Lead System Architect

Roles and Responsibilities

· Act as Technical Design Authority for the entire Pega solution to drive a strategic solution for customers.

· Maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies / products / trends related to architectural solutions.

· Ensure alignment of solutions with business and IT goals / objectives.

· Identify and quantify scope and impact of Business requirements and changes on systems.

· Communicate solution options to business owners/stakeholders (e.g. architecture reviews).

· Incorporate software and system architecture (e.g. infrastructure, network) into conceptual designs for highly scalable and performing solutions.

· Ensure alignment with enterprise technology standards (e.g. solution patterns, application frameworks, technology roadmaps, capital plans).

· Provide strategic thinking, solutions and roadmaps while driving enterprise recommendations and ensuring adherence to established standards and practices including the development of standards and practices where they may not yet exist.

· Provide ownership for all requirement and solution definition artifacts throughout the project lifecycle including TOM and Traceability Matrices.

· Facilitate open communication and fact - based decision making.

· Review the work of others, providing guidance, mentoring and support both Development and Business Architect team.

· Develop innovative approaches to challenging and complex assignments.

· Anticipate customer needs and proactively develops solutions to meet them.

· Research, identify, and recommend industry best practices for solving business problems.

· Forecast and plans resource requirements.

Desired Candidate Profile

· Minimum 7 to 15 years of experience in Pega technology platform

· Strong communication and presentation skills

· CLSA certification or experience is mandatory

· Use proven communication skills to collaborate with the business to understand/influence business requirements.

· Need to possess excellent skills to Identify and drive process optimization and process streamlining for client Business processes.

· Excellent knowledge and experience on Pega PRPC Enterprise class structure design and application profiling.

· Strong knowledge on various Pega PRPC concepts and rule types like Activities, Functions, Data Transforms, Authentication Service, Reporting, Agents and Ruleset Management.

· Ability to successfully run end-to-end delivery of Pega PRPC based solutions / projects from technical perspective.

Open for H1-B, Green Card, H4-EAD visa types

People from Pittsburgh or nearby locations are expected to come to Office and work.