Senior Appian Systems Administrator

Central Strategies, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Strategies is seeking a Sr Appian System Administrator to support cloud modernization initiatives for the United States Coast Guard. You will administer the Appian platform across development, test, staging, and production environments, ensuring upgrades, security, and resilience in a government-facing cloud ecosystem.

Collaborate with developers, architects, and operations teams to implement CI/CD for Appian apps, enforce governance, monitor health and performance, and support

Qualifications

• Must have BS with 8+ years or MS with 6+ years; additional experience accepted.
• 3+ years of enterprise Appian administration experience.
• Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Appian across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Manage Appian upgrades, patches, deployments, backups, and disaster recovery processes.
• Configure and maintain: User access and security roles; Authentication (SSO, LDAP, SAML, OAuth).
• Infrastructure and environment settings; Monitoring and alerting.
• Troubleshoot platform issues, performance bottlenecks, and integration failures.
• Support CI/CD processes and deployment automation for Appian applications.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders.
• Establish and enforce governance standards, operational procedures, and best practices.
• Monitor system health, capacity planning, and platform performance metrics.
• Support integrations with enterprise systems, APIs, databases, and cloud services.
• Participate in platform modernization and low-code/no-code strategy initiatives.
• Provide administration and operational support for additional low-code/no-code platforms where applicable.

Skills

Appian architecture

Env administration

Security RBAC

CI/CD

Governance

Cloud deployments

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree in related field

Tools

CI/CD tools

Containerization / cloud deployments

Appian certifications

Job description

Central Strategies is seeking a Sr Appian System Administrator to support cloud modernization initiatives for the United States Coast Guard. This role is part of a high-impact program focused on delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions that enable operational agility and resilience across the USCG enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain the Appian platform across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Manage Appian upgrades, patches, deployments, backups, and disaster recovery processes.
• Configure and maintain:
  • User access and security roles
  • Authentication (SSO, LDAP, SAML, OAuth)
• Infrastructure and environment settings
• Monitoring and alerting
• Troubleshoot platform issues, performance bottlenecks, and integration failures.
• Support CI/CD processes and deployment automation for Appian applications.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders.
• Establish and enforce governance standards, operational procedures, and best practices.
• Monitor system health, capacity planning, and platform performance metrics.
• Support integrations with enterprise systems, APIs, databases, and cloud services.
• Participate in platform modernization and low-code/no-code strategy initiatives.
• Provide administration and operational support for additional low-code/no-code platforms where applicable.

Required Qualifications

• Requires BS and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience, additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• 3+ years of experience administering and supporting Appian platforms in enterprise environments.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Appian platform architecture and components
  • Environment administration and platform health monitoring
• Application migration and deployment processes across development, test, and production environments
• Security administration, user provisioning, and role-based access controls

Preferred Qualifications

• Appian Certified System Administrator certification.
• Experience with containerized or cloud-native deployments.
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation tools.