Pega Lead Developer

Cognizant

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Vienna, VA
Salary
$102,000–$116,000 / yr
Posted
18 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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About Cognizant

Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

Cognizant currently has 330 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Pega Lead Developer

JOB TITLE: Pega Lead Developer - 70889001 As a Pega Lead Developer, you will join the Pega delivery team to design, develop, and optimize scalable Pega applications and cloud-enabled integration solutions. You will lead the implementation of digital workflows and process automation specifically supporting cards and payments operations within a financial services environment. Your daily responsibilities include developing data models, integrations, and reusable components while translating functional requirements into technical designs. You will guide team members through technical challenges, promote best practices, and perform performance tuning and root cause analysis on production applications. Required skills include 6-9 years of experience in Pega case management, rules configuration, UI development, and enterprise integration patterns. You must also possess expertise in SDLC, Agile methodologies, and supporting Pega applications in cloud environments like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and implementation of Pega applications for digital workflows and cards and payments operations.
  • Develop and optimize Pega data models, integrations, and reusable components for scalable enterprise solutions.
  • Translate functional requirements from business stakeholders into technical designs and application features.
  • Guide team members in resolving technical challenges and promoting Pega development best practices.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance production applications through performance tuning and root cause analysis.
  • Support the deployment and maintenance of Pega applications within cloud environments.

What we're looking for

  • 6-9 years of hands-on experience as a Pega Developer including case management, rules configuration, UI development, and process automation.
  • Strong expertise in Pega data management, integrations, connectors, services, and enterprise integration patterns.
  • Experience developing, deploying, and supporting Pega applications in cloud environments.
  • Experience working within financial services, preferably supporting cards and payments business processes (preferred).
  • Strong knowledge of SDLC, Agile methodologies, testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
  • Experience with transaction processing, dispute management, and customer servicing workflows in cards and payments environments (preferred).
  • Experience designing reusable Pega frameworks and enterprise-scale application architectures (preferred).
  • Pega Certified Lead System Architect or Pega Certified Senior System Architect (preferred).

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