Senior Appian Platform Architect - Cloud Modernization Lead

Central Strategies, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Strategies, LLC in Washington, DC seeks a Sr Appian Platform Engineer to lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise workflow and automation across government-grade systems.

The role focuses on architecture, standards, CI/CD, and integration with cloud services, delivering scalable Appian solutions while guiding senior development teams and ensuring security and performance compliance.

Qualifications

• Requires BS with 12+ years of relevant experience or MS with 10+ years.
• 5+ years hands-on Appian development and architecture experience.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale Appian implementations.
• Experience integrating low-code platforms with enterprise systems and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and implementation of scalable Appian-based enterprise applications.
• Define platform standards, governance, reusable components, and development best practices.
• Design workflow automation, case management, integrations, and business process orchestration.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Architect integrations with enterprise systems using REST/SOAP, messaging, databases, and cloud services.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps practices, and automated deployment strategies for low-code platforms.
• Evaluate and recommend low-code technologies for business use cases.
• Lead platform modernization and migration across low-code ecosystems.
• Ensure security, performance, scalability, and enterprise architecture standards.
• Support production operations, troubleshooting, and platform optimization.
• Create architecture documentation and governance roadmaps.

Skills

Appian architecture

Platform leadership

CI/CD & DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12+ years

Master's degree + 10+ years

Tools

Power Platform

ServiceNow

Pega

Salesforce Platform

UiPath

Job description

Central Strategies, LLC in Washington, DC seeks a Sr Appian Platform Engineer to lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise workflow and automation across government-grade systems.

The role focuses on architecture, standards, CI/CD, and integration with cloud services, delivering scalable Appian solutions while guiding senior development teams and ensuring security and performance compliance.