Analyst Programmer (Pega)

Job Description Summary

Analyst Programmer (Pega)

Permanent

Location: Edinburgh or Witham (typically 2 days in the office per week, 3 from home)

Salary: A competitive salary from £46,000 - £69,000 depending on the experience you can bring

Closing date: 22 January 2025

As a purpose-led business, we’re focused on supporting our customers as they navigate through new stages of their lives and all the moments that matter. We’re here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it, however grand or humble their ambitions.

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.

A new opportunity has arisen for an Analyst Programmer (Pega) to join our IT Digital Solutions Team.

In this role you will be responsible for leading the design, development and implementation of Pega applications within Aegon UK. You will collaborate with stakeholders both internally and externally to understand requirements and transfer this into technical solutions, ensuring high quality delivery of Pega projects.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Collaborating with colleagues and clients to investigate and model business functions, processes, information flows and data structures, using methodical and consistent techniques.
2. Investigation of operational requirements and problems, seeking effective business solutions through improvements in information systems.
3. Implementation and maintenance of procedures and tools for the correct recording and progressing of requests for support. Ensuring that appropriate application support tools are available and staff are trained to use them.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

1. Excellent analysis skills, acquiring understanding of a problem or situation by breaking it down systematically into its component parts and identifying the relationships.
2. Tenacity and a proven track record of fulfilling agreements even when adverse circumstances prevail.
3. Excellent planning and organisational abilities.
4. Expertise in Application Development Methods, Techniques and Standards using Pega.
5. Proficient in the application of automated systems.
6. Relevant IT Tools Experience including Jira, Confluence and Microsoft Office.
7. Basic knowledge of Aegon UK products at a high level.
8. PEGA Certified System Architect Qualification.

What’s in it for you?

1. A non-contributory pension between 8%-12%.
2. A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance.
3. 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time).

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.

The legal bits

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.