Lead Pega Architect

Pittsburgh, PA
Contracted to Full Time
Experienced
Role Overview
The Lead Pega Architect is instrumental in shaping the bank’s Pega platform strategy and ensuring delivery of resilient, compliant, and scalable BPM solutions that support mission-critical retail banking operations.
Key Responsibilities 
Architecture & Design Leadership
  • Define and own solution architecture across case design, data models, integrations, UI strategy, and rule organization.
  • Architect scalable Pega applications leveraging guardrails, low-code principles, and reuse-first design approaches.
  • Establish standards for ruleset design, branching strategy, and application layering.
  • Ensure architectural alignment with enterprise integration, security, and data governance standards.
Technical Oversight & Governance
  • Lead design reviews and enforce guardrail compliance and performance best practices.
  • Provide hands-on technical guidance for complex rule design, decisioning frameworks, and advanced case management patterns.
  • Oversee integration architecture including REST, SOAP, messaging, and file-based interfaces.
  • Drive non-functional requirements including performance, scalability, resiliency, and security controls.
Delivery & Collaboration
  • Partner with business, product, and domain stakeholders to translate requirements into well-architected Pega solutions.
  • Mentor senior and junior developers, fostering architectural discipline and technical excellence.
  • Support complex production issues and lead root-cause analysis for high-impact defects.
  • Contribute to platform roadmap planning, upgrade strategy, and reusable asset development.
 Required Qualifications/Skills 
  • 8+ years of enterprise application development experience, with significant hands-on expertise in the Pega Platform.
  • Pega Senior System Architect (SSA) certification required; Lead System Architect (LSA) certification strongly preferred.
Deep expertise in:
○ Case management architecture and advanced workflow design
○ Data modeling and rule resolution mechanics
○ Ruleset governance and versioning strategy
○ Pega UI frameworks (Cosmos and UI Kit)
○ Reporting, decisioning, and declarative processing
  • Demonstrated experience architecting complex, multi-team Pega programs in enterprise environments.
  • Strong proficiency in performance tuning, debugging tools, clipboard analysis, and guardrail management.
  • Experience operating within regulated, large-scale, mission-critical banking or financial systems.
  • Enterprise architectural thinking with a long-term platform strategy mindset.
  • Strong stakeholder communication across technical and business audiences.
  • Ability to balance delivery velocity with architectural rigor.
  • Proven leadership in driving standards, mentoring teams, and influencing cross-functional partners.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience within retail banking or broader financial services domains.
  • Exposure to high-volume, transaction-oriented workflows and customer-facing platforms.
  • Experience with Pega Customer Service framework.
  • Experience leading Pega platform upgrades and cloud-based deployments (e.g., AWS-hosted environments).
  • Familiarity with Agile and SAFe delivery methodologies.

Locations: Pittsburgh, PA

About Techstra Solutions 
Techstra Solutions is a certified woman-owned (WBENC) management consulting firm specializing in strategy, technology, and implementation services for large organizations undergoing digital and talent transformation. Our experienced team partners with clients to co-create innovative solutions in applications, data, AI, and automation that accelerate measurable, sustainable change. From advisory consulting through technical execution, we are dedicated to driving world-class business solutions that fit your strategic requirements and deliver results. For more information: www.techstrasolutions.com

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