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Appian · 1 day ago

Appian Solution Architect (Top Secret Clearance)

McLean, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Appian is a software company that automates business processes, and they are seeking a Solution Architect to support their federal customers' missions by delivering low-code solutions using their cloud-based platform technology. The role involves advising customers on technical design and implementation, supporting the sales cycle, and leading the development of innovations and offerings to enhance Appian's delivery capabilities.

Business Process Automation (BPA)Data ManagementDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechRobotic Process Automation (RPA)Software

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Advise customers on the technical design, architecture and implementation of Appian solutions on a customer’s private cloud or on-premise hosting solution, and/or integrating Appian government cloud offerings with the customer’s infrastructure

Support the sales cycle through the creation of high-value, differentiated solutions, based on Appian’s technology, that integrates and defines program and project management disciplines with a compelling technical solution and delivery roadmap

Present and vet integrated solutions and complex technical concepts and designs to our customers and other audiences

Support customers on the configuration, testing, deployment and operations of Appian applications, following agile delivery methodologies and Appian best practices

Work with clients on all aspects of their program to drive technical success and efficiency, including advising of development practice, program management and governance and delivery automation (version control, configuration management, and other DevSecOps and Infrastructure Automation practices)

Lead the definition and development of Appian Customer Success innovations and offerings in order to support leading Appian delivery capabilities, and bring together emerging requirements and practices from our customers and industry

Collect and review technical challenges with a team of architects and distill into common best practices and common solutions

Support the development and review of whitepapers and pre-sales solutioning and proposals

Qualification

Appian platform technologyCloud architectureAgile methodologiesDevSecOps pipelinesFederal proposalsAWS certificationsPMP certificationClient guidanceCommunication skillsProblem solvingPresentation skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

At least 5 years of experience advising customers on design and implementation of government cloud computing platforms, and at least 10 years of multi-tier application design and architecture

Experience with architecting secure cloud based hosting solutions for federal customers using Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and/or Microsoft Azure. Leadership experience designing, architecting or delivering one or more enterprise-level cloud environments (e.g. C2S, JWICS, GovCloud, etc.)

Experience authoring federal proposals and whitepaper is required

In depth experience, managing federal programs and projects and leading IT delivery using agile frameworks, tooling and methodologies, including Scrum and SAFe

Willingness to travel; 10-15% to support customer engagements including SCIF's

Strong communication and presentation skills

Guiding client enterprise architecture teams as needed during the design and implementation of scalable solutions

Excellent problem solving skills and talent for identifying creative solutions

Ability to identify and lead the creation of market offerings, and lead the formulation of corporate capabilities and intellectual property

Certified Scrum Master or other agile certifications, required

US Citizenship required

Possession of or ability to obtain a US government public trust and/or DoD clearance. TS/SCI with CI Poly strongly preferred

Preferred

Experience accelerating IT solution under the federal government's Risk Management Framework

Experience with designing and implementing DevSecOps pipelines and Infrastructure Automation frameworks, using toolsets like Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, Cucumber, JMeter, and Fitnesse

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

AWS, Google, or Azure Certifications