Pega DevOps Architect – Release Readiness Lead

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

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.