Appian Administrator

  • Posted 15 days ago | Updated 15 days ago

Overview

Remote
$75 - $80
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

Linux Administration
LDAP
Appian
Amazon S3
Cloud Computing
Migration
PostgreSQL
Linux
DevOps

Job Details

Hi

I hope this message finds you well and in good health.

I wanted to reach out to see if we could connect regarding the following job opportunity

Title: Appian Administrator
Location: McLean, VA or 100% Remote
Duration: 5 months chances of extension
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.
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.
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
Preferred Skills:
  • 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.

EEO: Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.

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