Pega Solution Architect - #2184963

Job Overview

To further enhance aviation safety, the Agency will digitalise its core business processes such as product certification and organisation approval along with supporting functions, including human and financial resource management. This digitalisation effort will leverage core technologies, including Pega. The Pega Solution Architect will design integrated Pega solutions that balance business needs, technical integrations, platform standards, and secure-by-design principles. They will develop and apply implementation standards and policies to guide the use of Pega across the Agency’s business solutions, ensuring consistent, standardised, and reusable implementations. As an advocate of Pega’s capabilities, the architect will actively contribute to driving the Agency’s digital transformation.

General Accountabilities

Lead the Pega Centre of Excellence (CoE)

• Lead the Agency’s Pega COE providing consistent governance on technical aspects of Pega across all streams and projects
• Own the quality of the Pega situational layer cake ensuring its long-term reusability across lines of business
• Prepare and maintain Pega specific implementation and integration standards and policies
• Participate and guide projects and agile streams in the most suitable application of Pega capabilities to the benefit of business solution implementation
• Maintain business solution architecture so they accurately reflect actual implementations
• Provide insight and advise on how PEGA can drive Digital Transformation

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• Pega solutions comply with Agency cloud, data, user interface / experience, and security policies and standards Ensur
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• Pega business solutions are secure-by-design Coll
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• t domain owners to prepare plans and draft solution architectures in response to business demand Suppo
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• t business users in guiding and proposing solutions to business challenges Prepa
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• e estimated resource demands for solution architectures and proposed business solutions in support of projects and agile streams  In
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• e and maintain Pega aspects of the Agency’s reference architecture For s
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• reams and projects, prepare and maintain Pega aspects of business solution architectures in-line with the reference architecture  

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dmission Criteria The fo

llowing constitute eligibility and essential criteria for the role to be admitted to the selection process. Candidates not fulfilling these criteria by the deadline for applications, will be excluded from the selection:  Have

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• thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union (at least level C1) and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the EU to the extent necessary for the performance of the duties (at least level B2). One of the required languages shall be English[1] Be a
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• ational of a Member State of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland. Comp
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  ted university studies of at least 3 years in the scope of the job profile. Alternatively, where justified in the interest of the service, relevant professional training of an equivalent level (ref. EQF - European Qualifications Framework, Level 6) might be considered.  Lead

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• ystem Architect (LSA) certified (minimum Pega version 23). Exper
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  • g technical solution design, guiding and advising the hands-on implementation team of Pega application implementations Desig
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  • ing and building for reusability across multiple lines of business Produ
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  • ing and applying Pega integration best practices, e.g. SharePoint, SAP, and Identity and Governance Administration (IGA) Solutions Parti
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  • ipating in a Pega Centre of Excellence (CoE) I
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do not hold a university degree, please upload: A ce

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• ificate or diploma of the professional training completed An of
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• icial documentation confirming its recognition as equivalent to a Bachelor's level qualitficiation (EQF Level 6)   [1
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ther tongue English speakers will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of a second EU language. English oral and written skills will be assessed throughout the assessment phase. S

election Criteria The se

lection process is based on the assessment of the following Professional skills and Behavioural competences:   The

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mpetences and skills listed below are critical to perform the job, but candidates who do not meet all of them will not automatically be excluded. P

rofessional Skills Pega Service Architecture Data Architecture Solutions Architecture IT System Development & Integration Expertise in IT architecture with a focus on designing, integrating, and maintaining technology systems and components in line with organisational standards and guidelines Behavi
oural Competences Decision Making Problem Solving Teamwork Learning Agility Drive for Results Additi
onal Criteria Prior

to recruitment, you will be requested to demonstrate that you:   Are

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• titled to the full rights as a citizen. Have
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• ulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws on military service. Meet
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• he character requirements for the duties involved (you will be asked to provide a police certificate confirming the absence of any criminal record) . Are p
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• ysically fit to perform the duties linked to the post (you will be asked to undergo a medical examination in a centre indicated by EASA).
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onditions of Employment Contra

ct: 3 years contract as Contract Agent 3 (a) with possibility of extension.  Worki

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g hours: 40 hrs per week (on a full-time working pattern). Flexible working arrangements. Salar

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: Basic salary: between 4.319,72 € - 6.256,88 €  depending on work experience. Additional allowances depending on personal situation. Locat

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on: Cologne, Germany (relocation is required).