Jobs at Alert Microfinance Bank

Role Description

• This is a full-time Loan Officer role located on-site at Alert Group's Lagos office.
• The Loan Officer will be responsible for daily tasks such as evaluating, authorizing, or recommending loan applications, conducting loan origination, and managing customer relationships.
• Additional responsibilities include assessing the financial status of applicants, processing and underwriting loans, and maintaining excellent customer service while helping clients achieve their financial goals.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Loan Origination and practical experience as a Loan Officer
• Strong background in Finance and Underwriting procedures
• Ability to deliver exceptional Customer Service and manage client relationships
• Keen attention to detail with the ability to assess creditworthiness and financial history
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field
• Excellent communication and decision-making skills
• Familiarity with financial regulations and lending practices

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Role Overview

• The Team Lead, IT Infrastructure will lead and supervise the Infrastructure and DevOps unit, ensuring high availability, security, performance, and compliance across onprem, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• This role plays a critical part in DevOps adoption, automation, system reliability, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and supervise the IT Infrastructure team (DevOps/Cloud & System/Network Engineers)
• Design, deploy, and manage onprem, hybrid, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Drive DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Administer and secure servers, networks, virtualization (VMware/HyperV), Active Directory & IAM
• Manage Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) workloads
• Ensure 99.9%+ uptime, monitoring, incident management, and disaster recovery.
• Enforce security, compliance, and risk controls (CBN, NDIC, ISO 27001)
• Lead infrastructure projects, vendor management, and cost optimization

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field
• 6+ years in IT Infrastructure, with 1+ year in a supervisory role
• Strong experience in FinTech, Banking, Microfinance, or regulated environments
• Handson expertise in:
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Docker, Kubernetes
• CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
• IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Solid knowledge of Linux administration, networking, load balancing, DNS, firewalls, and virtualization.

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Role Summary

• The Head of Engineering will oversee engineering teams and ensure systems are secure, scalable, highly available, and compliant, while enabling rapid product innovation.
• This role collaborates closely with the CTO to bridge business strategy, product delivery, and engineering execution, making technology a competitive advantage.

Key Focus Areas

• Engineering leadership & strategy aligned with business goals
• Platform architecture (core transaction processing, payments, APIs, microservices)
• Agile delivery, DevOps & SRE practices
• Security, risk & regulatory compliance (PCIDSS, NDPR/GDPR, Open Banking, CBN)
• Team building, performance management & talent development
• Vendor, cost & infrastructure optimization

Required Experience

• 7+ years in software engineering, 3+ years in engineering management
• Strong FinTech / Banking / Payments background
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), CI/CD & DevOps
• Handson expertise in Microservices, REST APIs, React, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, Postgres
• Proven ability to scale highvolume, realtime transaction systems.

Success Metrics

• Platform uptime >99.9%
• Predictable engineering delivery
• Reduced production incidents & MTTR
• Strong security and regulatory audit outcomes