Pega Lead Solution Architect (Dec, 2023
–Present) at ]init[ GmbH
I am an experienced IT professional with 13+ years of expertise in designing, developing and delivering enterprise PEGA solutions across multiple industries, including Banking & Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, Public Sector, Life Sciences and HR Tech.
Act as Pega Solution Architect using Pega Infinity 24.1 / 24.1.3, designing scalable, secure and high-performance low-code applications.
Lead end-to-end application lifecycle from requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, to production (Dev → Prod).
Serve as Deployment Architect, managing CI/CD pipelines, release strategies, rollback plans and production deployments using Pega DevOps.
Handle Pega upgrades from Pega 6.x to Pega 24.x, ensuring minimal downtime and backward compatibility.
Provide expertise in Pega Constellation architecture and modern UI patterns.
Act as PDC (Predictive Diagnostic Cloud) expert, analyzing alerts, improving system stability and resolving performance bottlenecks.
Act as AES (Autonomic Event Services) expert, proactively monitoring applications and preventing production issues.
Identify and resolve performance, security and scalability issues in Pega applications.
Lead maintenance and support activities, including production issue analysis, root cause analysis (RCA) and preventive actions.
Manage deployments across on-premises and cloud environments, including VMs, containers and OKD/OpenShift platforms.
Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps and security teams to ensure secure and compliant deployments.
Support Pega CoE (Center of Excellence) initiatives, defining best practices, standards and governance.
Mentor junior developers and team members, conducting code reviews, architecture reviews and technical guidance.
Guide teams in Agile/Scrum methodologies, sprint planning and delivery.
Provide exam preparation support for Pega certifications (CSA, CSSA)
Assist business and sales teams with technical solutioning and Pega sales support.
Enable Citizen Developers, promoting low-code best practices and governance.
Drive digital transformation initiatives using Pega platforms.