Pega Lead System Architect (German Speaking)

Job Title:Pega Lead System Architect (German Speaking)
Location: Germany (remote/hybrid)
Salary/Rate: Euros500-700 per day
Start Date: July
Job Type: Initial 6 month contract

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Pega Lead System Architect (LSA) to join a major enterprise transformation programme for a leading client based in Germany

Job Responsibilities/Objectives
As the Lead System Architect, you will be responsible for the overall technical design, architecture and delivery of enterprise-scale Pega solutions. You will lead technical teams, provide architectural governance, and work closely with business and technology stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of scalable, secure and high-performing applications.

• Lead the technical architecture, design and implementation of Pega applications.
• Define solution architecture and ensure alignment with enterprise standards and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership to development teams, Senior System Architects and System Architects.
• Conduct design reviews, code reviews and architecture governance activities.
• Design complex integrations with enterprise systems using REST, SOAP, messaging and APIs.
• Lead technical workshops with German-speaking business and technology stakeholders.
• Support estimation, planning and technical risk management activities.
• Ensure application scalability, performance, security and maintainability.
• Collaborate with Business Architects, Product Owners and Programme Managers throughout the delivery life cycle.
• Drive adoption of modern Pega capabilities including Constellation and GenAI features.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Pega Certified Lead System Architect (CLSA) certification.
• Extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale Pega solutions.
• Strong expertise in Case Management, Business Rules, Integrations and Workflow Automation.
• Deep understanding of Pega architecture, guardrails and best practices.
• Experience with Pega Constellation architecture and modern UX frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of integration technologies including REST APIs, SOAP and eventdriven architectures.
• Experience leading Agile delivery teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Fluent German (spoken and written) - mandatory.
• Professional English (spoken and written) - mandatory.

Desirable Skills/Experience
Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:

• Experience within telecommunications, banking, insurance, public sector or other large enterprise environments.
• Experience with Pega Customer Decision Hub (CDH).
• Knowledge of Agentic AI, Generative AI and intelligent automation technologies.
• Experience with cloud-native deployments, DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related discipline.
• Pega Certified Lead System Architect (CLSA) - essential.
• Additional Pega certifications desirable.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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