Appian

Solution Architect (Acquisitions)

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14 days ago
McLean, VA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$150k - $275k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Advise federal customers on the technical design, architecture, implementation, integration, configuration, testing, deployment, and operations of Appian solutions.
  • Support sales cycles by creating differentiated technical solutions, delivery roadmaps, proposals, and whitepapers.
  • Present and validate integrated solutions, complex technical concepts, and architecture designs with customers and other audiences.
  • Guide clients on development practices, program management, governance, delivery automation, DevSecOps, and infrastructure automation.
  • Lead the definition and development of Customer Success innovations, offerings, common solutions, and best practices.
  • Review technical challenges with architects and translate them into reusable solutions and practices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • At least 5 years advising customers on the design and implementation of government cloud computing platforms.
  • At least 10 years of multi-tier application design and architecture experience.
  • Experience architecting secure federal cloud hosting solutions using AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and/or Microsoft Azure, including enterprise-level cloud environments.
  • Experience authoring federal proposals and whitepapers and managing federal programs and projects using agile frameworks, tooling, and methodologies.
  • Experience with Scrum and SAFe, and required Certified Scrum Master or other agile certification.
  • Experience with federal Risk Management Framework, DevSecOps pipelines, and infrastructure automation is preferred.
  • Experience with Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, Cucumber, JMeter, and FitNesse is preferred.
  • AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure certifications and PMP certification are preferred.
  • Must hold an active DoD Secret clearance or be able to obtain one and must be a U.S. citizen for public-sector efforts.
  • Strong communication, presentation, problem-solving, enterprise architecture, market-offering, and intellectual-property leadership skills.
  • Experience designing, building, or using government procurement or acquisition products is a plus.

Benefits

  • Base salary range is $150,000–$275,000 USD, with eligibility for a government clearance differential and possible discretionary bonus.
  • Benefits may include a 401(k) plan with company match, flexible time off, paid parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, wellness programs, flexible spending accounts, health savings account contributions, employee referral bonuses, and learning and development resources.
  • Additional offerings may include equity awards, an Employee Stock Purchase Program, tuition reimbursement, family-forming benefits, Employee Assistance Program support, and wellness dollars.
  • Appian provides onboarding training, mentorship, the First-Friend program, Appian University, leadership development, skills-based training, and tuition reimbursement.
  • The role requires willingness to travel 10–15% for customer engagements, including SCIF visits.

Tech Stack

AnsibleApache JMeterAWSAzureCucumberGoogle Cloud PlatformJenkinsPuppet

Categories

Solutions Engineering
Appian

About Appian

1,001-5,000 employees

Appian builds a low-code platform for process automation, case management, and data orchestration, used by large enterprises and government agencies to design and run mission-critical workflows. It sells subscriptions and services for cloud and on-premise deployments, spanning BPM, RPA, process mining, and AI-enabled capabilities. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Appian is a public company listed on NASDAQ.

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