Vacancies at DeARX Services (Pty) Ltd

• DeARX Services is looking for an experienced SAP SuccessFactors Functional Consultant specialising in Employee Central (EC) and Time Management to join a leading banking organisation's HR Technology team.
• If you have strong hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors, a passion for HR technology, and the technical expertise to optimise HR systems and processes, this could be the opportunity for you!

About the Opportunity

• Our client is looking for a highly skilled SAP SuccessFactors Functional Consultant with in-depth knowledge of Employee Central and Time Management to support and enhance its HR technology environment.
• You will play a key role in maintaining, enhancing and stabilising the SuccessFactors platform as the organisation transitions key responsibilities in-house.
• This is an opportunity to take ownership of SuccessFactors configuration, resolve time-related issues, improve system functionality and contribute to the continuous improvement of HR processes within a dynamic banking environment.

Key Responsibilities

As the SAP SuccessFactors Functional Consultant, you will be responsible for:

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC)

• Manage, maintain and enhance SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.
• Configure and support employee information, organisational structures, job information and employment lifecycle data.
• Maintain and optimise workflows and business processes within Employee Central.
• Ensure accurate and effective management of employee data and organisational structures.
• Support end-to-end Employee Central configuration, including rules, workflows and data management.

SAP SuccessFactors Time Management

• Take ownership of SAP SuccessFactors Time Management configuration and support.
• Configure and maintain time-off functionality, timesheets, overtime configurations, business rules and validations.
• Investigate, analyse and resolve time-related system issues.
• Identify configuration gaps and recommend appropriate solutions to improve system functionality.
• Ensure time management processes operate effectively and are stabilised within the required timelines.

System Support & Continuous Improvement

• Analyse and resolve system issues identified by the business analyst team.
• Perform troubleshooting and configuration adjustments to address functional and operational challenges.
• Support system testing and ensure that configuration changes meet business requirements.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement and optimisation of HR technology processes.
• Ensure smooth system operations and effective resolution of time management issues.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with HR, payroll, business analysts and technical teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into effective system configurations.
• Support the delivery of a seamless HR system experience.
• Assist with stabilisation activities and ensure effective handover and ongoing support of SuccessFactors functionality.

Minimum Requirements

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• At least 5 years of hands-on SAP SuccessFactors consulting experience.
• Strong, practical experience in SAP SuccessFactors Time Management — this is a priority requirement.
• Solid experience with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC).
• Proven ability to configure SuccessFactors EC and Time Management end to end.
• Experience working with business rules, workflows, validations and employee data management.
• Strong data analysis and data handling capabilities.
• Experience analysing time-related issues and working with data models.
• Good Excel skills and the ability to investigate data discrepancies.
• Exposure to multiple SAP SuccessFactors modules is advantageous.

Qualifications

Minimum qualification:

• Grade 12 / National Certificate / Vocational qualification.

Preferred qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field.

Technical Knowledge & Competencies

The ideal candidate will demonstrate knowledge of:

• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.
• SAP SuccessFactors Time Management.
• IT best practices and service management principles.
• ITIL 4 principles and frameworks.
• Project management methodologies.
• SAP functional authorisations.
• Microsoft Office applications.

Key Skills & Attributes

We are looking for someone who is:

• Analytical, methodical and detail-oriented.
• A strong problem-solver with the ability to investigate complex system issues.
• An effective communicator with strong business writing skills.
• Comfortable engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Skilled in change management and stakeholder relationship management.
• Numerically proficient, with strong analytical and verbal reasoning abilities.
• Proactive, self-motivated and committed to continuous improvement.
• Able to take ownership of deliverables and work collaboratively across teams.
   

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• DeARX Services is looking for skilled Data Engineers based in the Western Cape for exciting opportunities within the financial services sector.
• If you're passionate about building scalable data solutions, developing robust data pipelines and working with modern cloud technologies, we'd love to hear from you!

Key Requirements

• Strong Python programming skills
• Advanced SQL
• Data Engineering and Data Pipeline development
• ETL/ELT processes
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP
• Apache Spark / PySpark
• Data Warehousing

Advantageous Experience

• Kafka and real-time data streaming
• Apache Airflow
• Databricks
• Snowflake, Amazon Redshift or BigQuery
• AWS Glue and Data Lakes
• Docker and Kubernetes

Industry Experience

• Experience working with financial services, banking, fintech or high-volume transaction data will be highly advantageous.
• Experience in retail or e-commerce data environments is also a plus.

What We're Looking For

• Data Engineers who can build and optimise data pipelines, work with large datasets, implement scalable cloud-based solutions and contribute to reliable, high-performing data platforms.

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• DeARX Services is looking for an experienced Intermediate AWS Platform / Integration Engineer to join a dynamic engineering team within the digital banking and financial services environment.
• We're looking for someone with strong AWS infrastructure and platform exposure, particularly networking, infrastructure and load balancing, combined with experience in DevOps and backend technologies.
• If you have hands-on AWS experience and enjoy building, supporting and integrating cloud-based platforms, this could be your next opportunity!

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• 3–5 years of relevant technical experience.

AWS Platform & Infrastructure

• AWS networking and infrastructure.
• Load balancing and cloud platform configuration.
• AWS DevOps exposure, ideally at Associate level.
• Exposure to ECS, SQS, DynamoDB and MSK.

Integration & Development

• Experience with WSO2 is advantageous.
• Alternatively, strong Java development experience.
• Understanding of APIs, integrations and backend services.

ADVANTAGEOUS EXPERIENCE

• AWS cloud infrastructure and platform operations.
• DevOps practices and deployment pipelines.
• Containerised applications and AWS ECS.
• Messaging and event-driven architectures.
• API management and enterprise integration technologies.
• Experience in banking, fintech or other regulated environments.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

• You are technically strong, analytical and comfortable working across cloud infrastructure and integration environments. You can troubleshoot issues, collaborate with engineering teams and contribute to reliable, scalable platform solutions.

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• Our client in the financial services industry is looking for a highly technical Senior Platform Engineer to help transform how software is built, secured, tested and deployed across a large-scale engineering environment.
• You will contribute to the evolution of an Internal Developer Platform supporting more than 1,000 engineers, enabling faster, safer and more consistent software delivery through automation, cloud-native technologies and AI-enabled engineering practices.
• The focus is on removing engineering bottlenecks, enabling developer self-service and introducing the automation, security guardrails and governance required to accelerate delivery within a complex, business-critical environment.
• Working across AWS, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, GitHub, Terraform, GitOps and CI/CD, you will design and implement scalable platform capabilities that improve developer productivity while supporting enterprise security, operational resilience and reliability.
• This is an opportunity for a hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, building innovative solutions and taking ideas from concept and proof of concept through to production.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and optimise scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ensuring consistency, security and repeatability across environments.
• Build and enhance automated CI/CD pipelines to support reliable, efficient and controlled software releases.
• Develop and evolve the Internal Developer Platform, enabling engineering teams to provision infrastructure and deploy applications through self-service capabilities.
• Engineer and optimise Kubernetes-based platforms and containerised workloads, particularly within AWS and Amazon EKS environments.
• Implement GitOps practices and deployment automation to improve release consistency, traceability and operational control.
• Establish automated security controls, governance mechanisms and platform guardrails across the software delivery lifecycle.
• Explore and implement AI-enabled engineering capabilities, including workflows that support the safe and efficient delivery of AI-generated software.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, platform and distributed-system issues, leading root-cause investigations and driving permanent resolutions.
• Contribute to technical architecture and engineering standards across cloud-native platforms, microservices and event-driven systems.
• Improve platform observability, performance, scalability, availability and operational resilience.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate manual processes, simplify developer workflows and improve engineering productivity.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship, influencing platform engineering practices across multiple teams.

Minimum requirements

• At least 8 years of hands-on experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or a related technical discipline.
• Strong experience designing, implementing and operating cloud infrastructure, preferably using AWS.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration, ideally Amazon EKS.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or equivalent.
• Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar technologies.
• Practical experience with Git, GitHub, GitOps and automated software delivery practices.
• Strong scripting or programming capabilities using Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell or similar languages.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs and distributed systems.
• A solid understanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, security controls, observability and production support.
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues and improving the reliability and performance of production platforms.
• The ability to communicate technical decisions clearly and collaborate effectively with software engineering, architecture, security and infrastructure teams.

Advantageous experience

• Experience building or enhancing an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) or developer self-service tooling.
• Exposure to enterprise financial services, banking or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience implementing security guardrails, governance and compliance controls within CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with AI-assisted software development or integrating AI capabilities into engineering workflows.
• Relevant AWS, Kubernetes or cloud engineering certifications.
• A relevant degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline.

Why consider this opportunity?

• Influence platform engineering capabilities used by more than 1,000 engineers.
• Work with modern cloud-native technologies in a large-scale financial services environment.
• Contribute to the evolution of secure, automated and AI-enabled software delivery.
• Solve complex engineering challenges with a focus on scalability, reliability and developer experience.
• Make a meaningful technical impact without the requirement for formal line management.