-negotiable. Implicitly, they want someone who can work independently across time zones and escalate intelligently rather than waiting for direction.

How to Approach This Application

Lead with concrete operational experience — incident counts handled, uptime maintained, systems you've monitored in production — rather than certifications or coursework. Huawei's managed services culture values process discipline and documentation, so mention any exposure to ITIL-style workflows, change management, or telecom/fintech environments. Since customer satisfaction is explicitly part of the role, show evidence of client-facing communication, not just technical depth.

Best Fit

Who This Role Suits

Best suited to engineers with telecom or fintech operations backgrounds who thrive in structured, SLA-driven environments and are willing to work under a demanding vendor culture. Competition is likely moderate — the niche combination of mobile money experience and production support skills narrows the pool considerably in Addis Ababa.

Job Responsibilities
1. Responsible for Mobile Money system and service maintenance including monitoring, routine health check, alarm and issue handling, risk identification and mitigation, customer requirements support, new service test and rollout, etc
2. Strictly comply with network security requirements and ensure zero violations;
3. Make full use of professional knowledge and mobilize relevant support teams to proactively solve customer problems;
4. Fully understand customer requirements and complete the delivery with quality and quantity within the scope of the contract;
5. Complete maintenance tasks assigned by team leader on time and output high-quality deliverables;
6. Continuously present service value and improve customer satisfaction;
7. Communicate efficiently and proactively with team members and customers.
Skills Required
1. Familiar with the overall architecture of the wallet payment platform, and proficient in core modules such as accounts, transaction engine, payment gateway, clearing and reconciliation, accounting engine, asynchronous notifications, and fund suspense. Understand the complete business process of top-up, consumption, refund, withdrawal, reconciliation, and clearing.
2. Proficient in using Linux, capable of locating transaction-related issues through logs, traces, databases, and message queues. Familiar with Oracle/MySQL, and able to perform basic SQL checks on transaction records, balances, and batch data.
3. Understand payment channels, API callbacks, idempotence, anti-replay mechanisms, and transaction compensation mechanisms. Able to independently troubleshoot complex financial issues such as unbalanced reconciliation, overages or shortages, abnormal transaction statuses, and lost callbacks.
4. Familiar with end-of-day batch processing, clearing file generation, and reconciliation processes. Understand the business logic and operational boundaries of fund discrepancies, suspense, and adjustments, and have a strong awareness of financial risk identification.
5. Familiar with high availability, active/standby, disaster recovery, and backup and recovery principles. Master the processes for changes, emergency handling, and fault resolution, and clearly understand the operational red lines of the fund system, such as "auditability, roll-back capability, and traceability."
6. Able to accept 7×24 shift work, nighttime cutovers, and major event support. Possess the ability to collaborate across teams, produce fault reports, and contribute to case knowledge sharing.

Education and Major requirements
Bachelor degree or above, majoring in software engineering or related fields.
Project Experience
Preference will be given to those who have worked on payment-related projects.

How To Apply

All interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications through www.ethiojobs.net.
If you do not meet the required educational and professional qualifications, or if your degree is in an unrelated field, we kindly ask that you refrain from submitting an application.

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