Appian Administrator

Ethereum Technologies LLC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions firm in McLean, Virginia, is seeking an experienced Appian Administrator to manage migrating applications from Linux to AWS EKS. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of Appian experience, strong knowledge in Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS services, along with excellent troubleshooting and communication skills. You'll work with DevOps teams to ensure application performance post-migration and manage multiple environments. This is a full-time opportunity with a focus on professional growth and diverse work culture.

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 and Docker.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain multiple Appian environments (on-prem and cloud).
• Collaborate with teams to execute migration to AWS EKS.
• Set up and manage Appian Docker containers.

Skills

Appian Administration

Cloud Migration

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS Services

Linux Administration

Troubleshooting

Communication

Documentation

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS EKS

Terraform

CloudFormation Templates

Job description

Description

Must have experience managing and migrating Appian applications from Linux environment to cloud / Kubernetes. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Appian Containers and Kubernetes and be able to hit the ground running with minimal ramp-up time. Background in mortgage is preferred but not required.

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

ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.