Lead System Architect - R & D

Siemens; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens in Bengaluru seeks a Lead Pega Architect to drive architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise-scale Pega solutions for global customers. You will mentor teams toward certifications and establish reusable frameworks, governance, and best practices across geographies.

You will lead solution architecture, ensure secure, scalable implementations, and guide DevOps, integrations with SAP, and production readiness while coaching developers for LSA and CSSA.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on experience in Pega development and architecture.
• Strong expertise in enterprise application architecture and solution design.
• Extensive experience designing enterprise-scale Pega implementations.
• Strong understanding of Pega platform architecture and best practices.
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, deployment management, and release governance.
• Strong knowledge of performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Experience with enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience integrating with SAP and external enterprise systems.
• Strong understanding of authentication and security mechanisms.
• Experience defining reusable frameworks and architecture governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-grade Pega applications.
• Define scalable, secure, and reusable solution architectures aligned with enterprise standards.
• Design and implement multi-country, multi-business-unit Pega solutions.
• Establish governance frameworks, architecture standards, reusable components, and development best practices.
• Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design sessions.
• Ensure applications meet performance, security, scalability, and maintainability requirements.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the SDLC.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, enterprise architects, and delivery teams.
• Drive technical decision-making and resolve complex architectural challenges.
• Support project estimation, solution planning, and risk management.

Skills

Pega architecture

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder mgmt

Global delivery

DevOps

Performance tuning

Enterprise integration

Security & auth

Reusable frameworks

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

You’ll make a difference by:

• We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Lead Pega Architect to drive the architecture, design, and successful delivery of enterprise-scale Pega solutions for global customers. This role requires a seasoned Pega professional with strong technical expertise, leadership capabilities, and a passion for mentoring engineering teams.
• The successful candidate will lead solution architecture, establish engineering best practices, define reusable frameworks, and ensure the delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performing applications across multiple geographies. In addition to leading strategic customer engagements, this individual will play a key role in building the organization's Pega capability by coaching and mentoring developers toward advanced certifications such as LSA (Lead System Architect) and CSSA (Certified Senior System Architect).

Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-grade Pega applications.
• Define scalable, secure, and reusable solution architectures aligned with enterprise standards.
• Design and implement multi-country, multi-business-unit Pega solutions.
• Establish governance frameworks, architecture standards, reusable components, and development best practices.
• Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design sessions.
• Ensure applications meet performance, security, scalability, and maintainability requirements.

Delivery Leadership

• Provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, enterprise architects, and delivery teams.
• Drive technical decision-making and resolve complex architectural challenges.
• Support project estimation, solution planning, and risk management.
• Guide deployment planning and production releases.

DevOps & Engineering Excellence

• Define and implement DevOps best practices for Pega delivery.
• Drive CI/CD automation, release governance, deployment strategies, and environment management.
• Improve productivity development through reusable frameworks and automation.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise engineering standards.

Integration Architecture

• Design and implement enterprise integrations including:
• REST APIs.
• SOAP Web Services.
• Event-driven architecture.
• SAP integrations.
• External enterprise platform connectivity.
• Authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth, JWT, SSO, LDAP, SAML, etc.).

Performance & Production Support

• Lead performance tuning and optimization activities.
• Troubleshoot application performance bottlenecks.
• Implement monitoring, observability, and proactive health checks.
• Support critical production incidents and root cause analysis.

Leadership & Capability Development

• Mentor and coach Pega developers, Senior Developers, and Lead System Architects.
• Build technical competency across the organization across Pega and adjacent enterprise technologies.
• Develop learning paths and certification plans for CSSA and LSA.
• Conduct architecture workshops and internal technical sessions.
• Establish coding standards and engineering best practices.
• Support hiring and technical assessments.
• Drive resource planning, capacity management, skills development, and succession planning in coordination with product owners.
• Conduct performance and development discussions and support career growth.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, collaboration, innovation, and ownership.

Innovation

• Evaluate emerging Pega capabilities including Constellation.
• Explore the adoption of GenAI and Agentic AI within the Pega platform.
• Recommend modern engineering practices that improve customer outcomes.

Your success is grounded in:

Technical Skills

• 12+ years of hands-on experience in Pega development and architecture.
• Strong expertise in enterprise application architecture and solution design.
• Extensive experience designing enterprise-scale Pega implementations.
• Strong understanding of Pega platform architecture and best practices.
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, deployment management, and release governance.
• Strong knowledge of performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Experience with enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience integrating with SAP and external enterprise systems.
• Strong understanding of authentication and security mechanisms.
• Experience defining reusable frameworks and architecture governance.

Leadership Skills

• Proven experience leading global implementation teams.
• Experience in mentoring and coaching technical teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence architecture decisions across multiple projects.
• Experience working with distributed global teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Pega Constellation architecture.
• Knowledge of GenAI and Agentic AI capabilities within the Pega ecosystem.
• Experience with ServiceNow platform integration or development.
• Exposure to cloud-native deployments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Preferred Certifications

• Pega Lead System Architect (LSA) - Preferred.
• Pega Certified Senior System Architect (CSSA).
• Pega System Architect (CSA).
• Additional Pega specialization certifications are an advantage.
• ServiceNow certifications (desirable).

Location

This role is based in Bangalore. You may need to visit other locations as part of the journey.