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Appian / System Administrator

Appian / System Administrator

DRC SystemsMcLean, VA, United States
2 days ago
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Job description

Only W2 (No H1b, No C2C, No 1099)

Title : Appian / System Administrator

Location : McLean, VA (5 days - Onsite)

Interview Information :

Rounds : 2 rounds

Duration : 30 mins

Interview Type : 1st round virtual | 2nd round onsite

Job Description :

We are seeking an experienced Appian Administrator to support and lead the migration of Appian applications from an on-prem Linux environment to AWS EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service). The ideal candidate has hands-on experience administering Appian environments, managing deployments, and working closely with DevOps and cloud engineering teams to design, implement, and stabilize containerized Appian solution in AWS.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Manage, configure, and maintain multiple Appian environments (on-prem and cloud)
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, security and DevOps teams to plan and execute migration from on-prem to AWS EKS
  • Set up and manage Appian Docker containers, and Helm configurations.
  • Oversee installation, patching, upgrades and hotfixes of Appian versions.
  • Coordinate database migrations (e.g., DB2 to PostgreSQL)
  • Ensure application and plugin compatibility post-migration
  • Work with InfoSec for image scanning, vulnerability remediation, and compliance approvals.
  • Support performance tuning, monitoring and troubleshooting across environments.
  • Create and maintain detailed runbooks, SOPs, and architecture documentation.

Required Qualifications :

  • 5+ years of experience as an Appian Administrator (versions 21.x or later)
  • Proven experience migrating Appian from on-prem to containerized / cloud environments (preferably AWS EKS)
  • Strong understanding of Linux administration, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS services (ECR, S3, IAM, CloudWatch).
  • Experience integrating Appian with enterprise services (LDAP, SSO, SMTP, database, secrets management)
  • Kubernetes pods, Webhooks / Controllers
  • Familiarity with Appian automation, deployment pipelines (CI / CD), and plugin management.
  • Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
  • Experience working with EFS, ASM (Amazon secret manager), Appian operator / CRD.
  • CloudFormation Templates, Terraform
  • Preferred Skills :

  • Experience in financial services or regulated environments
  • Exposure to Hashicorp Vault or CyberArk, Elastic for secrets management
  • Familiarity with Goldfield / Private cloud environments or large enterprise cloud migration projects
  • Appian administration or DevOps certification is a plus.
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