Appian Software Developer/Integrator - TS/SCI

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of system integration engineers to successfully deploy release candidates to production environment.
• Participate in test, staging and production deployment.
• Integrate container-based-Appian using Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm and other DevOpsSec integration tools.
• Aid in the maintenance of services and procedures for a big data pipeline which includes Kafka, Elasticsearch, and several in-house written Python/Java microservices running on Kubernetes.
• Monitor automated system integration tests to identify failed modules and components.
• Manage individual project priorities, deliverables, and deadlines.
• Foster an environment of collaboration with the different team members in the goal of providing quality service and product to our customer.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Must possess an Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph.
• Experience with Appian.
• Experience with containerization.
• Development and/or scripting experience, especially Python and Bash.
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools and practices, especially Gitlab or Jenkins.
• Experience with Agile practices.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Enthusiastic with the ability to work well on a team and a self-starter who can work on their own.

Qualifications

• Experience with systems at scale.
• Kafka or other message passing systems experience.
• Experience on a production/enterprise system.
• Cloud infrastructure experience.
• Appian certification.
• Experience with any of the following technologies: Java, Kubernetes, monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/ Grafana, Appian integration with PostgreSQL or other DB, Salt for deployment automation, GraphQLElasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash, specifically admin experience, Helm and Helmfile.
• Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate).
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8570 policy.

About Xcelerate Solutions

Xcelerate Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or expression of another protected characteristic. As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, Xcelerate provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicant's or an employee's disability.