PEGA Lead System Architect – Enterprise Solutions & AI

Title: PEGA Lead System Architect – Enterprise Solutions & AI

Location: Trenton, NJ

Hybrid: 3 Days Onsite Per Week – From Day One

Onsite Requirement: 3 days onsite Per Week - Mandatory

Contract: 6+ Months

Interview: In-Person – No Exceptions

Local Candidates: Strongly Preferred

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced PEGA Lead System Architect (LSA) to provide technical leadership across enterprise application development initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a strong PEGA background, extensive experience with business process management, application architecture, Agile delivery, and mentoring technical teams.

This role will work closely with business architects, product owners, stakeholders, developers, and technical teams to translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and maintainable PEGA solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 12+ years of relevant IT experience
• 8+ years of PEGA Senior System Architect (SSA) experience
• 5+ years of experience following PEGA Lead System Architect (LSA) certification
• 5+ years of PEGA Lead Development experience
• PEGA LSA Certification required
• 4-year college degree required
• Strong overall technical and software engineering background
• Experience working in enterprise software development environments

Core PEGA Experience:

Candidates should have substantial hands-on experience with:

• PEGA Smart BPM – 5+ years
• PEGA PMF – 5+ years
• PEGA Direct Capture of Objectives (DCO) – 5+ years
• Use Case Design and Development – 5+ years
• Senior System Architect responsibilities – 8+ years
• Experience mentoring and developing technical team members – 5+ years
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies – 5+ years
• DB2 and Stored Procedures – 5+ years
• DB2 and/or SQL Server database environments – 5+ years

Technical & Architecture Responsibilities:

• Architect and develop PEGA applications, including case types, workflows, data models, user interfaces, integrations, and reusable components.
• Translate business requirements, process flows, and use cases into technical solutions.
• Apply PEGA guardrails, architecture standards, development practices, and performance optimization techniques.
• Design scalable enterprise integrations using APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Provide technical direction for secure, scalable, maintainable, and compliant solutions.
• Support modernization of legacy applications and transition toward contemporary enterprise architectures.
• Evaluate and incorporate PEGA AI capabilities, including Pega GenAI and Process AI , where appropriate.
• Contribute to AI-enabled architecture involving Generative AI, RAG, and agent-based orchestration.
• Support cloud-based implementations and integrations across environments such as AWS, Azure, GCP, and AWS Bedrock .

Business & Delivery Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Business Architects, Product Owners, Business Analysts, stakeholders, and technical teams to understand business needs.
• Convert functional requirements into user stories, technical designs, acceptance criteria, and application solutions.
• Lead or participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, development, testing, and release activities.
• Participate in client and stakeholder workshops involving PEGA applications and business processes.
• Assist with project planning, technical resource allocation, timelines, and delivery activities.
• Identify technical and project risks and contribute to mitigation strategies.
• Support functional design, development, testing, deployment, and enterprise-level implementation.
• Prepare and maintain requirements, test cases, release notes, training materials, and other technical documentation.
• Ensure software solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, performance, and maintainability standards.

Leadership & Mentoring:

• Lead and mentor PEGA development teams and technical resources.
• Promote consistent development standards, reusable components, and repeatable processes.
• Serve as a technical bridge between business and IT teams.
• Explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Guide development teams in PEGA best practices and architecture principles.
• Support team members in improving technical capabilities and del…