Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. First Citizens Bank is seeking a Software Engineer Consultant specializing in Appian. This role involves serving as the technical architect responsible for defining enterprise application architecture and providing architectural leadership while engaging in hands-on development of complex technical solutions.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the enterprise technical architect for Appian solutions across multiple business domains
- Design end-to-end solution architecture for highly complex Appian implementations
- Lead architecture reviews and establish enterprise development standards, governance, and best practices
- Design reusable frameworks, shared components, integration patterns, security models, and enterprise architecture standards
- Develop complex Appian components and provide hands-on implementation for critical technical capabilities
- Architect enterprise integrations utilizing REST APIs, SOAP, Event-Driven Architecture, MQ, Kafka, databases, and cloud services
- Define platform scalability, performance optimization, disaster recovery, monitoring, and operational standards
- Lead technical assessments, application modernization, migration initiatives, and platform upgrades
- Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, and DevOps teams to ensure compliant solution delivery
- Provide technical leadership during production incidents, architecture reviews, and major platform initiatives
- Mentor senior developers and technical leads while driving engineering excellence across Appian development teams
- Evaluate new Appian capabilities, AI features, platform enhancements, and emerging technologies for enterprise adoption
- Participate in enterprise roadmap planning, technology strategy, estimation, vendor engagements, and executive technical discussions
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience in Software Application Development and Maintenance
- OR
- High School Diploma or GED and 12 years of experience in Software Application Development and Maintenance
- Certification - Appian Certified Lead Developer
- Extensive experience architecting and delivering large-scale enterprise Appian implementations
- Deep expertise across the Appian platform, including SAIL, Data Fabric, Records, Process Models, Sites, Portals, Integrations, Security, Document Management, and Web APIs
- Strong experience designing enterprise integration architectures using REST, SOAP, Kafka, MQ, databases, cloud platforms, and microservices
- Experience designing highly available, scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise solutions
- Strong knowledge of Appian platform administration, deployment strategy, CI/CD automation, environment management, and governance
- Experience with Azure DevOps, Git, Jenkins, Infrastructure as Code, and enterprise DevSecOps practices
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, application modernization, cloud architecture, and API-led integration
- Experience with Java, custom Appian Plug-in development, JavaScript, SQL, and enterprise application development
- Proven experience leading architecture reviews, technical governance, and enterprise platform strategy
- Excellent executive communication, technical leadership, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills
Benefits
- Variable incentives
- Bonuses
- Benefits
- Other awards as outlined in the offer of employment
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