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title: 'System Administrator at Mama Money'
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# System Administrator at Mama Money

- **Company:** Mama Money
- **Location:** Cape Town, South Africa
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/mamamoney/acc8b7de-5027-46fa-ad46-274121bb6b11

## Job description

Who are we? Mama Money is a who are we?growth-stage fintech on a mission to improve the financial lives of migrants and underserved communities across Africa and beyond. What started in 2015 as a cross-border payments service has grown into a multi-product financial platform — giving people the tools to send, save, and manage money on their own terms, at a socially fair price. Payments were just the beginning; today Mama Money is building the fuller financial toolkit our customers need, all under one roof. Mama HQ is in beautiful Cape Town. We're 159 people strong (and counting), representing 19 countries across Africa, Asia, the UK, and Europe. Everything we build is in service of people who deserve better — and our culture reflects that same commitment. We've had good times and tough times, but the focus never shifts: people over profit, always.

The role, in short:

You'll own the systems that everyone at Mama Money depends on but nobody thinks about until they break: identity and access, endpoints, VPN, SaaS administration, and the operational evidence our ISMS the regulators require.

This is a hands-on role with real ownership. You're not filing tickets into someone else's queue, you're the person who decides how access is granted and revoked, and how we prove all of it during an audit.

Some of this you’ll inherit and improve, but most of it you’ll build from scratch. A big part of the role is documenting and explaining, so clear writing matters as much as technical depth. After-hours: Occasional after-hours work may be needed to respond to incidents.

What you'll actually be doing:

- Identity & access management: Own the joiner / mover / leaver process across Google Workspace, AWS, Atlassian, Slack, and our internal tooling.
- Enforce least privilege, MFA, and SSO. Kill shared accounts and standing credentials.
- Run periodic access reviews and produce the evidence trail for them.
- Security operations & compliance: Help maintain and improve controls under our ISMS platform in accordance with ISO27001
- Support internal and external audits with working evidence.
- Monitor for access anomalies and respond to incidents
- Cloud & scripting: Day-to-day AWS, SAAS platform access review and administration: IAM, S3, EC2, SSM, CloudTrail, cost visibility.
- Automate repetitive work. If you do it twice by hand, script it
- Help write and maintain internal documentation and runbooks for everything in your domain

What we’re looking for:

- 4+ years in systems administration, IT operations, or a similar hands-on infrastructure role
- Strong Linux administration, troubleshooting, not just running commands from a wiki
- Solid networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, firewalls, VPN
- Practical AWS experience, particularly IAM and access control
- Google Workspace administration
- Scripting in Bash and/or Python, enough to automate real work
- Infrastructure / OS: RHCSA or CompTIA Linux+
- Networking: CCNA or CompTIA Network+
- Security: CompTIA Security+
- Cloud: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate

Nice to have:

- Experience in a regulated environment (finance, health or similar); FSCA, SARB or FIC exposure is a plus
- Familiarity with ISO 27001, SOC 2 or an equivalent standard
- MikroTik, Ubiquiti or similar network hardware
- Kubernetes and container basics (CKA a bonus)
- Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code (Terraform Associate a bonus)

Why Mama Money? We build products that help people do more with their money — from sending money home, to saving, to accessing money in ways that feel safe and simple. The work matters because it helps real people in real ways, every single day. We're not afraid to give things a go, and we take ownership of what we do. We keep learning, support each other, and stay focused on what matters most. If you're after meaningful work and a team that genuinely cares about what they're building — this could be your next move. Mama's values: Making it easier for customers Give it a go Just own it

## About Mama Money

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Mama Money is a social-business mobile money transfer service that enables migrant workers in South Africa to send money home to over 90 countries across Africa, Asia, and Europe at a socially fair price.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Founded**: 2013 (conflicting reports of 2015 on the company about page)
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services – Cross-border remittances and mobile banking
- **Target customers**: B2C – primarily migrant workers and foreign nationals living in South Africa
- **Mission / purpose**: To help migrant workers send money home at a socially fair price, making financial services easy, affordable, and hassle-free. The company operates as a social business, prioritising financial inclusion over profit maximisation.

## Products & Services
- **[Mama Money App]**: Mobile application for sending international money transfers online or with cash to over 70 countries. Supports transfers via the app or WhatsApp.
- **[Mama Wallet]**: A digital wallet that allows users to manage, save, and spend money in South Africa, including savings in USD and the ability to buy stablecoins.
- **[Mama Bank Card & Account]**: A bank card and account linked to the wallet, enabling in-country spending, online shopping, and ATM withdrawals.
- **[WhatsApp Banking]**: A WhatsApp-powered banking solution that lets customers manage their money, send transfers, and access a virtual bank card directly through WhatsApp.
- **[Vouchers, Data & Airtime]**: Additional services allowing customers to purchase vouchers, data, and airtime for themselves or loved ones back home.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of **USD 20,000,000** (source: LinkedIn company data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: **Capitec Bank** – a major partnership announced in August 2025 to slash remittance fees and expand cross-border transfers across Africa. Other partners include various payout networks across 90+ countries.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - **142 employees** (+13.8% year-over-year growth, +41 people)
  - **100,000+ happy customers** (company website)
  - **Offices in 4 locations** across South Africa, with workforce distributed across 9 countries
  - **Recent product launches**: WhatsApp banking card (November 2024), USD savings & stablecoin feature
  - **ISO 9001 certified** for quality management

## Competitive Advantages
- **Social business model**: Unlike traditional remittance operators, Mama Money explicitly avoids profit-maximisation, keeping fees low for low-income migrant workers.
- **Deep local integration**: WhatsApp-based banking reaches unbanked populations who already use the messaging platform.
- **Wide payout network**: Covers over 90 countries with 5% or lower fees.
- **Strong brand trust**: ISO 9001 certification and a 4.2/5.0 employer rating on LinkedIn (30 reviews).
- **Partnership with Capitec**: Leverages one of South Africa’s largest retail banks to scale and reduce costs.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding digital banking features**: Moving beyond pure remittances into savings (USD), stablecoins, and full wallet services.
- **Deepening partnerships**: The Capitec collaboration is a cornerstone for scaling across Africa.
- **Building a remote-capable tech team**: Recent job postings include remote roles (Data Engineer) alongside on-site positions in Cape Town, signalling a hybrid or remote-friendly approach for technical roles.
- **Financial inclusion**: Continued focus on serving underserved migrant communities with low-cost, accessible financial tools.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “Just be lekker” – a South African slang phrase meaning “just be cool, genuine, and do the right thing.” The company emphasises trust, respect, and giving employees freedom and responsibility without excessive red tape.
- **Values**: Simplicity (customer-first, effortless experiences), Boldness (encourage initiative, smart risks, fast learning), Ownership (solve problems without blame, urgency and grit).
- **Work environment**: Based in Cape Town with a mix of on-site and remote roles. The team is diverse, spanning 9 countries.
- **Perks & benefits** (from careers page):
  - Time off & family support
  - Well-being programmes
  - Growth & learning opportunities
  - Work culture perks (likely team events, flexible working)
- **Engineering culture**: Actively hiring Senior Java Engineers, Senior Full-stack Engineers, Data Engineers, and Product Managers. Tech stack likely includes modern cloud and DevOps practices (Lead DevOps Engineer on staff).
- **Recent hiring push**: As of January 2026, the company posted multiple open roles on LinkedIn, indicating strong growth and opportunity for impact.

## Sources
1. [mamamoney.co.za](https://mamamoney.co.za/) – Company homepage and product descriptions
2. [mamamoney.co.za/about-us](https://mamamoney.co.za/about-us) – About page, values, and mission
3. [linkedin.com/company/mamamoney](https://linkedin.com/company/mamamoney) – LinkedIn company profile (employees, revenue, growth, ratings, recent posts)
4. [jobs.lever.co/mamamoney](https://jobs.lever.co/mamamoney) – Careers page with current openings and benefits

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