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In under four years, we have grown to serve over 10 million customers, with our network now reaching 55% of Ethiopia’s population - a testament to our bold vision and trusted partnerships.\nGuided by core values such as customer obsession, innovation, integrity, and get it done together, we are building a workplace that is dynamic, inclusive, and empowering. We believe our greatest strength lies in our people. That’s why, for two consecutive years, we have proudly get earned the Top Employer Award - in recognition for our unwavering commitment to fostering a supportive, innovative, and inclusive environment to people.\nJoin Safaricom Ethiopia and be part of a team that is shaping th\n Key accountabilities and decision ownership:\nService Quality Management: Ensure Infrastructure and Cloud platforms perform within or exceed KPIs, ensure ability of the system to support specific forms of traffic, and to support end user experience. The same should be tracked using SLAs.\nCloud Infrastructure capacity reviews and services resources run as per expected KPIs.\nResolve faults on all systems deployed for Cloud, Infrastructure, containers and container management platforms.\nEscalate to supplier if needed and follow up until resolution.\nQuick Turnaround time to resolve emerging threats and vulnerability issues.\nDevelop & utilize new products & service acceptance criteria. 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