Cloud Engineer Top Secret Clearance

Here at Appian our core values of Respect Work to Impact Ambition and Constructive Dissent & Resolution define who we are. In short this means we constantly seek to understand the best for our customers we go beyond completion in our work we strive for excellence with intensity and we embrace candid communication. These values guide our actions and shape our culture every day. When you join Appian youll be part of a passionate team thats dedicated to accomplishing hard things.

Are you looking to combine your passion for technology with your penchant for strategic problem solving Appian Customer success is obsessed with great customer outcomes. We deliver missioncritical business impact fast and are directly responsible for partnering with our customers to bring their best ideas to life. Joining the Customer Success team will provide you with the support and growth you need to strengthen and evolve your skills within the consulting field.

Appian is looking for a Cloud Engineer (Internally referred to as Associate Architect) to scale Appians technical solutions and work alongside Appians delivery teams. As an Associate Architect you will be an Appian technical leader within our Federal Customer Success team as well as an advisor to Appians clients. In this role not only do you become an expert at installing operating and scaling the Appian platform but you will also be scaling business process applications on our software. You will become a business process expert in the various industries of our clients. The ideal candidate will combine Appian technical product and business skills to make our customers successful.

This role is based at our Headquarters in McLean Virginia. Appian was built on a culture of inperson collaboration which we believe is a key driver of our mission to be the best. Employees hired for this position are expected to be in the office 5 days a week to foster that culture and ensure we continue to thrive through shared ideas and teamwork. We believe being in the office provides more opportunities to come together and celebrate working with the exceptional people across Appian.

To be successful in this role you need:

• Ability to provide exceptional customer interaction (verbal written facetoface)

• Systems administration (e.g. Linux Windows) experience with IaaS Solutions (egs.: Amazon Web Services Google Compute Engine or Microsoft Azure) and cloud computing. Administering and managing an onprem installation of an Appian environment is a huge plus.

• Administration of one or more RDMS platforms (e.g. MySql Oracle DB2 SQL Server Postgres MariaDB)

• Programming / scripting (e.g. Java Javascript BASH Perl Ruby C# PHP)

• Kubernetes experience is also a huge plus for this role.

Some of the tools and resources we will equip you with include:

• Within your first few weeks of joining us you will attend new hire orientation along with our 25day CS Academy Agile methodology and Appian system administration & customer support bootcamps to ensure you are set up for success

• Access to over 1000 Udemy course along with dedicated learning time to focus on areas you specifically would like to focus on as a cloud systems administrator

• An agileled work environment where you will be challenged and your ideas will be heard

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in any Engineering discipline Computer Science Mathematics Information Technology or similar work

• You are an expert IT systems administrator building maintaining scripting patching & managing hosts databases and interconnected Cloud services with approximately 35 years of experience

• You hold an active government clearance at the Top Secret level or higher

• US Citizenship candidates being considered for a Public Sector roles must be a U.S. citizen and be able to maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance

• CompTIA Security certification required prior to or directly following onboarding

#LIKC1

Tools and Resources

• Training and Development: During onboarding we focus on equipping new hires with the skills and knowledge for success through departmentspecific training. Continuous learning is a central focus at Appian with dedicated mentorship and the FirstFriend program being widely utilized resources for new hires.
• Growth Opportunities: Appian provides a diverse array of growth and development opportunities including our leadership program tailored for new and aspiring managers a comprehensive library of specialized department training through Appian University skills based training and tuition reimbursement for those aiming to advance their education. This commitment ensures that employees have access to a holistic range of development opportunities.
• Community: Well immerse you into our community rooted in respect starting on day one. Appian fosters inclusivity through our 8 employeeled affinity groups. These groups help employees build stronger internal and external networks by planning social educational and outreach activities to connect with Appianites and larger initiatives throughout the company.

About Appian

Appian is a software company that automates business processes. The Appian AIPowered Process Platform includes everything you need to design automate and optimize even the most complex processes from start to finish. The worlds most innovative organizations trust Appian to improve their workflows unify data and optimize operationsresulting in better growth and superior customer experiences. For more information visit appian. Nasdaq: APPN

Follow Appian: Twitter LinkedIn.

Appian is an equal opportunity employer that strives to attract and retain the best talent. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.

Appian provides reasonable accommodations to applicants in accordance with all applicable laws. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please contact us by email at. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

Appians Applicant & Candidate Privacy Notice