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.