Lead System Architect - R & D

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We empower our people to stay resilient and relevant in a constantly changing world. We’re looking for people who are always searching for creative ways to grow and learn. People who want to make a real impact, now and in the future. Does that sound like you? Then it seems like you’d make a great addition to our vibrant international team.

Siemens Global Business Services (GBS) is a Siemens Service Company that provides innovative digital solutions and customer-oriented business services. With more than 20 years of experience, Siemens GBS taps into its understanding of how organizations and businesses work to seamlessly integrate, digitalize and optimize business processes with a portfolio that covers end-to-end business needs.

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).

Join us and be yourself!

We value your unique identity and perspective and are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society. Come bring your authentic self and create a better tomorrow with us.

This role is based in Bangalore. But you’ll also get to visit other locations in India and globe, so you’ll need to go where this journey takes you. In return, you’ll get the chance to work with teams impacting entire cities, countries and the shape of things to come. We’re Siemens. A collection of over 312,000 minds building the future, one day at a time in over 200 countries.