Appian Frontend Development Lead (Remote)

$115,000 - $125,000/Yr

GovCIO - Boise, ID

Full-time

Remote - Boise, ID

About the position

GovCIO is currently seeking an Appian Frontend Development Lead to collaborate and implement with cross-functional teams dedicated to delivering impactful features. This pivotal role will help coordinate the development efforts across different departments to ensure timely and efficient feature rollouts. The position is fully remote and available to candidates within the Continental United States (CONUS). The Appian Frontend Developer Lead will provide guidance on Appian product configuration, mapping of requirements and rulesets to Appian objects and process flow, design review, performance testing, scaling, and industry-specific knowledge. In this role, you will provide expert leadership and guidance on projects including enterprise application architecture, design review, technical mentorship, and industry-specific knowledge. You will oversee and guide both problem analysis and technical solution implementation through final testing and knowledge transfer. Leading a team of Appian Consultants, you will ensure timely delivery in project-related tasks. You will be responsible for designing and creating high-level solutions and implementing them for customers by understanding their requirements and driving the same with the development team. Additionally, you will be responsible for reviewing and guiding project teams in the areas of Appian BPM Solution design, process modeling, solution development, system and application integration approaches, deployment, and optimization. You will liaise with customers to collect, clarify, analyze, and translate business requirements into technical design and implementation. This role requires extensive knowledge of Appian's application proprietary Case Management and Business Process Management software, as well as practical experience in the use of automated tools with support to the configuration management efforts. You will also provide leadership on process improvement, mentorship, training, and enablement of resources.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert leadership and guidance on projects including enterprise application architecture, design review, technical mentorship, and industry-specific knowledge.
• Oversee and guide both problem analysis and technical solution implementation through final testing and knowledge transfer.
• Lead a team of Appian Consultants and ensure timely delivery in project-related tasks.
• Design and create high-level solutions and implement them for customers by understanding their requirements and driving the same with the development team.
• Review and guide project teams in the areas of Appian BPM Solution design, process modeling, solution development, system and application integration approaches, deployment, and optimization.
• Develop components and artifacts in the areas of Appian Solution design, process modeling, solution development, system and application integration approaches, deployment, and optimization.
• Liaise with customers to collect, clarify, analyze, and translate business requirements into technical design and implementation.
• Produce rulesets, configurations, process workflows, and technical solutions for development and support requirement gathering sessions.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to develop a deep and thorough understanding of the client enterprise while leading large, multi-year program initiatives.
• Create and maintain business process and technical documentation including workflows, architecture diagrams, interface diagrams, and design best practices.
• Participate in meetings with clients, business analysis teams, and internal technical and operational teams.
• Implement design, development, and testing best practices across the entire software development life cycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 5 - 8 years of experience or commensurate experience.
• 3+ years of experience in IT with responsibilities in one or more of the areas - Application Development, Business Process Management, and/or Enterprise Application Integration (SOA) with Appian or other BPM tools.
• 3+ years in defining and documenting architecture for technology implementations leveraging different architectural views.
• 3+ years of experience in Enterprise Application integration (SOA, ESB) and n-tier client-server architectures preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in all phases of software development for large-scale business-critical applications following Agile methodologies.
• 3+ years of Business Architecture including identifying & decomposing business capabilities.
• 3+ years of Business process modeling & optimization experience.
• 3+ years of recent hands-on experience with Appian.
• 3+ years of experience developing Appian Plugin.
• 3+ years of working knowledge of Application Servers like JBoss, Weblogic, IIS, Tomcat, etc. as part of the installation.
• 3+ years experienced in configuring, debugging, and systems integration including configuring forms, reports, underlying logic, and interface components as a developer.
• Ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirements and configurations of Appian BPM.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.

Nice-to-haves

• 2+ years of recent work experience on a software development project in a federal government setting.
• Certified Level 3 Appian Developer.
• Exposure to common industry platforms and programming languages - Appian BPM, IBM WebSphere, Mule, LAMP/JBOSS, HADOOP, Java, Microsoft/.Net is preferred.
• Experience working with Appian Sites.
• 3+ years of experience with Agile Framework.
• Orchestration of modeled process through a Workflow application.