Two Lead Pega System Developers

Australian Citizens residing in Australia with Baseline Clearance only respond.

• Contract start 15 January 2024 to 30 June 2024.
• Australian Citizen, Baseline Clearance, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne role.

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The Specified Personnel will be responsible for providing the following deliverables including but not limited to:

• Developing and supporting delivery Pega application components that address business requirements, under the oversight of the Principal Pega System Developer;
• Leading a team of Pega System Developers to develop and deliver Pega application components that address business requirements on Pega Platform and Cloud Pega Platform;
• Taking a lead role with application architecture, development and design within Pega application;
• Developing, understanding and advising on use of Enterprise and Framework layer assets for applications under development;
• Developing, understanding and advising on use of integration components for applications under development;
• Documenting and reviewing design approaches with the team and ensure regular and timely systematic unit testing on built application has occurred;
• Ensuring that the development standards for the Pega Platform and Cloud Pega Platform are adhered to;
• Attending and assisting with running user design workshops, walkthroughs, handovers and forums to assist in EBS Pega Platform and Cloud Pega Platform priorities and deliverables;
• Remediating defects and issues, and implementing design recommendations for application components;
• Conducting build review assessments within the System Development team to ensure the quality of application development;
• Providing advice to Pega System Developers on application development as required;
• Undertaking relevant technical deliverables as specified in the EBS Pega Quality Enablement delivery processes during development of all Pega application components;
• Working closely with the Business Solution Lead and understanding the business intent and requirements to be implemented.
• Providing advice and guidance for the Pega Quality Enablement team to undertake quality reviews on other projects according to the Pega design and development standards for the department.
• Supporting the section with internal and external Pega Quality reviews;
• Embracing and contributing to EBS delivery methodologies and tools in support of the Departments strategic direction;
• Evaluating, and reporting on technical feasibility and risks for development projects including the development of option papers;
• Developing and supporting delivery of EBS Pega Platform and Cloud Pega Platform aligned to user story priorities and deliverables in both a project and business-as-usual support contexts;
• Contributing to strategies to ensure high quality development outcomes to underpin efficient long-term maintenance of Pega applications;
• Designing and creating application reports;

Specified Personnel will be expected to transfer skills and knowledge to departmental staff and ensure appropriate documentation is stored in accordance with the Departments recordkeeping policy and practices.
The Specified Personnel will also be responsible for producing the following deliverables, including but not limited to:

• Creation and review of Detailed Design Approach(es)
• Data Model design and Data Dictionary for the assigned user stories and applications
• Creation and/or review of Unit Test Rules, documentation and evidence of the unit test coverage and execution results
• Presentation materials to demonstrate design patterns and/or support delivery at user forums
• Branch Review documentation to support delivery across environments
• Prepare and complete Release Notes

Every application requires to address selection criteria as part of application submission.
Essential Criteria
1. Holds a Lead Pega System Architect certification or higher and at least 3+ years experience working as a Senior Pega Developer/System Architect on Pega Platform and/or Cloud Pega Platforms.
2. Demonstrated experience in delivering and managing delivery of Pega enterprise capability and solutions that are actively used in a Production context.
3. Possess profound knowledge of Pega capabilities and Pega Technology components. As well as, experience with integrating the Pega Platform with other applications.
4. 4. Ability to: - Drive development best practices and guardrails and monitor adherence. - Understand the current/future requirements & design class structure, ruleset design & case types to drive enterprise reusability. - Tune Pega application for optimal performance & drive design for performance. - Conduct technical design workshops, and delivery forums and walkthrough reviews of specifications.
5. Strong data analysis and technical writing skills, including proficient stakeholder management skills and experience. As well as, strong coaching/mentoring experience in technical contexts, including the ability to lead and coach a team of Pega developers and drive efficiency and quality delivery.
6. Previous experience and/or knowledge of Commonwealth Government governance structures.
Desirable Criteria
1. Ability to produce efficient and highly optimised SQL queries within Pega and design a data model of the solution. Proven experience in designing and creating application reports, and Load and Performance testing of Pega applications. Proficient in developing UI's inside and outside of Pega.
2. Ability to lead and coach a team of developers and drive efficiency and quality delivery. Including the ability to conduct build review self-assessments and peer assessments to support merging of rulesets to delivery pathway.
3. Ability to design applications and application components for larger systems. As well as, support transition in service artefacts and activities.
4. Proven ability to understand business requirements and convert to working Pega applications.