Leidos · 2 months ago
Pega System Architect/Development Lead
Baltimore, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$85K/yr - $154K/yr
10+ years expLeidos is a company focused on delivering innovative solutions through diverse and talented people dedicated to customer success. The Pega System Architect will design, develop, and implement applications using the Pega low-code platform to streamline business processes for US government customers.
ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
The Pega System Architect designs, develops, and implements applications using the Pega low-code platform to streamline business processes
Ability to use Pega to design and build for reusability across multiple lines of business
Apply best practices, understanding application debugging and performance tuning, and addressing security/access requirements in an application
Gather business requirements, configuring Pega rules and workflows, integrating with the existing legacy and enterprise systems, and ensuring the scalability and performance of the application
Configure Pega case management, rules, and workflows to automate and optimize business processes
Provide technical guidance, mentor and support development teams
Acts as the primary communication point, translating business objectives into actionable requirements for developers and explaining technical constraints to business users
Analyze business requirements, define architectural strategy, design, build, and implement solutions using the Pega platform
Work with business analysts, stakeholders, and developers to translate business needs into technical solutions
Support accurate and transparent SLA/TPM/KPI metric reporting
Reduce redundancies and implement improvements using industry standard processes
Enhance performance with automation, AIOps and scalability methods
Manage functional requirements throughout the software development lifecycle and participate in Agile/Scrum processes, including sprint planning and backlog grooming
Collaborates with technology teams to design solutions that meet business objectives, often involving creating process flows, use cases, and wireframes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems or technical equivalent, 4 – 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2 – 6 years of prior relevant experience
Certified Pega Senior System Architect (CSSA) or Certified Pega Lead System Architect (LSA) certification
Minimum 10 years of programming experience with Pega Platform
At least 2 years as a Pega architect in a Pega Cloud development environment
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support data-informed task execution
A solid understanding of AI capabilities and limitations including ethical considerations is expected
Experience in defining new architectures and ability to drive an independent project from an architectural standpoint
Experience working within an Agile environment as a Dev Lead on a Scrum or team construct
Knowledge of integrating Pega applications with enterprise level APIs and data service
Strong background in business analysis, requirements gathering, and use case development
Experience working in a software development environment, preferably with Pega, and a strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Proficiency with the Pega Platform, including Pega PRPC and related integration technologies
Experience in enterprise-grade application development
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills
Ability to obtain Public Trust
Preferred
Experience with Pega Blueprint
Experience with SAFe
CRM migration experience
Certified AWS Architect
Data Quality and validation experience
Experience working on US government contracts
Experience with Pega Customer Service
Company
Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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unknown2025-02-20Post Ipo Debt
2013-09-17IPO
Leadership Team
James Carlini
Chief Technology Officer
Theodore Tanner
Chief Technology Officer
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