Role Overview
We are looking for a highly skilled PEGA Lead System Architect (LSA). This role is focused on delivering enterprise‑grade PEGA solutions across multiple client engagements, providing technical leadership from discovery through to delivery. You will act as a trusted advisor to clients, owning architecture decisions, ensuring best practice implementation, and supporting delivery teams in a complex, fast‑paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design of scalable, reusable PEGA architectures across client engagements
- Define solution frameworks aligned to PEGA best practices and guardrails
- Translate business requirements into robust, enterprise‑level technical solutions
- Act as the technical authority in client‑facing situations
- Run architecture workshops, design sessions, and stakeholder briefings
- Provide strategic guidance on digital transformation and process optimization
- Oversee implementation of solutions using Pega Platform (v8.x+)
- Support and mentor development teams (SSA/SSA‑level engineers)
- Ensure high‑quality delivery through design governance, code reviews, and standards enforcement
- Design integrations with third‑party and enterprise systems (APIs, microservices, event‑driven architecture)
- Define data models and ensure alignment with enterprise data strategies
- Collaborate with client enterprise architects and IT teams
- Ensure compliance with PEGA guardrails, security, and performance standards
- Contribute to DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
- Support environment strategy, release planning, and production readiness
Required Skills & Experience
- PEGA
- Certified PEGA Lead System Architect (LSA) (mandatory)
- Strong experience across: Case Management & BPM, Decisioning (CDH), UI frameworks (Theme Cosmos / Consolidation), PEGA integration capabilities
- Technical Skills
- Solid understanding of Java and integration technologies (REST/SOAP)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Familiarity with DevOps tooling (Git, Jenkins, pipelines)
- Consulting Experience
- Proven experience in a consultancy or client‑facing delivery role
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders across different engagements
- Experience delivering large‑scale digital transformation programmes
Desired Experience
- Exposure to multiple industries (e.g., financial services, public sector, telecoms)
- Experience with PEGA Customer Decision Hub (CDH)
- Knowledge of Agile / Scrum methodologies
- Experience contributing to pre‑sales, RFPs, and solution shaping
Soft Skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing ability
- Leadership and mentoring mindset
- Commercial awareness and problem‑solving capability
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