Jobs at DeARX Services (Pty) Ltd

• Are you passionate about transforming complex data into meaningful business insights? We're looking for an experienced Analytical Engineer to join a leading financial services organisation on a 12-month contract. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a modern data environment, partnering with business and technology teams to deliver trusted, high-quality data that drives strategic decision-making.

Job responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into structured, analytics-ready datasets.
• Analyse, profile, validate, and transform large volumes of enterprise data.
• Design and maintain robust data models using Data Vault 2.0 and dimensional modelling techniques.
• Develop advanced SQL queries for data transformation, validation, and reporting.
• Ensure data quality, governance, and consistency across analytical solutions.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data engineers, and solution architects to deliver trusted data products.
• Support reporting, business intelligence, and advanced analytics initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve data processes, standards, and governance.

Role requirements

• 5+ years' experience in Data Analysis within enterprise environments.
• 5+ years' experience in Data Modelling, including Data Vault 2.0 and dimensional modelling.
• 5+ years' experience working with Data Governance principles.
• Advanced SQL skills with strong experience in data transformation, profiling, and validation.
• Experience translating business requirements into technical data solutions.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to bridge business and technical teams to deliver high-quality data solutions.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Azure Data Platform and Databricks.
• Exposure to enterprise data warehouses and modern cloud data platforms.
• Knowledge of Governance, Risk and Controls.
• Understanding of project management principles.
• Business writing and documentation skills.
• Previous experience within the banking or financial services sector will be advantageous.

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• Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager with a passion for delivering complex business and technology projects? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where driving delivery, managing stakeholders, and ensuring successful project outcomes are your top priorities?
• We're looking for a highly organised, delivery-focused professional to join a leading organisation in the financial industry. This is an exciting opportunity to lead strategic initiatives, work alongside talented business and technology teams, and make a real impact by delivering projects that drive business value.

Role responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of business and technology projects from initiation through to successful implementation.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Drive project execution, ensuring milestones and deliverables are achieved on time and within scope.
• Proactively identify, manage, and remove delivery blockers to maintain project momentum.
• Collaborate closely with business, technology, operations, and third-party vendors to ensure seamless delivery.
• Facilitate project meetings, workshops, and governance forums.
• Ensure projects adhere to established governance frameworks, reporting standards, and compliance requirements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, providing regular communication and project updates.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, and high performance across cross-functional teams.

Role requirements

• 8 – 10years experience as a Senior Project Manager delivering complex business and/or IT projects.
• Experience within the financial industry will be highly advantageous.
• Demonstrated track record of successfully delivering projects in complex environments.
• Strong project planning, risk, issue, dependency, and budget management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all organisational levels.
• Strong leadership, facilitation, and coordination skills across multiple teams and vendors.
• Experience working within structured project governance frameworks.
• A pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to drive delivery while maintaining governance and control.
   

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• Are you an experienced Kafka Platform Engineer with a passion for building resilient, secure, and highly available event streaming platforms? We're looking for a talented professional to join a leading financial institution in Sandton, where you'll play a key role in evolving and maintaining enterprise technology assets that support critical business services.
• This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a modern Kafka platform, influence engineering best practices, and work alongside high-performing technology teams delivering enterprise-scale solutions.

As a Senior Kafka Platform Engineer, you will:

• Own and drive the evolution, stability, and continuous improvement of enterprise technology assets.
• Lead the engineering and operational management of Kafka platforms across development, testing, and production environments.
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, performance, and availability through proactive monitoring and optimisation.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, and operational processes using Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices.
• Implement and maintain Kafka security standards, including authentication, encryption, and access controls.
• Build and enhance platform observability using modern monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and provide expert-level support for critical platform services.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to deliver robust event-driven solutions.
• Drive engineering standards, governance, and best practices within the Centre of Excellence (CoE).
• Mentor team members and contribute to continuous platform innovation.

Required Experience

• 6+ years' experience in Systems or Platform Engineering.
• 4+ years' hands-on Kafka administration experience, preferably with Confluent Platform and/or Confluent Cloud.
• Strong experience supporting enterprise-scale distributed platforms.
• Proven experience working within DevOps and Agile environments.

Technical Skills

• Apache Kafka administration and platform management.
• Confluent Platform and/or Confluent Cloud.
• Linux administration and advanced troubleshooting.
• DevOps automation using Python and/or Bash.
• CI/CD pipeline implementation.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Ansible.
• Cloud experience, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Kafka security including TLS/SSL, SASL, ACLs, and authentication mechanisms.
• Monitoring and observability using tools such as:
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• ELK Stack
• Splunk
• Azure Monitor

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• Are you a passionate Full Stack Software Engineer who enjoys building scalable, high-performing applications from the ground up? We're looking for an experienced software engineer to join a leading bank in Sandton, where you'll play a key role in designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-grade digital solutions that impact millions of customers.
• This is an exciting opportunity to work within agile, cross-functional teams, using modern technologies and engineering best practices to build secure, resilient, cloud-ready applications.

As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, you will:

• Design and develop scalable, secure, and high-performance full stack applications.
• Translate business and technical requirements into innovative software solutions.
• Build and maintain both front-end and back-end components of enterprise applications.
• Develop reusable APIs, libraries, and software components.
• Design and optimise SQL and NoSQL database solutions.
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Develop event-driven solutions and distributed systems.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers.
• Drive automated testing, CI/CD, and DevSecOps best practices.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve application performance and reliability.
• Work closely with Architects, Product Managers, Business Analysts, and DevOps teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Contribute to technical innovation and continuously improve engineering standards across the team.

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Computer Science.
• 6+ years of experience in full stack software development.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale software solutions.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Banking or financial services experience will be highly advantageous.

We're looking for engineers with strong experience in several of the following:

Backend

• Java, C#, .NET, Node.js or similar enterprise technologies
• RESTful API development
• Microservices architecture
• Event-driven architecture
• Advanced object-oriented programming
• Design patterns
• Advanced algorithms and data structures

Frontend

• Angular, React, Vue.js or similar modern frameworks
• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript / TypeScript
• Responsive web design
• Front-end build tools and package managers

Databases

• SQL
• NoSQL
• Database design and optimisation
• Query performance tuning

Cloud & DevOps

• AWS or Azure
• Kubernetes
• Docker / Containerisation
• CI/CD pipelines
• Git and version control
• Automated testing
• DevSecOps practices

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• We are looking to recruit an IT Technical Project Manager for our IT Team. 

Role Objectives: 

• Analysis & Design (Including Target Architecture)
• Development (Core)
• Development (Integration)
• Testing
• Training & Adoption
• Data Migration
• Reporting & Dashboarding
• Decommissioning of Legacy Systems
• Infusion of the Company Culture into The Project
• Project Knowledge Persistence
• Ensuring Cross-Team Collaboration
• Ownership & Management of the Project Plan
• Ownership of the Risk Register
• Continuous Project Communication
• Financial Cost Tracking

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand the scope of what needs to be delivered and translate these into project plans (with a suitable granularity) and schedules while managing risk.
• Conduct/facilitate Project Planning sessions with project teams.
• Develop project management plans, charters, progress & status reports.
• Manage and control the Project Risk and Issue Register.
• Plan and control project schedules (plans) in line with timelines and target dates. 
• Control project quality during and beyond project delivery and execution. 
• Align, coordinate and lead project teams and their deliverables (including external delivery partners). 
• Conduct project weekly meetings and/or stand-ups with all project team members. 
• Control project scope and manage scope change requests and conduct Project Closeout sessions.
• Monitor, control and report on project expenditure.
• Accurate and regular reporting on assigned projects (Steercom and Exco Reports).
• Own the end-to-end migration approach including data migration planning, reconciliation controls, cutover/rollback strategy, and legacy decommissioning criteria.
• Coordinate non-functional requirements (performance, resilience, security, privacy, observability) and ensure they are translated into executable plans, test approaches, and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure the project continuously aligns with the both the Business & IT Strategy.

Stakeholder & Change Management

• Establish, manage and maintain relationships with stakeholders across the organisation including Senior and Executive Management.
• Engage cross-functional teams, brokers and business units to ensure project objectives are clearly understood and championed.
• Drive change management efforts to support smooth implementation and user adoption.
• Facilitate communication between technical teams, executives, and operational stakeholders.
• Ensure the project continuously executes in tandem with any change management plans.
• Manage stakeholder relationships (internal and external).

Risk, Compliance & Security

• Ensure compliance to the Project Management Governance Framework and supporting processes 
• Ensure all programmes meet regulatory, governance and cyber-security standards—critical in a risk-intensive insurance environment.
• Collaborate with data and cyber teams to support resilience, privacy, and risk-mitigation strategies.

Governance and Reporting:

• Ensure adherence to governance structures and processes.
• Provide consolidated weekly and monthly reports on project status, budget, risks, and issues.
• Report on project budget vs. actual expenditure, governance matters, and project progress.
• Coaching all staff members on the technical and operational aspects of their roles through monthly one on-ones or when needed.

Required Experience/ Required Knowledge and Skills:

• 5- 8 years' experience leading complex projects (Engineering or IT).
• A minimum of 5 years as a Technical Program Manager / Senior Project Manager / Delivery Lead in a technology environment, managing initiatives from inception to closeout, preferably within Financial
• Services. Budgets previously managed should exceed R50m.
• Experience within Insurance advantageous – specifically within insurance platform implementations (eg: Duck Creek, Guidewire, Sapiens).
• Proven experience delivering legacy modernisation / core platform replatforming (e.g., policy, claims, billing, underwriting, integration layers) with a track record of managing technical risk and business continuity.
• Experience planning and executing data migration and cutover activities, including reconciliation, rollback planning, and (where needed) parallel run/dual-write strategies.
• Sound understanding of short-term insurance. 
• Working knowledge of both Waterfall and Agile methodologies. 
• Strong understanding of modern SDLC practices (CI/CD, environments, automated testing, release governance) and non-functional requirements (performance, resilience, security, observability) in regulated environments.
• Experience working across multiple engineering squads and shared services (architecture, data, security, QA, operations), coordinating dependencies and integrated releases.

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking & decision-making.
• Exceptional leadership and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong governance, structure, and execution discipline.
• High emotional intelligence and collaborative working style.
• Ability to thrive in an innovative, fast-paced, disruptive environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong conflict resolution skills.

Educational Requirements:

• Matric
• Honours Degree (NQF8) in a relevant field (Masters preferred)
• A recognized Project Management qualification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2)