Detection and Response Engineer

Who we are Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial ecosystem, helping 10 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, and business management tools since 2019. As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, it powers most of the country’s Point of Sale (POS) transactions. Through its subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes $22 billion monthly for its customers while operating profitably. Curious about what makes Moniepoint an incredible place to work? Check out posts on how we cultivate a culture of innovation, teamwork, and growth. Role Overview: Moniepoint is looking for an experienced Detection and Response Engineer to join our Incident Response team. The role suits someone who has moved beyond first-line triage and wants to lead investigations from start to finish, then use what they learn to improve our detections. You’ll triage and investigate security incidents, write and tune detection rules in our Detection-as-Code pipeline, and automate detection and response work. You'll work closely with the Lead to close detection gaps, drive down MTTD/MTTR, and grow toward deeper detection engineering and IR ownership across Moniepoint Group Key Responsibilities: Security Incident Response Own escalated security incidents end-to-end, including scoping, evidence collection, threat analysis, containment, and remediation Analyze and reverse engineer malware to understand its behavior, extract Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), identify Tactics, Tech