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Pega Solution Architect

Type of Selection: Internal and External

Contract Type: Contract agent

Function Group: FG IV

Section: DT.1.4 - Architecture&Governance Section

Deadline for application: 11/07/2025 at 12:00 CET

Experience Level: Professional

Approx. number of candidates on reserve list: 5

Location: Cologne, Germany

Monthly gross compensation (€): 4,319.72 - 6,256.88

Our employees are our most valuable asset. We therefore offer a wide range of benefits.

EASA is the leading aviation authority in Europe. A career at EASA means contributing to our vision for an ever safer and greener civil aviation. As an EASA employee, you will be making a difference to the lives of about 500 million fellow Europeans: this is our shared purpose and it could be yours, too. From our headquarters in Cologne, Germany, you will work with top experts in a multicultural work environment. Diversity and Inclusion are part of our DNA and innovation is at the heart of what we do. We ensure that aviation is safe in all phases: beginning with the certification of the aircraft to the rules for the air operation and crew. For more information about the Agency please consult our website and take a look at our organisation structure. Are you interested to contribute to our mission? Then see below what it takes to accomplish the role.

We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity and non-discrimination. To further enhance the diversity of our workforce, we particularly encourage applications from female candidates.

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

Compliance

Ensure Pega solutions comply with Agency cloud, data, user interface / experience, and security policies and standards
Ensure Pega business solutions are secure-by-design

Collaboration and Planning

Support domain owners to prepare plans and draft solution architectures in response to business demand
Support business users in guiding and proposing solutions to business challenges
Prepare estimated resource demands for solution architectures and proposed business solutions in support of projects and agile streams

In collaboration with other technical architects

Prepare and maintain Pega aspects of the Agency’s reference architecture
For streams and projects, prepare and maintain Pega aspects of business solution architectures in-line with the reference architecture

Admission Criteria

The following 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 a 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 national of a Member State of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
Completed 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 System Architect (LSA) certified (minimum Pega version 23).
Experience in each of the following:
- Leading technical solution design, guiding and advising the hands-on implementation team of Pega application implementations
- Designing and building for reusability across multiple lines of business
- Producing and applying Pega integration best practices, e.g. SharePoint, SAP, and Identity and Governance Administration (IGA) Solutions
- Participating in a Pega Centre of Excellence (CoE)

If you do not hold a university degree, please upload:

A certificate or diploma of the professional training completed
An official documentation confirming its recognition as equivalent to a Bachelor's level qualitficiation (EQF Level 6)

[1] Mother 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.

Selection Criteria

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

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

Professional 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

Behavioural Competences

Decision Making

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Learning Agility

Drive for Results

Additional Criteria

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

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

Conditions of Employment

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

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

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

Location: Cologne, Germany (relocation is required).

Application & Selection Process

How to apply

We can only accept applications that are submitted in English through our Recruiting tool. Before sending your application, make sure it is complete and contains the document(s) specified in the vacancy notice. IMPORTANT: Before submitting your application, ensure that your candidate profile, all the fields and answers to the pre screening questions are correct. Once submitted, no changes can be made to your application for this specific position.

For further information take a look at How we hire. In case of questions or technical issues, email us at recruit@easa.europa.eu. Attach a description and screenshot of the error.

To check if you are meeting the minimum education qualifications required for the job, consult the information published by the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO): Examples of minimum qualifications.

Important note on diplomas obtained outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland or Norway: If your application is found eligible on the basis of diploma(s) obtained outside these countries, we might ask you to provide proof of accreditation by one of the European Union Member States. This applies also to diplomas obtained in the UK after 31 December 2020.

Make sure you are meeting the language requirements: Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and assess your language skills. Language certificates are not required at the stage of application, unless specified in the vacancy.

Selection Process

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted via E-mail. If your application has been rejected following the initial screening, the status in your candidate profile will be automatically updated to "Not admitted". Invitations to the shortlisted candidates are sent once the evaluation of applications is completed (this may take up to two months after expiry of the deadline to apply). Pre-selection exercises, online tests and interviews with the Selection Board usually take place remotely. If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list from which you might be considered for similar positions within EASA. Learn more about our Selection and Onboarding process. Take a look also at our comprehensive information on Benefits, get to know Our people and find out what Life in Cologne is like.