LSE Pega Systems Architect

Job Title: LSE Pega Systems Architect
Location: Holland (remote - occasional travel to client)
Salary/Rate: €650-675 per day
Start Date: June
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 Systems Architect to join their client in the Netherlands on a remote basis.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives
This role is focused on delivering enterprise-grade PEGA solutions across multiple client engagements, providing technical leadership from discovery through to delivery.
You will act as a trusted advisor to clients, owning architecture decisions, ensuring best practice implementation, and supporting delivery teams in complex, fast-paced environments.

Architecture & Solution Design

• Lead the design of scalable, reusable PEGA architectures across client engagements
• Define solution frameworks aligned to PEGA best practices and guardrails
• Translate business requirements into robust, enterprise-level technical solutions

Client Engagement

• Act as the technical authority in client-facing situations
• Run architecture workshops, design sessions, and stakeholder briefings
• Provide strategic guidance on digital transformation and process optimisation

Delivery Leadership

• Oversee implementation of solutions using Pega Platform (v8.x )
• Support and mentor development teams (SSA/SSA-level engineers)
• Ensure high-quality delivery through design governance, code reviews, and standards enforcement

Integration & Enterprise Architecture

• Design integrations with third-party and enterprise systems (APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture)
• Define data models and ensure alignment with enterprise data strategies
• Collaborate with client enterprise architects and IT teams

Quality, Governance & DevOps

• Ensure compliance with PEGA guardrails, security, and performance standards
• Contribute to DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
• Support environment strategy, release planning, and production readiness

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

PEGA Expertise

• Certified PEGA Lead System Architect (LSA) (mandatory)
• Strong experience across:
• o Case Management & BPM
• o Decisioning (CDH desirable)
• o UI frameworks (Theme Cosmos / Constellation)
• o PEGA integration capabilities

Technical Skills

• Solid understanding of Java and integration technologies (REST/SOAP)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Familiarity with DevOps tooling (Git, Jenkins, pipelines)

Consulting Experience

• Proven experience in a consultancy or client-facing delivery role
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders across different engagements
• Experience delivering large-scale digital transformation programmes

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

• Exposure to multiple industries (e.g., financial services, public sector, telecoms)
• Experience with PEGA Customer Decision Hub (CDH)
• Knowledge of Agile / Scrum methodologies
• Experience contributing to pre-sales, RFPs, and solution shaping

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing ability
• Leadership and mentoring mindset
• Commercial awareness and problem-solving capability

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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