Pega Lead System Architect

Pega Lead System Architect (LSA)

Iselin, New Jersey

About the Role

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.

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.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Design Governance

• 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.

Technical Leadership & Delivery Oversight

• 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.

Business & Stakeholder Alignment

• 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.

Integration, Security & Performance Management

• 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.

Risk, Quality & Compliance

• 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.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• 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.