Technical Architect:

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history, typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

As a Principal System Architect (PSA), you will lead the end‑to‑end architectural design, development, and implementation of complex, enterprise‑grade solutions on the Pega platform. Your deep expertise in Pega architecture, combined with strong leadership and communication skills, positions you as a trusted advisor on large‑scale transformation programs.

• Architect, design, and oversee the implementation of scalable, high‑performance Pega solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
• Partner with senior stakeholders and clients to define technical strategies, solution roadmaps, project scope, and architectural direction.
• Guide, mentor, and support teams of system architects and developers throughout the full solution lifecycle, ensuring quality, compliance, and best‑practice implementation.
• Maximize solution portability and maintainability by leveraging Pega best practices, reusable assets, and platform capabilities.
• Lead performance tuning, scalability assessments, and system optimization initiatives to ensure robustness, efficiency, and production‑grade stability.

Technical Problem Solving & Risk Management

• Proven experience leading large‑scale Pega implementations in complex enterprise environments.
• Hands‑on leadership experience in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor architects and developers, fostering technical growth and quality delivery.
• Pega Certified Lead System Architect (CLSA) V Infinity 23 or 24.
• Industry or functional domain expertise (Government, financial services, telecom).
• Experience with Intelligent Automation, Customer Engagement, or AI‑driven decisioning using Pega capabilities.
• Experience deploying Pega solutions on cloud platforms (Pega Cloud, AWS, Azure).

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.