PEGA Lead Engineer

In the Economic Crime Prevention (ECP) Platform, our mission is to reduce harm to our communities by enhancing the Group's capability to prevent, detect and respond to economic crime. The Platform sits within Consumer Relationships and plays a critical role in providing services across the whole Group. If you want to find out more about our platform, including why it's a great place to work, you can head over to our SharePoint or even have a listen to some of our People Pods and take a deep dive into the fascinating world of the ECP Platform and the amazing people that make it all happen! About the role We believe that people don't always fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, We believe that people don't always fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, experience, and knowledge - it's what makes you unique! We're looking to recruit a PEGA Lead Engineer to to deliver the highest quality customer driven software whilst continually challenging, motivating, mentoring and supporting their engineering teams. Day to Day Responsibilities You will lead and direct the team and engineering's withing the area as well as working with the Business, Development and UK onsite teams to drive solutions. Additionally, supporting code reviews and defect resolution. You will coach other members in the team including junior engineers and partner resources and support wider delivery consideration eg; risk management, planning, keeping documents current. The role will also include supporting implementations that may be out of usual working hours and attending and contributing to Guilds.

• Certified Lead System Architect (PEGA qualified), with at least 6 years experience in a PEGA
• Experience of delivery on PEGA 8.x is required in either PEGA Business or PEGA Technical Environment
• Must have experience of building REST APIs
• Great to have understanding of Bank's Tech and Cloud strategy
• Strong understanding of PEGA Architecture and supporting infrastructure
• Support of working on PEGA applications on Cloud based architecture.
• Must have experience of developing web services using JAX-WS, JAX-RS, JAX-B and Java web-frameworks.
• Experience of designing applications from scratch within PEGA including class structure and Org design.
• Previous experience of analysis and design of solutions, proto-typing, build, test, implementation, and application support.
• Experience in upgrading applications in PEGA 8
Wider skills:
• Experience of working in Agile delivery environment
• Clear Communication - with a high standard of English, both written and verbal, familiar with communicating with Business Stakeholders, with confidence to challenge and drive solutions forward with business counterparts.
• Experience of bringing together individuals to form a highly effective team, with strong team identity
• Experience in leading and directing teams of up to 15 engineers, with a strong focus on Coaching/mentoring Junior team members
• Comfortable in driving workshops, with established facilitation skills, able to analyse existing processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Growth Mindset - keen desire to lean and develop further - adaptable when required
What will be desirable:
• Strong understanding of WAS, JBoSS and Tomcat servers
• Knowledge of working with Pega applications frameworks Like CLM (Customer Lifecycle Manager), Customer Service, Smart Disputes etc.
• Strong Core Java skills
• Understanding of react and front-end development
• Experience of JIRA/Confluence and other tools and techniques such as DevOps
• Keen focus on sustainable and cost effective technical solutions
• Performance tuning and analysis via PDC (Predictive Diagnostic Cloud)
  
  Whatever your aspirations, you can expect excellent benefits, personal development, and a career that's enriching and full of opportunity.
We work in a hybrid way which involves colleagues spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. We're also passionate about diversity, equal opportunities and building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves. Reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in the recruitment process, and to perform job functions, just let us know. So, if you have a desire to work in our exciting, supportive platform, then please get in touch we'd love to hear from you! We'd love to hear from you if you're interested! At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.