Appian AWS Lead

We are looking for Appian AWS Lead for our client in Malvern, PA .

Job Title:

Appian AWS Lead Job Location:

Malvern, PA Job Type:

Contract Job Overview:

Pay Range:

$65hr - $70hr We are seeking an experienced Appian AWS Lead to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud-native BPM solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This role will lead architecture and delivery of Appian-based enterprise platforms, ensuring alignment with cloud best practices, security standards, and operational excellence.

Requirement/Must Have:

4 to 6+ years of hands-on Appian development and platform leadership. Strong experience in Appian integration design, data modeling, and performance tuning. Appian platform administration and deployment experience is a plus. 3 to 5+ years of AWS architecture and implementation experience. Strong hands-on experience with EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, IAM, ALB/NLB, CloudWatch. Experience with containerization or Appian on scalable cloud infrastructure is a plus. Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based version control, and automation. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation) experience. Strong troubleshooting and production support skills.

Responsibilities:

Lead end-to-end Appian + AWS solution architecture, including HA/DR, scalability, and performance. Design cloud-native Appian deployments leveraging AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, ALB/NLB, IAM, CloudWatch, and VPC. Define reference architectures, deployment patterns, and non-functional requirements (NFRs). Lead development of Appian applications using Appian objects (SAIL, Records, Interfaces, Process Models, Expressions, Integrations). Enforce Appian best practices for performance, maintainability, and security. Oversee integrations with external systems via REST/SOAP, APIs, and messaging. Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using CloudFormation and/or Terraform. Drive CI/CD pipelines for Appian using Jenkins, Git, AWS CodePipeline, or similar tools. Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Appian environments using AWS CloudWatch, logging, and alerting. Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards, including IAM, encryption at rest/in transit, secrets management, and audit logging. Support risk, compliance, and audit requirements (SOC, SOX, internal governance models as applicable). Implement secure access patterns and role-based controls across Appian and AWS. Design cost-optimized AWS architectures, balancing performance, availability, and spend. Implement monitoring and recommendations for AWS cost optimization and capacity planning. Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and operational resilience. Lead and mentor Appian and cloud engineers across onshore/offshore teams. Act as a technical SPOC for clients, product owners, and enterprise architects. Support solutioning, estimations, and technical inputs for proposals and SOWs.