: We are seeking an experienced Pega Principal Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise Pega solutions, providing technical leadership, enforcing best practices, and ensuring scalable, high-quality implementations. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders, guiding development teams, and driving solution architecture aligned with business and IT objectives.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE Essential Technical Qualification: Mandatory - Certified Lead System Architect (LSA) (both Part 1 & 2) A Principal Systems Architect with overall 15+years and 10+ years relevant Pega experience and at least 4-6 Major Pega projects implementation. Proven experience in architecting and implementing end-to-end Pega solutions in large-scale enterprise environments leveraging AI, Blueprint and modern ways of delivery.

Experience delivering one or two major Pega transformation programs for large enterprise clients, preferably within Financial Services, Banking, Government, Insurance, or other regulated industries.

Experience in solutions development on Pega using Pega forms, workflows, data models, layer cake, integration and Pega mobility. Hands-on experience across the full software development lifecycle, including design, development, coding, integration, implementation, and deployment within Pega environments. Strong understanding of Case management concepts, Activities, Flows, SSO Integrations, Connectors, Services and Data Interactions.

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Skills & User Interfaces in PRPC. (Clipboard, PAL, Rules Inspector, TRACER, Harness, Section etc) Experience of integrating Pega with other Technology Platforms. Demonstrates excellent customer interaction abilities and strong verbal and written communication skills.

Experience with building security first solutions, authorisation, identity, encryption, authentication, OWASP, SSOA and RBAC.



Able to Provide thought-leadership to Customer stakeholders across business and technical project dimensions solving complex business requirements; and Proficient on Pega tools like AES, SMA, PLA, BIX, Accessibility framework is must.

Experience in working on Agile/Scrum methodologies. Demonstrated expertise in code review, optimization, and Pega application performance analysis, including performance tuning. Responsible for analysing, identifying, and logging application enhancements and defects.

Good understanding of Relational Database Management Systems including architecting and designing for performance and scalability and working with Object to Relational Mapping schemes for distributed data access. Capable of applying customer standards by reusing existing frameworks or establishing and enforcing appropriate standards in solution development. Proficient in designing and promoting reusable components as enterprise assets.

Key Responsibilities: Lead and mentor the development team, providing technical guidance and support as required. Responsible for architecting and designing business applications using Pega PRPC and related Pega frameworks. Drive the design, development, testing, and deployment of scalable and maintainable solutions within the PRPC Rules environment.

Create technical designs, define enterprise class structures, and review infrastructure requirements such as data architecture definitions and data management plans.



Collaborate with the Solution Architect to deliver end-to-end Pega applications and projects. Understand the customer’s enterprise technology landscape and position Pega effectively within the overall architecture.

Experience in leveraging DevOps methods in projects. (Preferred) Participate in requirement analysis and gathering workshops, ensuring business requirements are accurately translated into Pega design inputs. Responsible for estimation and enterprise class structure design, ensuring the overall application design aligns with enterprise standards. Ensure the application not only meets current business needs but is also designed to accommodate future scalability and feature enhancements.

Analyze and resolve complex design and configuration challenges to meet defined objectives.

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High-Level Designs (HLDs), low-code platform solutions, and gather non-functional requirements (NFRs). Provide accurate time and resource estimates for project deliverables in line with established processes. Offer technical inputs on dependencies, sequencing, and risks to assist the Project Manager in project planning and execution.

Review and approve solution designs, logic configurations, and technical artifacts to ensure alignment with Pega best practices. Support the Quality Assurance (QA) team by implementing necessary configuration changes during testing cycles. Oversee and execute deployment activities across all environments, including Production.

Preferred Qualification: (Optional/Positive to have) Experience in any of the Pega frameworks, Underwriting, CS, CRM, CPM, PGP,BFSI, Smart Dispute, Smart Investigate, CLM/KYC etc. Exposure to Pega Decisioning or Pega Marketing modules, with a solid grasp of their application within customer engagement and business process workflows.

📌 Pega Principal System Architect (Sydney)
🏢 Credera
📍 Sydney