Remote Pega System Architect – Cloud Modernization Lead

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks an experienced Pega System Architect to translate enterprise architecture into detailed designs and delivery guidance for a VA-focused modernization program. You will design case types, data structures, integrations, and user experiences, and guide developers through implementation, testing, and release.

This role requires 5+ years in enterprise app development or architecture, with 3+ years hands-on Pega and a track record delivering secured, scalable

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise application development or architecture experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Pega design and implementation experience.
• Strong knowledge of Pega case management, workflows, rules, data pages, data types, integrations, security, reporting, and UI configuration.
• Experience converting requirements and architecture direction into detailed Pega designs.
• Experience reviewing Pega configurations for guardrail compliance, reuse, maintainability, performance, and upgradeability.
• Working knowledge of REST services, JSON, data mapping, authentication, and enterprise integration concepts.
• Experience supporting Agile delivery, backlog refinement, sprint implementation, testing, and release activities.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and technical-communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with architects, developers, analysts, testers, data engineers, and client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate business and technical requirements into detailed Pega application, case-type, rule, data, integration, security, and user-experience designs.
• Design reusable workflows, stages, personas, routing, service levels, business rules, validations, reports, and role-based access patterns.
• Ensure designs conform to guardrails, configuration-first principles, layering, naming, reuse, and upgradeability standards.
• Develop or review solution design specifications, technical stories, implementation notes, interface details, and acceptance guidance.
• Collaborate with developers and data/integration engineers to implement complex features and resolve design dependencies.
• Perform design and configuration reviews, identify guardrail or maintainability issues, and recommend practical corrections.
• Support security, auditability, accessibility, data integrity, performance, and operational-readiness requirements.
• Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, technical reviews, release planning, and production-readiness assessments.
• Support test-case review, defect triage, root-cause analysis, and remediation of complex functional or technical issues.
• Mentor developers in Pega patterns, documentation, unit testing, and configuration quality.

Skills

Pega design

architecture

Agile delivery

REST/JSON

Troubleshooting

Technical communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC seeks an experienced Pega System Architect to translate enterprise architecture into detailed designs and delivery guidance for a VA-focused modernization program. You will design case types, data structures, integrations, and user experiences, and guide developers through implementation, testing, and release.

This role requires 5+ years in enterprise app development or architecture, with 3+ years hands-on Pega and a track record delivering secured, scalable