Pega Developer/Pega Devops Architect

iXceed Solutions; Telford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

iXceed Solutions is seeking an experienced Pega DevOps Architect to lead release readiness, OAT, deployment strategy, and cutover activities for a major transformation programme.

The role requires deep expertise in Pega DevOps, CI/CD automation, environment management, and production deployment assurance across multiple programmes and environments. You will establish deployment guardrails, define rollback strategies, and support successful releases while maintaining service stability.

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines in enterprise environments.
• Expertise in release strategy, deployment governance, and environment management.
• Proven experience with Pega DevOps and CI/CD automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead WP4, owning release readiness, OAT planning, cutover execution, and rollback strategy.
• Develop and maintain release readiness dashboards, OAT evidence plans, and evidence-gap assessments.
• Assess deployment processes, monitoring capabilities, rollback mechanisms, and environment strategies.
• Design, document, and rehearse cutover plans with escalation paths and rollback triggers.
• Prepare and manage Go/No-Go governance packs for production releases.
• Define and implement deployment pathways for hotfixes, BAU changes, and major releases.
• Collaborate with delivery, infrastructure, operations, and business teams for readiness and risk mitigation.
• Establish best practices for CI/CD pipeline management, automated deployments, and release governance.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Pega DevOps

Release governance

Environment management

OAT (Operational Acceptance Testing)

Stakeholder management

Education

Pega CSA certification

AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional

Tools

Pega DevOps tooling

AWS

Monitoring tools

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Pega DevOps Architect to lead release readiness, operational acceptance testing (OAT), deployment strategy, and cutover activities for a large-scale Pega transformation programme. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Pega DevOps, CI/CD automation, environment management, release governance, and production deployment assurance.

The role will be responsible for establishing deployment guardrails, ensuring operational readiness, defining rollback strategies, and supporting successful releases while maintaining service stability across multiple programmes and environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Work Package 4 (WP4), owning release readiness, OAT planning, cutover execution, and rollback strategy.
• Develop and maintain release readiness dashboards, OAT evidence plans, and evidence-gap assessments.
• Assess deployment processes, monitoring capabilities, rollback mechanisms, and environment strategies.
• Design, document, and rehearse cutover plans, including reconciliation activities, command structures, escalation paths, and rollback triggers.
• Prepare and manage Go/No-Go governance packs for production releases.
• Define and implement deployment pathways for hotfixes, BAU changes, and major releases to protect live service operations.
• Collaborate with delivery, infrastructure, operations, and business teams to ensure deployment readiness and risk mitigation.
• Establish best practices for CI/CD pipeline management, automated deployments, and release governance.

Required Skills & Experienc

• Strong experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines in enterprise environments.
• Expertise in release strategy, deployment governance, and environment management.

Proven experience with:

• Pega DevOps & CI/CD Automation
• Environment & Release Strategy
• Cutover Planning & Rehearsal
• Rollback Design & Recovery Planning
• Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
• Production Monitoring & Observability
• Security Governance & CAB Processes
• Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical applications and platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills.

Technical Expertise

• Pega DevOps and Deployment Manager
• CI/CD Pipeline Design & Automation
• Release and Environment Management
• Operational Readiness & Service Transition
• Monitoring, Alerting & Observability
• Cloud Operations & Platform Governance
• Change Advisory Board (CAB) Processes
• Production Support & Incident Management

Certifications

• Pega Certified System Architect (CSA)
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional