Pega Lead Architect

Overview

In this role you own the end-to-end Pega solution architecture and provide hands-on technical leadership to delivery teams. You translate complex requirements into scalable designs, ensuring architecture, security, performance, and integration meet standards. You collaborate with cross-functional architects and stakeholders to guide large-scale Pega programmes. Your work supports secure, high-performing enterprise applications and contributes to Atos' mission of reliable, transformative digital environments.

Pay / Benefits

• Pension Scheme - contributions matched up to 10%
• Private medical cover
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• 25 days paid leave + National Holidays
• Flex benefits program

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture and technical design of Pega applications
• Lead solution design for case management, workflows, data models, integrations, security, and UX
• Define architecture patterns, components, and implementation standards
• Provide technical leadership to Pega architects and development teams
• Review designs for compliance with Pega guardrails and best practices
• Lead complex design decisions and resolve performance challenges
• Design scalable integration patterns using REST, services, connectors, and messaging
• Define authentication, authorization, and security architecture
• Ensure non-functional requirements: performance, scalability, availability, resilience, security, maintainability
• Establish monitoring, performance optimization, and troubleshooting approaches
• Define DevOps, CI/CD, branching, deployment, and release management for Pega apps
• Support production readiness, deployment planning, and technical assurance
• Collaborate with Business Architects, Product Owners, Enterprise Architects, Security Architects, and Integration Architects
• Translate business requirements into Pega architecture and solutions
• Lead workshops and communicate decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Mentor Pega engineers and develop engineering capability across teams
• Perform design and code reviews and manage technical debt
• Support estimation, delivery planning, risk management, and dependency management
• Act as the Pega technical authority throughout delivery

Key requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience designing and delivering enterprise apps using Pega Platform
• Experience as Pega Lead System Architect or Solution Architect on large, complex programmes
• Deep knowledge of Pega case management, data modelling, and integration
• Strong understanding of Pega design principles, guardrails, and reusable architecture
• Experience with REST APIs, integration services, connectors, and enterprise patterns
• Secure Pega solutions experience: authentication, authorization, RBAC/ABAC
• Pega performance optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting
• Pega DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and enterprise deployment
• Agile/Scrum delivery experience
• Ability to lead multiple Pega teams and provide governance across workstreams
• Strong stakeholder management and technical leadership
• Ability to explain complex decisions to senior stakeholders
• Certification: Mandatory CPLSA/CLSA

• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• team leadership
• Pega Platform
• Pega case management
• REST APIs

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