PEGA LEAD SYSTEM ARCHITECT - (PEGA LSA)
PEGA LEAD SYSTEM ARCHITECT - (PEGA LSA)
Remote (UK-based)
£550-£600 per day | Inside IR35
6 months initial contract
Start: Immediate
Active SC Clearance - MANDATORY
I'm currently looking to speak with an experienced Pega Lead System Architect (LSA) for an exciting 6-month contract supporting a leading UK government organisation through a Pega Partner.
This is a senior technical leadership position, taking ownership of the architecture and technical direction of an enterprise Pega application.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the technical architecture and design authority for the Pega solution.
- Define application architecture, class structures, data models and reuse strategies.
- Design complex integrations using REST, SOAP, Kafka and other connectors.
- Lead security design, including SSO, SAML, OAuth 2.0 and access controls.
- Own performance, scalability, resilience and non-functional requirements.
- Lead, mentor and review the work of Senior and System Architects.
- Drive Pega development standards, guardrail compliance and DevOps practices.
- Work closely with Lead Business Architects and technical stakeholders.
Essential Requirements:
- Certified Pega Lead System Architect (CLSA) - Part 1 and Part 2.
- Extensive experience delivering large-scale Pega implementations.
- Strong knowledge of Pega Infinity, architecture, integrations and case management.
- Experience with performance tuning and troubleshooting using PAL, PDC and DB Tracer.
- Proven experience leading distributed development teams.
- Agile/Pega Express delivery experience.
- Current and active SC Security Clearance.
Desirable:
- UK government or public-sector experience.
- Pega Constellation architecture.
- Pega Cloud, AWS or Azure deployments.
- Pega GenAI, Process Fabric or Customer Decision Hub.
- Knowledge of NCSC security principles.