Job Openings at DeARX Services (Pty) Ltd

We are seeking highly experienced Agile Project Managers/ Scrum Masters to fill various positions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, Agile frameworks (such as Scrum or Kanban), and experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage Agile projects within the banking domain, ensuring successful project delivery while adhering to Agile principles and best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and product owners to define project objectives, scope, and deliverables.
• Apply Agile methodologies to plan, execute, and monitor project activities, including creating and maintaining project plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Coach and mentor team members on Agile practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, dependencies, and obstacles, ensuring timely resolution to minimize impact on project timelines and deliverables.
• Promote effective communication and collaboration among team members and stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Track and report project progress, providing regular updates to stakeholders and management, highlighting achievements, challenges, and recommended actions.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, tools, and techniques related to Agile project management and the banking domain and apply that knowledge to enhance project delivery.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Proven experience as an Agile Project Manager, preferably within the banking or financial services industry.
• Strong understanding and practical application of Agile methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Familiarity with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and experience in implementing SAFe in large-scale projects.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire cross-functional teams.
• Solid organizational and time management abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, coupled with the ability to adapt to changing project requirements.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe Agilist (SA), or Project Management Professional (PMP) are highly desirable.

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The individual needs to be skilled, dedicated and have a mature approached to Recruitment. The purpose of the position is to conduct in-depth research to source top IT Talent who have the right skills, are experienced and have the correct qualifications needed to meet our clients’ needs and job requirements. This will include active and passive talent sourcing through networks, job portals, social media platforms and advertisements.

If you are a IT/Technical Recruiter with a can-do attitude, and a proven track record of at least 5 solid years’ exp in a similar role, YOU could be who we are looking for. You will be required to support our Resource Office in all aspects of the sourcing & administration process to meet the specific clients’ recruitment requirements.

You will need to have the following.

• Exceptional administration skills coupled with excellent communication skills.
• At least 5 years IT recruitment experience with similar functions
• Experienced LinkedIn user with strong advertisement writing skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Self-motivated and self-driven
• Must have high attention to detail.
• Experience from a recruitment agency background
• Experience developing and delivering recruitment strategies.
• Experience in research, market mapping and stakeholder management

Key responsibilities for this Recruitment/Resource role will include:

• Inherent ability to listen, understand & action tasks under your own steam.
• Sourcing the best candidates for the available roles and clients whilst building a pipeline of candidates within the IT market
• High-level understanding and a track record of recruiting via exhaustive research & tech-based resourcing tools for highly skilled IT staff including Cloud, Dev Ops, Integration staff
• Implementing a social media recruitment plan
• Working required job specs from clients, delivering high quality candidates, Searching, headhunting, screening, interviewing and short-listing quality candidates on available job portals, Building talent pipelines for future requirements and delivery to customer satisfaction.
• Building an in-depth understanding of sourcing requirements
• Leading and co-coordinating end-to-end talent acquisition services
• Developing a referral network and demonstrating excellent headhunting skills
• Responsible for developing and learning technology and market awareness.
• Understanding the business, to provide top caliber resources.
• Creating meaningful content for advertising jobs across all platforms
• Assisting with response management; arranging interviews & gathering interview feedback
• Managing the database and candidate records
• Uploading of suitable candidates to client Talent systems.

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We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated IT Recruiter & Sourcing Consultant to join our team. As the sole responsible person for candidate sourcing, you will play a critical role in identifying and attracting top IT talent through headhunting, Boolean searches, X-Ray searches, GitHub, LinkedIn, and various social media platforms. This position offers an exciting opportunity to showcase your expertise in sourcing and bring onboard exceptional candidates who will drive our company's success.

Responsibilities:

• Utilize advanced sourcing techniques such as headhunting, Boolean searches, X-Ray searches, GitHub, LinkedIn, and social media platforms to identify and engage with qualified IT professionals.
• Develop and maintain a strong network of passive and active candidates, creating talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Collaborate with team and account manager to understand clients requirements, including technical skills, experience, and cultural fit, to ensure effective candidate matching.
• Conduct in-depth candidate assessments, including screening resumes, conducting interviews, and evaluating technical skills, to identify the most suitable candidates.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate information on databases
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends, sourcing techniques, and best practices to continuously improve the sourcing process.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as an IT Recruiter, Sourcing Consultant, or Talent Acquisition Consultant, with a focus on sourcing IT professionals.
• Demonstrated expertise in headhunting, Boolean searches, X-Ray searches, GitHub, LinkedIn, and social media platforms for candidate sourcing.
• Strong knowledge of the IT industry, technical skills, and IT job market trends.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and effectively engage with candidates.
• Ability to assess candidate qualifications, conduct interviews, and evaluate technical skills.
• Experience working with applicant tracking systems (ATS) or similar recruitment tools.
• Results-oriented mindset with a focus on meeting sourcing targets and delivering high-quality candidates.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and manage priorities effectively.

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The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in driving the development, enhancement, and optimization of our CRM and Salesforce solutions to improve customer engagement, streamline sales processes, and enhance overall operational efficiency. As a Product Manager, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product strategies, set priorities, and deliver exceptional solutions that align with the bank's business objectives.

 
Responsibilities:

Product Strategy and Roadmap:

• Develop and maintain a clear product vision and roadmap for the CRM and Salesforce platforms, aligning with the bank's strategic goals and market trends.
• Conduct in-depth market research and competitor analysis to identify opportunities and drive product differentiation.

Requirements Gathering and Documentation:

• Collaborate with stakeholders, including sales, marketing, and customer service teams, to gather business requirements and understand user needs.
• Create comprehensive product requirement documents (PRDs) and user stories to guide the development and engineering teams.

Product Development and Enhancement:

• Work closely with development teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of new CRM and Salesforce features and updates.
• Prioritize product features based on customer feedback, business impact, and resource constraints.

Customer Experience and Usability:

• Champion the customer's perspective in the development process, focusing on delivering an exceptional user experience.
• Conduct usability testing and gather user feedback to continuously improve product usability and functionality.

Sales Enablement:

• Collaborate with the sales team to identify tools and features that enhance their efficiency and effectiveness in customer engagement and sales processes.
• Implement salesforce automation processes and features to optimize sales performance.
• Analytics and Performance Tracking:
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of CRM and Salesforce initiatives.
• Regularly analyze product performance data and user behavior to identify areas for improvement and make data-driven decisions.

Compliance and Security:

• Ensure that the CRM and Salesforce platforms adhere to all regulatory requirements and security standards.

Requirements:

• Relevant degree or diploma or certifications
• Proven experience as a Product Manager with a focus on CRM and Salesforce solutions within the banking industry.
• In-depth knowledge of CRM systems, preferably Salesforce, and their integration within banking operations.
• Familiarity with salesforce automation tools and methodologies.
• Strong understanding of the banking industry, customer journey, and sales processes.
• Ability to identify business opportunities and translate them into product strategies.

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Urgently seeking the expertise of Senior Quality Assurance Leads / Managers to join our Financial services client on a 12 Month contract basis.

This position involves assisting in optimising testing efficiencies as well as ensuring healthy team effectiveness and dynamics.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum 8-10 years experience in a QA Lead / Management capacity.
• Experience and exposure of tools like Cucumber, Jbehave, Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, Jira, Wireshark, Postman
• Experience on Soap and RESTFUL services
• Service Certifications and use of hyper-converged infrastructure.
• Performance and load testing experience.
• Lean Software Development - knowledge of Agile framework and its core principles to remove excess from projects to provide work with business value.
• API Testing / Front-end / Back-end experience
• Manual / Automation experience

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Peers and industry experts to understand technical advances
• Participate in the sprint planning, and success criteria per story/epic.
• Facilitate the daily stand-up where necessary and manage the issues raised by the Software Quality & Test Engineers and remove any blockers.
• Participate in the retrospective reviews and seek efficiencies which will ensure quicker delivery with high quality to our client(s).
• Communicate the Product risk to the Product Owner, Scrum Master & Chapter Lead and highlight any mitigating factors.
• Drive rigour into Quality Assurance practices
• Facilitate the handover of QA deliverables for all testing phases.
• Review and ensure all QA artefacts are stored centrally.
• Ensure the QA deliverables produced aligned to the test approach.
• Produce a closeout report and monitor product health in production.
• Review and ensure all QA artefacts are stored centrally. Allow for and encourage significant investment in the end-to-end QA design.

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Role purpose:

• Provide leadership across multiple initiatives guiding practitioners to achieve product/programme alignment.
• To envision, lead and develop fit-for-purpose, integrated end-to-end technical solutions across multiple technologies for the organisation, through inspirational technical leadership and visionary long-term thinking.

Role requirements:

• Relevant IT degree and or Togaf or ITIL certification
• At least six years of work experience in the software industry and previous experience in a technical leadership position on a project
• Must have a software development background and be comfortable with reading code
• Previous experience as Solution Architect
• Strong communication and facilitation skills are a key driver of success in this role
• Experience in designing and delivering a software system that spans a handful of distributed components

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for systems engineering and solution design across the organisation's technology stack, from the back end through to the front end.
• Responsible for leading multi-disciplinary teams to deliver customer value as well as ensuring architectural governance and processes.
• Work hand in hand with product owners, software engineers, and interfaces across the organisation’s centre of excellence in refining and researching solutions.
• Drive the evolution of the technical landscape and are responsible for continuously enhancing and optimising the organisation's effectiveness.