Senior / Lead Appian Developer - Level 3

Role: Full Stack Specialist (Appian Developer Lead)

Location: Onsite McLean, VA

Assignment Type: 3M CTH

Must Haves: 10+ years of experience leading a team of developers, 7+ years with Appian - design, development, configuration and Infrastructure. 5+ years of Core Java and extensive experience developing Java plugin for Appian. 5+ years using latest deployment methodologies (Automated pipelines, Atlassian tools). 5+ years of experience with databases, API's and ability to create integration with Active Directory, Ping, Snowflake, Dremio, and other internal systems/platforms. 3+ years' experience with architecting and creating design, network and security recommendations for new Applications. 3+ years' experience in Angular, Java scripts, ansible. Strong working knowledge on Kubernetes and AWS or Appian Cloud

Position Description:

As an Appian Developer Tech Lead, you'll manage a team of seven developers, design and implement enterprise integrations, and provide technical leadership for BPM solutions using Appian. You'll ensure adherence to deployment methodologies, develop Java plugins, and integrate with various platforms like Active Directory and Snowflake. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential, as you'll guide junior developers and interact with architectural and security teams. The Appian Developer Tech Lead will be managing a team of seven on-site developers. This team includes junior developers, two senior developers, and the Tech Lead themselves.

Responsibilities:
• Serve as the BPM expert in the tool (Appian) setup/configuration/design, process and workflow usage, enterprise development, standards and best practices usage, training and delivery.
• Act as a BPM technology lead for the project teams to address systems, software integration and compatibility issues especially in a multi-tenant environment, inclusive of providing an integrated solution covering custom applications, other packages, infrastructure aspects and progressing to cloud applications.
• Analyze and support system requirements and functional specification to make design decisions, including independent judgment on any changes, enhancements, resolutions to roadblocks and identified defects.
• Deliver and recommend BPM solutions that adopt the enterprise BPM and SOA architectures, patterns, policies and standards, guidelines and principles, procedures, and methodology, while working closely with the Architects to define/refine as BPM maturity progresses.
• Build BPM reference implementations and integrations with other patterns, components and systems while working with the Solution Architects and other Technical Leads.
• Leverage a collaboration technique for identifying reuse opportunities with other members of the team and execute on reuse objectives.
• Design and implement complex enterprise integrations with industry standard technologies such as Databases, Active Directory, Security/Web APIs, Ping, Snowflake, Dremio and other internal systems in the enterprise.
• Java based plug-ins development.
• Conduct technical assessments and detailed design reviews, validating that the design follows the approved architecture.
• Play a major role in evolving the BPM Center of Excellence.
• Assist in furthering the BPM enablement efforts including the following and championing the BPM best practices for new applications.
• Socialize BPM concepts within the Business Users/Stakeholders including conducting demos on the Enterprise Platform (Appian).

Qualifications:
• 10+ years' related work experience in Information Technology.
• 5+ years of strong experience in design and implementation of Business Process Management based solutions using Appian BPM software is a must have Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, related field or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of strong Java, J2EE experience
• 3+ years' experience in Angular, Java scripts, ansible
• Strong working knowledge on Kubernetes and Cloud
• Exposure to infrastructure, network and enterprise scale environments
• Practical experience designing and building enterprise and/or distributed systems.
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of architectural principles and the design, implementation and operations of enterprise technology solutions.

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