AppianSystem Administrator

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.

• 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

• 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.