Senior Technical Architect

Pegasystems; Karnataka; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous learning

Global benefits

Flexible work environment

Employee equity

Job summary

Pegasystems, Inc. in Bangalore, India seeks a Senior Technical Architect to provide architectural oversight for client solutions and lead design conversations, ensuring alignment with client needs and Pega capabilities.

The role involves mentoring teams, driving cloud-native initiatives, and collaborating with clients and internal teams to deliver scalable, resilient software across the SDLC. Strong Kubernetes, Docker, and Agile experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of experience in technical architecture and delivery.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, microservices, and cloud-native tech.
• Strong background in Docker, databases, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical architecture oversight for client solutions.
• Lead design reviews and ensure alignment with client requirements.
• Mentor teams on emerging technologies.
• Govern projects with strong technical governance.
• Collaborate with clients and Pega development and design teams.
• Deliver scalable, resilient solutions across SDLC.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Team mentoring

Client liaison

Agile/Scrum

Technical design

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS or related field

TOGAF / Cloud Architect certification

CKAD/CKA/CKS / AWS / Azure / GCP certs

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Senior Technical Architect

Job Category: Client Success

Location: India - Karnataka - Bangalore

Meet Our Team:

As a member of the Pega Consulting India team, you will work closely with our project teams and clients to provide that the technical architecture oversight of the delivered solution matches the client’s requirements. They collaborate directly with our clients and Pega development as well as Experience Design teams to provide technical design solutions.

Picture Yourself at Pega:

Pega is changing the way the world builds software. Pega Consulting India (PCI) team works with our end customers to determine their business requirements and develops solutions for these requirements using the Pega platform and frameworks. PCI team works closely with our US/APAC/EMEA counterparts and ensures that our customer has a quality solution within their budget. In an enterprise world filled with poor design and implementation, we are looking to you to help save our Fortune 500 clients! You will provide thought leadership and Pega-specific application design guidance on multiple clients facing implementation projects.

At Pega, we actively explore and embrace emerging AI capabilities with curiosity, responsibility, and a drive for meaningful innovation. You will work in an environment where AI-enabled tools are used to enhance learning, improve engineering efficiency, and support better decision‑making across the cloud platform.

We expect engineers to apply critical thinking to all AI-generated outputs—validating accuracy, quality, and relevance before applying them in production environments. We view AI maturity as a spectrum, progressing from foundational adoption toward more strategic, advocacy-driven integration, and you will play an active role in that journey.

What You'll Do at Pega:

• Ensure client success by leveraging your technical skills to meet the challenges required to deliver the next generation customer centric solutions
• Provide thought leadership to team members, partners and clients to deliver scalable and resilient solutions for the next generation customer centric solutions
• Mentor team members on emerging technologies employed by Pega Infinity
• Provide support and technical governance focused on one or more projects at a single client or multiple clients
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert and pro-actively respond to ad-hoc questions
• Work alongside our world leading clients and partners to deliver high quality technical solutions across all phases of the software development lifecycle

Who You Are:

• 6-9 years of experience and with Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science (or related experience/field)
• Desired experience in deploying, and running cloud native workloads using Kubernetes, microservices, and other cloud native technologies; certifications in Kubernetes (CKAD, CKA, CKS, AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Minimum of 3 years of work experience driving technical and non-functional requirements critical to achieving the client success. This includes (but is not limited to), Architecture, Containerization, and cloud technologies.
• Good understanding of applications in clustered deployments and distributed systems
• Experience deploying software in containers like Docker
• Knowledge of databases including Tomcat, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and NoSQL (Cassandra)
• Proven ability to match technology solutions to customer needs
• Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies

What You've Accomplished:

• TOGAF, Cloud Architect, or similar certification
• You are certified in one (or more) of the following Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP or Pivotal, others)
• You possess a thorough knowledge of technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Infrastructure, Application Servers, Relational, non-Relational and NoSQL Databases, Java / J2EE, ElasticSearch, Kafka, HazelCast
• You provide thought leadership to team members, partners and clients across business and technical dimensions
• You have acted as a coach and mentor to team members

Pega Offers You:

• Gartner Analyst acclaimed technology leadership across our categories of products.
• Continuous learning and development opportunities
• An innovative, inclusive, agile, flexible, and fun work environment
• Competitive global benefits program inclusive of pay + bonus incentive, employee equity in the company

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Job ID: 23661

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Pega embraces the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve efficiency, consistency, and fairness across our business. We encourage thoughtful and ethical adoption of AI technologies that support people—not replace them. We may use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment process. These tools are designed to assist us by providing insights and operational support.

All hiring decisions are made based on human review and judgment. You may have the right to request human review, provide additional information, or raise questions about how such tools are used.

Culture

At Pegasystems, we foster an environment where people feel valued and empowered to contribute their best. With global clients across industries and regions, we know our success depends on the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents of our people. Ours is a workplace where everyone can grow, collaborate, and deliver meaningful outcomes.

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and experiences and focus on the core competencies and mindset needed to thrive in a role.

As an Equal Opportunity employer, Pegasystems will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran or disability status, or any other category protected by law.

This same mindset shapes how we work, encouraging curiosity, continuous learning, and smarter ways of working with AI. At Pegasystems, we believe the best ideas come from curious people who embrace change, learn continuously, and use AI to work smarter and move faster. Guided by our values, we bring a growth mindset to every challenge and create lasting impact together.

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