Pega Senior Systems Architect

Sopra Steria Ltd; Greater Manchester; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£5,400 car allowance

25 days annual leave

Private medical

Life assurance

Pension

Generous flexible benefits fund

Job summary

Sopra Steria Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Pega Senior Systems Architect to lead the design and development of Pega applications within our financial services operations. The role offers home-based work with occasional travel to hubs, and requires SC clearance eligibility.

You will align solutions with Pega best practices, support architecture and QA, and mentor delivery teams while shaping requirements into scalable Pega solutions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Pega experience at SSA level.
• Strong understanding of Pega architecture, integrations, and performance tools.
• Experience guiding teams and supporting technical decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of Pega applications.
• Ensure solutions follow Pega best practices and guardrails.
• Support solution architecture, integration design, and quality assurance.
• Mentor junior developers and guide delivery teams.
• Contribute to user story refinement and technical planning.

Skills

Pega SSA

CSSA certification

Leadership

System architecture

Integrations

Communication

Job description

Are you a Pega Systems Professional looking for a new role?
Sopra Steria are currently recruiting for a Pega Senior Systems Architect to join a growing team within our financial services operations. This is a pivotal role within a part of the organisation that is evolving following an internal restructure and comes with the opportunity to build on an existing expertise in Pega Systems. You will be given room to grow with further learning and development of your knowledge of the platform top of the agenda. So, if you are well versed in the design and development of Pega applications then this one may be for you!
This role would be home-based with occasional travel to one of our hubs.
Due to the potentially sensitive nature of assigned projects, we are only able to progress with candidates eligible for SC clearance.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the design and development of Pega applications
• Ensure solutions follow Pega best practices and guardrails
• Support solution architecture, integration design, and quality assurance
• Mentor junior developers and guide delivery teams
• Contribute to user story refinement and technical planning

What you'll bring:

• CSSA certification
• Hands-on Pega experience at Senior Developer SSA level
• Strong understanding of Pega architecture, integrations, and performance tools
• Experience guiding teams and supporting technical decision-making
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Ability to shape requirements into scalable, out-of-the-box Pega solutions

It would be great if you had:

• Financial services experience

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

• Location: Home-based
• Security Clearance Level: SC
• Internal Recruiter: Olly Walker
• Salary: Competitive depending on experience.
• Benefits:
  • £5,400 car allowance
  • 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days
  • private medical
  • life assurance
  • pension
  • generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Our specialist Private Sector team are experienced in a range of different markets including Banking, Insurance, Retail, Travel, Transport and Utilities. We help our customers develop, deliver and operationalise their digital transformation strategies. We work in true partnership with our customer, gaining a deep understanding of their business and technology issues.

Our capabilities and credentials across Private Sector markets enable the design, delivery and management of business transformation programmes. We help our cli-ents respond to changing customer demands, keep ahead of the competition, and safeguard their systems from evolving business and technology risks.