Assistant Appian Jobs in Washington (NOW HIRING)

Responsibilities:

Appian Development & Plugin Conversion

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain complex Appian applications supporting enterprise business processes and operational workflows

• Lead remediation, conversion, and modernization efforts for custom Appian plugins to ensure compatibility with updated Appian platform standards

• Analyze legacy plugin implementations and recommend scalable modernization approaches and technical improvements

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues involving Appian applications, integrations, custom plugins, and infrastructure dependencies

• Collaborate with architects and technical leadership to define solution approaches, development standards, and modernization strategies

• Support Appian platform upgrades and associated remediation activities across development, testing, and production environments

Technical Leadership & Architecture Support

• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to development teams supporting Appian modernization initiatives

• Participate in architecture discussions, technical design reviews, code reviews, and implementation planning activities

• Develop and maintain reusable components, shared frameworks, and integration standards to improve delivery efficiency and maintainability

• Ensure development activities align with security requirements, coding standards, and Appian best practices

• Support integration efforts involving APIs, web services, databases, and external enterprise systems

• Assist with performance optimization, scalability improvements, and operational stability initiatives

Agile Delivery & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives

• Collaborate closely with Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, QA teams, architects, and stakeholders to support successful delivery outcomes

• Assist with technical estimation, release planning, dependency management, and risk identification activities

• Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex production or deployment issues

• Promote continuous improvement across development workflows, delivery processes, and technical standards

Modernization, Innovation & Knowledge Transfer

• Support long-term modernization strategies within complex Appian environments

• Identify opportunities to improve maintainability, operational stability, automation, and delivery efficiency

• Stay current on Appian platform updates, emerging technologies, and modernization best practices

• Support knowledge-sharing and mentoring initiatives across the broader Appian practice

• Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer related to emerging Appian AI capabilities, including AI-assisted workflows and platform features where applicable

• Assist leadership in evaluating future modernization opportunities involving Appian AI and related platform capabilities

Required Skills:

• 6+ years of professional software development experience

• Bachelor's degree

• 4+ years of hands-on Appian development experience

• 4+ years of experience supporting Appian application development within Agile software delivery environments

• 4+ years of experience troubleshooting and supporting Appian applications in self-managed/on-premises Linux environments, including navigating Appian installations and reviewing application and server logs to diagnose issues.

• 4+ years of experience supporting complex integrations involving APIs, web services, databases, and external systems

• 4+ years of experience utilizing Git/GitLab and modern source control workflows

• US Citizenship or Green Card is required (required by the federal government for this position).

• Must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance.

• MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.), as this work is for a federal contract and laws do apply.

Preferred Skills:

• Appian Certified Senior Developer or Appian Certified Lead Developer certification

• Strong understanding of Appian platform operations and the ability to investigate and resolve platform issues across Linux-hosted Appian environments.

• Strong experience developing, maintaining, or modernizing custom Appian plugins using Java

• Strong understanding of software architecture, secure coding principles, and software development lifecycle practices

• Strong proficiency with SQL and relational database concepts

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work independently while mentoring and collaborating effectively across cross-functional Agile teams

• Experience leading Appian modernization, platform upgrade, or plugin remediation initiatives

• Experience developing enterprise-scale Appian solutions within federal government or public sector environments

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized deployment approaches

• Experience supporting AWS-hosted or cloud-native application environments

• Strong experience with REST/SOAP integrations, API development, and enterprise integration patterns

• Exposure to Appian AI capabilities, AI Skills, AI Copilot, AI Document Processing, AI Agents, or other emerging Appian platform features

• Hands-on experience implementing or evaluating Appian AI capabilities strongly preferred

• Experience supporting technical knowledge transfer and mentoring initiatives across development organizations

• Experience contributing to architecture governance, technical standards, or modernization strategy efforts