Pega Lead System Architect position

We are looking for a highly experienced Pega Lead System Architect (LSA) with 15+ years of overall Pega experience to lead the architecture, setup, and implementation of enterprise Pega applications.

The ideal candidate must have strong expertise in Pega architecture, application design, solution development, and end-to-end project delivery. The candidate will be responsible for establishing the Pega project from the ground up, defining the technical architecture, leading the development team, and ensuring successful implementation., * Lead the end-to-end architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise Pega applications.

• Set up new Pega projects from scratch, including application architecture, environments, frameworks, and development standards.
• Own the overall Pega technical solution architecture and provide architectural direction to the development team.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, reusable, and maintainable Pega solutions.
• Define application structure, class hierarchy, rulesets, access groups, application rules, and security architecture.
• Design and implement Pega case management, workflows, decision strategies, integrations, and business rules.
• Establish best practices for Pega development, performance optimization, reusability, and application governance.
• Lead technical discussions with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, and project leadership.
• Guide and mentor Pega developers, Senior System Architects, and System Architects.
• Review technical designs, code quality, and implementation deliverables.
• Oversee integrations with REST/SOAP APIs, external systems, databases, and enterprise applications.
• Drive performance tuning, troubleshooting, and production issue resolution.
• Manage technical risks, dependencies, deployment strategies, and release management.
• Ensure adherence to Pega architecture standards and implementation best practices.
• Take ownership of technical delivery throughout the project lifecycle, from initiation through go-live.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Pega development and architecture.
• Valid Pega Certified Lead System Architect (CLSA) certification.
• Strong experience in Pega application architecture and enterprise solution design.
• Proven experience setting up and leading Pega implementation projects from scratch.
• Expertise in Pega Case Management, BPM, workflows, and business rules.
• Strong knowledge of Pega class structure, rulesets, inheritance, circumstancing, and application design.
• Experience with Pega integrations using REST, SOAP, and other enterprise integration technologies.
• Strong understanding of Pega security, access groups, roles, and privileges.
• Experience with Pega performance optimization and troubleshooting.
• Experience leading and mentoring technical teams.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Pega Platform 8.x and Pega Infinity versions.
• Knowledge of Pega Customer Decision Hub (CDH) and Pega Customer Service.
• Experience with Pega DevOps, deployment automation, and CI/CD.
• Knowledge of cloud-based Pega implementations.
• Experience in enterprise-scale Pega transformation programs.