Pega Lead System Architect

Job Title: Pega Lead System Architect


Location : Irving, TX


Full Time

Job Description


Pega Lead System Architect/ Senior System Architect

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills


o Define the end-to-end application architecture following Pega's best practices and guardrails.


o Design and develop responsive user interfaces using the Constellation framework, specifically utilizing Portals, Views, and out-of-the-box (OOTB) DX components.


o Experience in background processing rules like Agents, Listeners, Job Schedulers and Queue Processors


o Define foundational architectural decisions across application layers, rulesets/ruleset versions, reuse patterns, and guardrails that balance enterprise consistency with business unit autonomy.


o Stand up and maintain enterprise "golden paths" including templates, common components, and reusable assets.


o Implement and maintain SSO integrations and enterprise identity alignment.


o Design and implement RBAC standards (roles, access groups, privileges) across personas (developers, architects, tech leads, operations, business stakeholders, auditors).


o Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines with automated gates for promotion across environments.


o Define versioning/release strategy and enforce repeatable promotion patterns


o Ensure security auditing and platform controls meet enterprise policies.


o Define the platform integration approach and reference architectures for common enterprise integrations including:


o AWS services such as S3, KMS o Configuring Internal APIs / eventing patterns o Establish governance mechanisms (design reviews, reuse intake, exceptions process)

Roles & Responsibilities


o Pega platform architecture: application layering, reuse design, ruleset strategy, governance models, and enterprise guardrails.


o Enterprise authentication/authorization: SSO, identity integration, and robust RBAC design for regulated environments.


o Integration architecture: API design patterns, security, resiliency, and integration lifecycle management across enterprise systems. Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams using Agile methodologies.


o DevOps for Pega: pipeline-driven promotions, automated testing strategy, Lead a team of Pega developers/engineers across the delivery lifecycle: discovery, estimation, design, implementation, testing, release, and operations.


o Partner with product owners to scope and sequence work to deliver outcomes with speed and quality.


o Mentor engineers and influence engineering culture toward standardization, reliability, and automation-first execution.


o quality/compliance gates, release controls, and repeatable deployment patterns.


o Production readiness: performance/scalability, resiliency patterns, logging/monitoring, operational runbooks, and incident management.


o Strong communication skills and ability to lead and mentor engineers.