PEGA Lead Architect: SCE & Healthcare Integrations

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life

Paid Holidays

401(k) Plan with Company Contributions

Disability Coverage

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a highly skilled PEGA Lead System Architect (LSA) to lead enterprise-grade Pega solutions, including the Pega Smart Claims Engine (SCE). You will drive scalable, secure architectures, healthcare claims processing, and complex integrations with Kafka-based systems across enterprise platforms and APIs.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on leadership, Pega certifications, and deep experience in healthcare domains, HIPAA/EDI, and data modeling.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Pega Lead System Architect with proven leadership across large-scale Pega implementations.
• Experience with Pega Smart Claims Engine (SCE) and healthcare claims processing.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy secure, scalable Pega applications with robust integration points.
• Strong REST API and enterprise integration experience (microservices, data sources, messaging).
• Experience with event-driven architectures and Kafka-based integrations (Kafka preferred).
• Ability to lead reviews, ensure quality, and drive adherence to Pega guardrails and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture, and delivery of enterprise-grade Pega solutions.
• Architect Pega class structures, case types, workflows, and UI models.
• Develop event-driven integrations using Kafka and related tooling.
• Oversee integrations between Pega SCE and enterprise platforms, APIs, and microservices.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through code/design reviews and mentoring.
• Collaborate in Agile/SAFe teams with stakeholders across distributed teams.

Skills

Pega LSA

Pega SCE

Healthcare claims

Agile/SAFe

Stakeholder engagement

HIPAA/EDI familiarity

Tools

Kafka

Confluent Kafka

REST APIs

Microservices

Pega integration

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a highly skilled PEGA Lead System Architect (LSA) to lead enterprise-grade Pega solutions, including the Pega Smart Claims Engine (SCE). You will drive scalable, secure architectures, healthcare claims processing, and complex integrations with Kafka-based systems across enterprise platforms and APIs.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on leadership, Pega certifications, and deep experience in healthcare domains, HIPAA/EDI, and data modeling.