Software Engineer Consultant - Appian

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Software Engineer Consultant specializing in Appian to serve as an enterprise technical architect for complex business initiatives. The role defines architecture, technical strategy, governance, reusable frameworks, integration approaches, and platform roadmaps while remaining hands-on in developing critical Appian capabilities. It also provides technical leadership, mentoring, modernization guidance, and cross-functional collaboration across enterprise technology teams.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the enterprise technical architect for Appian solutions across multiple business domains
• Design end-to-end solution architecture for highly complex Appian implementations
• Lead architecture reviews and establish enterprise development standards, governance, and best practices
• Design reusable frameworks, shared components, integration patterns, security models, and enterprise architecture standards
• Develop complex Appian components and provide hands-on implementation for critical technical capabilities
• Architect enterprise integrations utilizing REST APIs, SOAP, Event-Driven Architecture, MQ, Kafka, databases, and cloud services
• Define platform scalability, performance optimization, disaster recovery, monitoring, and operational standards
• Lead technical assessments, application modernization, migration initiatives, and platform upgrades
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, and DevOps teams to ensure compliant solution delivery
• Provide technical leadership during production incidents, architecture reviews, and major platform initiatives
• Mentor senior developers and technical leads while driving engineering excellence across Appian development teams
• Evaluate new Appian capabilities, AI features, platform enhancements, and emerging technologies for enterprise adoption
• Participate in enterprise roadmap planning, technology strategy, estimation, vendor engagements, and executive technical discussions

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience in Software Application Development and Maintenance
• High School Diploma or GED and 12 years of experience in Software Application Development and Maintenance
• Certification - Appian Certified Lead Developer
• Extensive experience architecting and delivering large-scale enterprise Appian implementations
• Deep expertise across the Appian platform, including SAIL, Data Fabric, Records, Process Models, Sites, Portals, Integrations, Security, Document Management, and Web APIs
• Strong experience designing enterprise integration architectures using REST, SOAP, Kafka, MQ, databases, cloud platforms, and microservices
• Experience designing highly available, scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise solutions
• Strong knowledge of Appian platform administration, deployment strategy, CI/CD automation, environment management, and governance
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Git, Jenkins, Infrastructure as Code, and enterprise DevSecOps practices
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, application modernization, cloud architecture, and API-led integration
• Experience with Java, custom Appian Plug-in development, JavaScript, SQL, and enterprise application development
• Proven experience leading architecture reviews, technical governance, and enterprise platform strategy
• Excellent executive communication**, technical leadership, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills.**