Lead System Architect

Pupose

The role of a Pega Lead System Architect will have a strong focus placed on analysis and engineering aspects of the Pega Platform. Prepare solution designs that will deliver to a diverse range of business areas within the bank. Lead and assist team through end to end project delivery lifecycle i.e requirements, design, development, testing and maintenance.

Capable of technically leading multiple squads in delivery of customer focused, integrated solutions.

Component based; reusable architecture should be core of the solutions they provide.

Own the governance of the application build and ensuring delivery and Pega guardrails are adhered to.

They will provide critical thinking and a high degree of technical innovation and attention to detail while being recognized as a trusted advisor to the team and stakeholders.

As well as the technical skills we are looking for someone who is a great communicator, solutions driven and thrives in working in a team to achieve the project goals.

Essential capabilities Participate in elaboration sessions

Participate in requirement gathering sessions and guide the LBA and the client SMEs to elaborate the requirements, process steps, and objectives. Work with other Pega LBAs, and SSAs to improve standards and guidelines. Work in agile methodology and support the Manager Engineer to size, manage scope, and highlight risks using stand-ups, burn-down, status reports, retrospectives, etc.

Highlight risks and assumptions identified during the course of the project.

Work closely with delivery teams of various applications in ensuring test alignment at the test case level.

Escalate the issues about project requirements (Software, Hardware, and Resources) to the Manager Engineer.

Ensure the delivered solution matches customer functional requirements and commits to Customer Success.

Governance of the application build and ensuring delivery and Pega guardrails are adhered to.

Experience

It is expected that the role holder will most likely have the following qualifications and experience:

8-12 years of Pega Platform experience on software development and delivery for client deliverables:

Experience using the latest version of Pega i.e Version 8 and above

Experience in full Pega implementation cycle using agile methodology

Understanding of Pega frameworks for Finance industry and hands-on experience on a few of them

Certification - PEGA Lead System Architect (Required Part I & II Cleared)

Qualification Requirements

Tertiary qualification in technology related degree

Key Accountabilities

Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software

Preparing and maintaining systems and program documentation.

Assisting in the analysis and development of applications programs and databases.

Modifying and troubleshooting applications programs.

Coaching, mentoring, and guiding junior developer engineers

Key Stakeholder Groups

Manager Engineer/ Product Owners

Business Analysts Architecture

Scrum Masters / Release Train Engineers

Key Performance Indicator

Take assigned initiatives from inception to successful change deployment across relevant assets and platforms

Recognized as a key contributor to the innovation, development and implementation of changes relating to value control and reconciliations

Evidence of potential cost savings through process simplification, optimization and automation.

Stakeholder engagement recognised as trusted advisor to the business