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Federal Proposal Writer

Appian is looking for a Technical Proposal Writer, Public Sector to support our ...

Location

United States , Atlanta; Boston; Charlotte; Raleigh

Salary:

50000.00 - 125000.00 USD / Year

Appian Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

3+ years of experience writing, editing, and managing technical proposals
Strong writing and written communication skills, with the ability to develop complex technical volumes and customer-facing proposal content
Proven understanding of the U.S. Federal Government acquisition process
Specific knowledge of U.S. Navy infrastructure, operations, processes, or logistics systems is highly preferred
Passion for technology and its applicability to today’s business challenges
Ability to support Subject Matter Experts with requirements analysis, system design discussions, and technical content development
Demonstrated proficiency with proposal software and standard documentation tools, such as MS Word, Google Docs, GovWin, or similar tools
Experience using Artificial Intelligence tools for coding, research, writing, or content development
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent certifications in Business, Communications, Technical Writing, Computer Science, Business Information Technology, or a related field
Understanding of the federal IT and business landscape, including ERP, CRM, data, workflow, AI, and partner solutions

Job Responsibility

Lead the drafting, writing, and editing of complex technical proposal sections, including technical volumes, solution descriptions, past performance citations, and management plans
Ensure proposal responses are fully aligned with Request for Proposal requirements and customer expectations
Translate highly technical Appian platform capabilities, architecture, and Public Sector use cases into clear, concise, and compelling proposal language
Interview and collaborate with solutions engineers, architects, product managers, delivery team members, and federal sales account executives to gather critical content
Ensure consistency, accuracy, and quality across proposal volumes and related customer-facing materials
Partner with sales teams to organize and draft customer-focused technical white papers
Use Appian-provided tools and systems, including AI-enabled tools, to support content generation while ensuring all AI-assisted content is fully fact-checked and validated
Manage the product description and proposal content library, ensuring approved and up-to-date language is readily available
Participate in all phases of the proposal lifecycle, including Pink, Red, and Gold Team reviews, as well as final submission quality assurance
Help define the style, tone, voice, and structure for technical content types

What we offer

401(k) plan with company match
flexible time off
paid parental leave
medical, dental, and vision plans
life insurance
disability insurance
wellness programs
flexible spending accounts
health savings account contributions
employee referral bonus program

Fulltime

Principal Technical Consultant

Location

Canada , Toronto

Salary:

Not provided

Appian Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

7+ years of experience with hands-on software development or technical consulting
B.S./B.A. in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics or related field/degree
Willingness to travel
10% or less annually to support customer engagement
Passion for mentoring/developing others and experience leading teams through post-sale software implementation
Ability to work with clients to define business processes and gather functional and technical system requirements
Excellent communication skills, passion for technology and continuous learning, and affinity for asking 'why' and solving the right problems
History of success on cross-functional teams
experience building products using agile methodologies
Basic understanding of object oriented programming, experience working with relational databases and database design/data modeling, and SQL skills

Job Responsibility

Lead projects and work throughout the entire project life-cycle to define, design, develop and implement custom software and AI solutions using Appian’s platform for commercial clients
Work within an agile environment to understand client’s business processes and technical needs
Launch new relational data models in production
Develop APIs to integrate with multiple systems
Partner with Appian Architects and Technical Delivery Managers
Lead/mentor consultants through fast-paced software implementations
Brainstorm AI use cases and implement Appian’s AI tools
Collaborate with client’s technical teams and business users
Drive adoption by empowering clients to become self-sufficient with building process applications

What we offer

Health coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support
Life and disability insurance
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Retirement/pension plan
Wellness dollars
Tuition reimbursement
Family-forming benefits

Fulltime

Solution Architect - Army

At Appian, we support our federal customer's mission by delivering solutions usi...

Location

United States , McLean

Salary:

Not provided

Appian Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
At least 5 years of experience advising customers on design and implementation of government cloud computing platforms, and at least 10 years of multi-tier application design and architecture
Experience with architecting secure cloud based hosting solutions for federal customers using Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and/or Microsoft Azure
Leadership experience designing, architecting or delivering one or more enterprise-level cloud environments (e.g. C2S, JWICS, GovCloud, etc.)
Experience authoring federal proposals and whitepaper is required
In depth experience, managing federal programs and projects and leading IT delivery using agile frameworks, tooling and methodologies, including Scrum and SAFe
Experience with designing and implementing DevSecOps pipelines and Infrastructure Automation frameworks, using toolsets like Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, Cucumber, JMeter, and Fitnesse, preferred
Willingness to travel
10-15% to support customer engagements including SCIF's

Job Responsibility

Advise customers on the technical design, architecture and implementation of Appian solutions on a customer's private cloud or on-premise hosting solution
Support the sales cycle through the creation of high-value, differentiated solutions
Present and vet integrated solutions and complex technical concepts and designs to our customers and other audiences
Support customers on the configuration, testing, deployment and operations of Appian applications, following agile delivery methodologies and Appian best practices
Work with clients on all aspects of their program to drive technical success and efficiency
Lead the definition and development of Appian Customer Success innovations and offerings
Collect and review technical challenges with a team of architects and distill into common best practices and common solutions
Support the development and review of whitepapers and pre-sales solutioning and proposals
Advise Army customers on how to position Appian as an agility layer that integrates mission and business processes across existing Army systems of record
Design Appian-based solution architectures for Army modernization initiatives

What we offer

Health coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support
Life and disability insurance
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Retirement/pension plan
Wellness dollars
Tuition reimbursement
Family-forming benefits and more
Training and Development
Growth Opportunities including leadership program, Appian University, skills based training, tuition reimbursement

Fulltime

Federal Proposal Writer

Appian is looking for a Technical Proposal Writer, Public Sector to support our ...

Location

United States , McLean

Salary:

Not provided

Appian Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

3+ years of experience writing, editing, and managing technical proposals
Strong writing and written communication skills, with the ability to develop complex technical volumes and customer-facing proposal content
Proven understanding of the U.S. Federal Government acquisition process
Passion for technology and its applicability to today's business challenges
Ability to support Subject Matter Experts with requirements analysis, system design discussions, and technical content development
Demonstrated proficiency with proposal software and standard documentation tools, such as MS Word, Google Docs, GovWin, or similar tools
Experience using Artificial Intelligence tools for coding, research, writing, or content development
Bachelor's degree or equivalent certifications in Business, Communications, Technical Writing, Computer Science, Business Information Technology, or a related field
Understanding of the federal IT and business landscape, including ERP, CRM, data, workflow, AI, and partner solutions

Job Responsibility

Lead the drafting, writing, and editing of complex technical proposal sections, including technical volumes, solution descriptions, past performance citations, and management plans
Ensure proposal responses are fully aligned with Request for Proposal requirements and customer expectations
Translate highly technical Appian platform capabilities, architecture, and Public Sector use cases into clear, concise, and compelling proposal language
Interview and collaborate with solutions engineers, architects, product managers, delivery team members, and federal sales account executives to gather critical content
Ensure consistency, accuracy, and quality across proposal volumes and related customer-facing materials
Partner with sales teams to organize and draft customer-focused technical white papers
Use Appian-provided tools and systems, including AI-enabled tools, to support content generation while ensuring all AI-assisted content is fully fact-checked and validated
Manage the product description and proposal content library, ensuring approved and up-to-date language is readily available
Participate in all phases of the proposal lifecycle, including Pink, Red, and Gold Team reviews, as well as final submission quality assurance
Help define the style, tone, voice, and structure for technical content types

What we offer

Training and Development
Growth Opportunities
Tuition reimbursement
Leadership program
Community
Employee-led affinity groups
Health coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support
Life and disability insurance
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Fulltime

Solution Architect - AI

At Appian, we support our federal customer’s mission by delivering solutions usi...

Location

United States , McLean

Salary:

Not provided

Appian Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
At least 5 years of experience advising customers on design and implementation of government cloud computing platforms, and at least 10 years of multi-tier application design and architecture
Experience with architecting secure cloud based hosting solutions for federal customers using Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and/or Microsoft Azure
Leadership experience designing, architecting or delivering one or more enterprise-level cloud environments (e.g. C2S, JWICS, GovCloud, etc.)
Experience authoring federal proposals and whitepaper is required
In depth experience, managing federal programs and projects and leading IT delivery using agile frameworks, tooling and methodologies, including Scrum and SAFe
Experience accelerating IT solution under the federal government’s Risk Management Framework is preferred
Experience with designing and implementing DevSecOps pipelines and Infrastructure Automation frameworks, using toolsets like Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, Cucumber, JMeter, and Fitnesse, preferred
Willingness to travel
10-15% to support customer engagements including SCIF’s

Job Responsibility

Advise customers on the technical design, architecture and implementation of Appian solutions on a customer’s private cloud or on-premise hosting solution, and/or integrating Appian government cloud offerings with the customer’s infrastructure
Support the sales cycle through the creation of high-value, differentiated solutions, based on Appian’s technology, that integrates and defines program and project management disciplines with a compelling technical solution and delivery roadmap
Present and vet integrated solutions and complex technical concepts and designs to our customers and other audiences
Support customers on the configuration, testing, deployment and operations of Appian applications, following agile delivery methodologies and Appian best practices
Work with clients on all aspects of their program to drive technical success and efficiency, including advising of development practice, program management and governance and delivery automation (version control, configuration management, and other DevSecOps and Infrastructure Automation practices)
Lead the definition and development of Appian Customer Success innovations and offerings in order to support leading Appian delivery capabilities, and bring together emerging requirements and practices from our customers and industry
Collect and review technical challenges with a team of architects and distill into common best practices and common solutions
Support the development and review of whitepapers and pre-sales solutioning and proposals
Advise federal customers on the design and integration of AI and generative AI capabilities, including large language models (LLMs), intelligent automation, and machine learning, into Appian-based solutions, ensuring alignment with mission objectives, responsible AI principles
Lead the definition of enterprise data strategies and architectures for federal customers, including data ingestion, storage, integration, and analytics frameworks that enable scalable, mission-driven data platforms on cloud environments

What we offer

health coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support
life and disability insurance
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
retirement/pension plan
wellness dollars
tuition reimbursement
family-forming benefits

Fulltime

Technical Lead / Principal Software Engineer

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set...

Location

Australia , Melbourne; Sydney

Salary:

Not provided

Appian Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

10-15+ years experience designing, building and architecting software in an enterprise software or SaaS/PaaS environment
Some leadership experience (managing and mentoring a small team of Junior Developers)
Advanced knowledge of at least one programming language and comfortable working with Object-Oriented programming concepts
Outstanding hands on development experience in Terraform, Java, Go, Python
Experience driving projects to impact
Experience working in a Linux environment
Excellent spoken and written communication
Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience
The ability to leverage knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns to write software in a cloud infrastructure environment, using tools such as: Python, Go, Java, Terraform, Pulumi, CI/CD pipelines, RDBMS, No-SQL DBs, etc.
Solid knowledge of AWS services like: EKS, EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, VPC networking, and S3 (or equivalent cloud provider experience)

Job Responsibility

Leading a small team whilst still being super technical and hands on, building the cloud infrastructure that powers the Appian platform
Helping re-architect our platform to run on public, private, and hybrid clouds and to allow for frequent, predictable and high impact changes
Ensuring that our world-class infrastructure is always available, responsive, and capable of meeting the diverse needs of our customers
Building features that enable network connectivity between our platform and external networks

What we offer

Health coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support
Life and disability insurance
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Retirement/pension plan
Wellness dollars
Tuition reimbursement
Family-forming benefits

Fulltime

Director, Product Management - Platform Engineering

This role combines experienced product management leadership with the pivotal re...

Location

India , Chennai

Salary:

Not provided

Appian Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Strong technical background, likely as a former software architect or developer who later became a product manager
Proven people management skills in guiding product managers to success
Passion for the backend and infrastructure technologies that power cloud-based enterprise software systems, including proprietary, open-source, and industry-standard components, especially those in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation landscape
Experience with cloud native technologies and Kubernetes
An especially strong candidate will have previous exposure to the infrastructure behind Software-as-a-Service cloud product offerings
Understanding of networking and cross-VPC connectivity and the security and compliance requirements that apply to such systems with respect to enterprise customers
Previous experience with zero trust connectivity implementations would be a strong asset
Understanding of data persistence, object storage services, event streaming platforms, multi-tenant shared services, and the security and compliance requirements that apply to such systems with respect to enterprise customers
Experience delivering cloud infrastructure features built using AWS services such as EKS, ECR, transit gateways, WAFs, and Global Accelerator (or similar offering from other cloud providers)
Strong interest in the scalability, performance, security, observability, and reliability of distributed systems

Job Responsibility

Oversee the initiation, planning, execution, and rollout for strategic initiatives
Lead the creation and ongoing maintenance of a multi-team, short-term and long-term feature backlogs strongly aligned to product and corporate vision
Initiate and facilitate conversations across business units and departments to reach alignment on strategy, roadmap, key investments and messaging
Build relationships with key business stakeholders, keeping them apprised of important features, critical scope changes, planned investments
Help identify and cultivate the next generation of product management leaders
Provide constructive feedback on feature specifications to ensure new feature delivery provides optimal impact
Coach product managers on balancing functional and non-functional enhancements and system improvements
Continuously enhance and improve the product management processes and techniques at Appian

What we offer

Health coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support
Life and disability insurance
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Retirement/pension plan
Wellness dollars
Tuition reimbursement
Family-forming benefits

Fulltime

Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set...

Location

Australia , Melbourne; Sydney

Salary:

Not provided

Appian Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

10-15+ years experience designing, building and architecting software in an enterprise software or SaaS/PaaS environment
Some leadership experience (managing and mentoring a small team of Junior Developers)
Advanced knowledge of at least one programming language and comfortable working with Object-Oriented programming concepts
Outstanding hands on development experience in Terraform, Java, Go, Python
Experience driving projects to impact
Experience working in a Linux environment
Excellent spoken and written communication
Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience
The ability to leverage knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns to write software in a cloud infrastructure environment, using tools such as: Python, Go, Java, Terraform, Pulumi, CI/CD pipelines, RDBMS, No-SQL DBs, etc.
Solid knowledge of AWS services like: EKS, EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, VPC networking, and S3 (or equivalent cloud provider experience)

Job Responsibility

Make it easy for our service teams to build and run production systems
Help re-architect our platform to run on public, private, and hybrid clouds and to allow for frequent, predictable and high impact changes
Ensure that our world-class infrastructure is always available, responsive, and capable of meeting the diverse needs of our customers
Lead a small team whilst still being super technical and hands on, building the cloud infrastructure that powers the Appian platform
Learn about a wide range of technologies and tackle new challenges as you add features and functionality to the Appian cloud infrastructure
Focus on building features that enable network connectivity between our platform and external networks

What we offer

Health coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support
Life and disability insurance
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Retirement/pension plan
Wellness dollars
Tuition reimbursement
Family-forming benefits

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