Appian Administrator, AWS
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Virginia • United States
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About the role
- Administer and maintain Appian AoK environments built for Contract Writing use cases within a DevSecOps platform
- Manage Appian deployments, upgrades, patches, and hotfixes in accordance with vendor and organizational standards
- Monitor application health, performance, logs, and system alerts; troubleshoot and resolve issues.
- Manage users, groups, roles, and security permissions within Appian
- Support application releases and environment promotions in coordination with development and DevOps teams
- Maintain system documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures
- Support Appian environments hosted in AWS, including EKS, IAM, CloudWatch, and related services
- Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, availability, and cost
- Assist with provisioning, scaling, backup, and disaster recovery strategies for Appian environments
- Support security controls, patching, and compliance activities in AWS environments
- Troubleshoot infrastructure-level issues impacting application performance or availability
- Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation for Appian applications
- Manage environments with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure smooth application deployments and environment stability
- Enforce security best practices for Appian and AWS environments
- Support audit readiness, logging, monitoring, and compliance requirements (e.g., NIST, FedRAMP, DoD, or similar frameworks as applicable)
- Coordinate with cybersecurity teams to remediate vulnerabilities and implement security enhancements
Requirements
- US citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a public trust
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Active CompTIA Security+ certification, or ability to obtain one within first 3 months
- 3+ years of experience administering Appian applications in enterprise environments
- Experience with Kubernetes to include EKS or similar containerized technologies
- Hands-on experience supporting applications hosted in AWS
- Strong understanding of Linux-based systems and application hosting
- Experience with monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps concepts
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Appian Administrator or Developer certification (preferred)
- AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or Cloud Practitioner) (preferred)
- Experience supporting government or regulated environments (preferred)
- Familiarity with SSO, IAM, and identity management integrations (preferred)
- Experience with scripting or automation (e.g., Bash, Python) (preferred)
- Exposure to FedRAMP, DoD, or other compliance frameworks (preferred)
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Hard Skills & Tools
AppianAWSKubernetesTerraformLinuxCI/CDscriptingmonitoringtroubleshootingperformance tuning
Soft Skills
collaborationindependencefast-paced environment
Certifications
CompTIA Security+Appian Administrator certificationAWS Certified Solutions ArchitectAWS Certified SysOps AdministratorAWS Certified Cloud Practitioner