Job Description
Pega Lead System Architect (LSA)
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Iselin, New Jersey
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About the Role
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A Pega Lead System Architect serves as the senior-most design authority for enterprise Pega implementations, focusing on solution architecture, design governance, and delivery excellence. This role does not perform developer-level tasks but instead leads the technical vision, ensures adherence to Pega best practices, and drives alignment between business stakeholders and implementation teams.
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The LSA oversees the end-to-end Pega application lifecycle, ensures scalable and maintainable architecture, and guides teams through Pega’s Center-Out approach and Smart Dispute framework.
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Key Responsibilities
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Solution Architecture & Design Governance
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- Lead the end‑to‑end architecture of Pega applications, ensuring alignment with Pega Infinity best practices and enterprise standards.
- Define case structures, data models, integration patterns, and security frameworks across complex financial workflows.
- Govern design decisions and ensure consistency, scalability, and maintainability across all Pega components.
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Technical Leadership & Delivery Oversight
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- Guide implementation teams through Pega’s Center‑Out approach and Smart Dispute framework.
- Review build artifacts, performance considerations, and rollout strategies to ensure high‑quality delivery.
- Mentor Pega developers and senior engineers, providing direction on best practices and architectural patterns.
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Business & Stakeholder Alignment
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- Partner closely with business leaders, product owners, and financial domain stakeholders to translate requirements into robust Pega solutions.
- Communicate architectural decisions clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Ensure alignment with banking/financial domain processes, especially Smart Dispute workflows.
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Integration, Security & Performance Management
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- Oversee integration design for REST, SOAP, JMS, file-based, and database interfaces.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security, access control, and data governance standards.
- Drive performance optimization, scalability improvements, and rollout best practices.
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Risk, Quality & Compliance
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- Identify architectural risks early and define mitigation strategies.
- Ensure quality through design reviews, performance checks, and adherence to Pega guardrails.
- Maintain architectural documentation, governance artifacts, and compliance with enterprise architecture standards.
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Cross-Functional Collaboration
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- Work closely with system integrators, delivery partners, and enterprise architecture teams.
- Support UAT, production readiness, and deployment planning from an architectural perspective.
- Influence decision-making across teams to ensure alignment with long-term platform strategy.
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