Appian Developer

DRT Strategies, Inc.•Silver Spring, MD

1d•$75,000 - $95,000

About The Position

DRT Strategies delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to large federal agencies, the U.S. Navy, state and local government and commercial clients in health care, technology, and financial services industries. The three letters of our name, DRT, stand for Driving Resolution Together, which is the core philosophy on which the company was founded. That is, we collaborate with our clients to solve their most pressing challenges - together. We are problem solvers dedicated to your success, combining Fortune 500 experience with small business responsiveness. We have established a reputation with our clients as a forward-thinking consulting firm with demonstrated success in implementing solutions that lead to meaningful results. Our world-class consultants unite people to work collaboratively to achieve project goals and make vision a reality. Project Description: CDER OCS Connect Portal serves as a comprehensive enterprise system designed to seamlessly link CDER’s diverse review communities with critical services, tools, training, and innovative solutions necessary for streamlining regulatory review processes. The Portal enhances the accessibility of analytical services through automated, intelligent workflows built on the Appian platform, fostering more efficient interactions between reviewers and solution providers. A central goal of the Portal is the continuous optimization and evolution of the user experience. This includes proactively identifying and incorporating emerging industry trends, as well as leveraging internal FDA insights, to refine the platform's capabilities. By doing so, OCS Connect ensures that it remains responsive to the ever-changing needs of its users, maintaining a high standard of support for regulatory review activities. Job Summary: DRT is seeking a highly experienced Appian Developer to support application development, including User Interface, platform management, and infrastructure. This resource will work closely with several project teams to support the customer. Support includes evaluating developing integration touchpoints, creating developer guidance and governance, architectural design discussions, infrastructure discussions, integrations development, and more to ensure the success of the customer.

Requirements

3+ years of Appian development experience. This includes Java, Appian BPM, complex SQL database structures, API’s, Web Services, integrations, Appian plugins, Appian SAIL.
Experience with implementing integrations with third party systems (e.g., Power Platform, SAS).
Experience with Agile methodology and ability to own the project backlog, schedule and ensures that project teams deliver high quality work consistently and on time when necessary.
Experience working on multiple applications, or across multiple applications.
Ability to take directions and work with one or multiple project teams.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Appian implementation in government agencies (e.g., FDA).
Appian Certification (Preferred)

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Product owners and various stakeholders to define the user stories/features. This includes experience with estimating and sizing Appian business requirements.
Manage an Appian platform to ensure system availability, monitoring, plugin management, health check report management, respond to data calls, and coordinate with Appian corporate and customer side teams for infrastructure activities. These Activities may include upgrades, infrastructure migration, and security compliance activities.
Work with business teams and development teams to translate business requirements into technical designs to map and load data from source systems or the data warehouse into the transactional database.
Work with IT Leadership to keep solutions, possibly spanning multiple applications, in alignment with the future IT roadmap.
Able to perform hands-on development, including user interface, engage in technical design discussions, and build Proof of Concept and demos as needed. This includes unit testing and support other testing activities (e.g., System/Integration, UAT, Post-Deployment)
Develop and implement the Appian and related web-based applications and debug and troubleshoot Appian development and production applications.
Provide technical guidance to client teams, following best practices, as and when required.
Support development of applications in Appian business process management and integrate with other enterprise products.
Provide Tier 3 support for the Portal, working collaboratively with the Service Desk, which will handle Tier 1 and Tier 2 support.
Serve as the transition point of contact for the technical components of the project.
Support other project activities and DRT activities as directed by Project Manager and/or Portfolio Manager.