قائد تقني لتطبيق Appian / مهندس حلول (Appian Technical Lead / Solution Architect)

Job Summary

The Appian Technical Lead / Solution Architect will oversee the complete design and technical delivery of Appian applications for a major bank in Saudi Arabia. This role involves leading a team of developers, integration engineers, and QA, and serving as the design authority for the Appian platform on-site in Riyadh.

Responsibilities

• Convert business needs related to onboarding, lending, trade finance, complaints, and KYC/AML case management into Appian solution architecture including data models, process design, security, and integration.
• Serve as the Appian design authority by establishing coding standards, reusable components, naming conventions, and conducting design reviews.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to define deployment architecture covering self-managed or Appian Cloud, high availability, disaster recovery, environments, and sizing.
• Design integration patterns with systems such as core banking, CRM, document management, ESB/API gateway, and identity providers like SAML/OIDC and LDAP/AD.
• Lead estimation, sprint planning, and manage the technical backlog; contribute to presales and RFP responses.
• Manage non-functional requirements including performance, scalability, audit logging, data retention, and segregation of duties.
• Conduct code reviews, address Appian Health Check remediation, and approve production readiness.
• Represent the Appian platform in architecture review boards, security assessments, and audits.
• Mentor and develop the Appian team and promote adoption of new platform features such as Data Fabric, Process HQ, and AI Skills.

Must haves

• 12+ years total experience with at least 7 years hands-on Appian experience.
• Minimum 3 years in an Appian lead or architect role.
• Appian Certified Lead Developer certification.
• Expertise in Appian process models, records, interfaces (SAIL), expression rules, Data Fabric, and security groups.
• Experience in solution architecture for enterprise BPM/low-code in banking or regulated environments.
• Knowledge of integration design including REST/SOAP, Connected Systems, Web APIs, messaging (Kafka/MQ), and file-based integrations.
• Strong relational database knowledge (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MariaDB).
• Experience with Appian deployment, DevOps, and release management including CI/CD and version control.
• Familiarity with banking regulations and controls such as SAMA, NCA ECC, and PDPL.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Notice period of 1 month or immediate availability preferred.

Nice to haves

• TOGAF or cloud architecture certification.
• Java plug-in development experience.
• Experience with Appian RPA.
• Experience on Saudi banking projects.
• Experience delivering Arabic/RTL interfaces.

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