Pega Technical Architect
AUSTRAC – Australian Transaction Reports & Analysis Centre
LH-06032
Closing – Tuesday 14th April 2026, 11:59pm
Estimated start – 4th May 2026
Initial contract – 12 months
Extensions – 2x 12 months
Experience level – EL2 Equivalent
Location – NSW
Working arrangements – Hybrid, The Buyer’s hybrid working model requires the specified personnel to attend the Buyer’s premises a minimum of two days per week, with the other three days working from the specified personnel’s home. The Seller acknowledges that operational requirements may dictate that specified personnel attend the Buyer’s premises more often as directed by the Buyer at its absolute discretion.
Maximum hours – 40 hours per week
Security Clearance – Must be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1 (Existing NV1 preferrable)
About the organisation
AUSTRAC performs a dual role as Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regulator and financial intelligence unit. As Australia’s AML/CTF regulator, we regulate more than 19,000 businesses that provide financial, gambling, bullion, remittance and digital currency exchange services. As a financial intelligence unit, we collect and analyse financial reports and information to generate financial intelligence that contributes to law enforcement and national security investigations. Our specialist analysts generate targeted, actionable intelligence and work closely with industry, government and law enforcement partners to deliver tangible investigative and operational outcomes.
Job details
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is the Australian Government’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regulator and financial intelligence unit. The agency is currently undergoing significant transformation and requires the services of an experienced Pega System Analyst.
Pega Analysts assist with defining business requirements and workflows, including interactions with other business systems. They assist with the design of Pega applications that meet business needs.
Key duties and responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
The Pega System Analyst will be responsible for designing and guiding the implementation of business solutions based on the Pega platform for a range of current and future projects. They will collaborate with business subject matter experts and various Engineering and Technology teams to collect requirements and define, design, and document applications leveraging Pega system software.
Requirements for the Role
The Pega System Analyst should have the following knowledge, skills, experience and qualifications:
Agile competencies
- Experience in working within Agile methodologies to deliver projects iteratively and incrementally.
Technical requirements & solutions competencies
- Proven track record in partnering with Product Owners, business SMEs and technical teams to gather, analyse, and document digital and technical requirements.
- Demonstrated ability in eliciting business requirements, including business processes, use cases, and user stories, by working closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure requirements are articulated at the required level of detail for business approval and technical implementation.
- Skills in identifying, recommending, and implementing improvements and efficiencies across key business systems by analysing the current state and determining the optimal future state.
- Ability to contribute to the breakdown of business problems into clear and concise epics, features and user stories with meaningful acceptance criteria and other supporting artefacts.
- Skills in identifying, recommending, and implementing improvements and efficiencies across key business systems by analysing the current state and determining the optimal future state.
Stakeholder engagement & teamwork competencies
- Demonstrated ability in collaborating with Product Owners during the entire project lifecycle, from design and development to testing and implementation, to prioritise and shape the product backlog using best practices for prioritisation.
- Demonstrated experience in contributing to the identification of project risks, issues and dependencies to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet stakeholder expectations.
- Proven ability in communicating with influence regarding requirements to stakeholders and managing conflicts, issues, and changes to ensure that stakeholders and project team members remain in agreement on solution scope.
- Ability to bridge the communication gap between business and technical languages, fostering clear communication across all parties.
- Established track record in collaborating with cross-functional teams to create and implement test plans, test cases/scenarios, and test scripts.
Technical documentation competencies
- Proven ability in supporting the documentation of the operational state of solution delivery and producing technical documentation on systems and deliverables.
- A deep understanding of systems and data as well as business processes and functions.
- Refined skills in producing technical documentation of systems and deliverables such as API specifications, data flow diagrams, data mapping documents, functional requirements and system diagrams.
Qualifications
- Certified Pega Business Architect at a minimum
Criteria
The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a response to each criterion. Each response is limited to 3000 characters.
Essential criteria
- The extent to which the candidates response meets the Buyer's requirement set out in the RFQ.
- The candidates demonstrated capability and capacity to provide the requirement.