Systems Architect (Pega) - Contract

Systems Architect (Pega)

Location: Frankfurt, Germany

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Systems Architect with Pega expertise to join our Financial Services Client in Frankfurt. This role is critical in designing, integrating, and scaling Pega Customer Decision Hub (CDH) solutions within a client’s enterprise ecosystem. The LSA specializes in backend system integrations; ensuring real-time, reliable, secure, and high-volume data exchange between CDH and customer platforms such as CRM, MDM, billing, data lakes, marketing clouds, event hubs, and channel systems.

This role provides architectural leadership, establishes integration standards, and ensures the technical integrity and performance of all CDH-related services.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end integration patterns between Pega CDH and enterprise systems using REST / JSON, SOAP, Kafka, MQ, SFTP, and ETL pipelines
• Define high-level and detailed architecture blueprints, including data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, integration specifications, and deployment architectures.
• Lead technical design sessions and ensure adherence to best practices and standards.
• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, and stakeholders to deliver robust solutions.
• Provide guidance on Pega platform capabilities, integration strategies, and performance optimization.
• Oversee solution deployment and troubleshoot technical issues as needed.

Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of architecture experience in enterprise systems, customer platforms, or integration engineering
• Fluent German speaker
• 5+ years in Pega Platform or Pega CDH delivery, preferably in an LSA or senior integration role
• Deep expertise in RESTful service design, event-based architectures, and API / microservices frameworks
• Strong understanding of relational / NoSQL databases, real-time streaming (Kafka, Kinesis), and middleware

#J-18808-Ljbffr