Software Development Engineer IV, Appian

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The Corporate Services team at Premera is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer that is specialized in the Appian Technology Platform. In this role you will transform business processes by understanding product requirements, building automation solutions, and providing technical solutions including application design and execution in the platform.

This is a virtual/telecommuter position, working from home.

What you’ll do:

• Design, develop, and test applications on the Appian platform.

• Stay up to date with Appian releases and upgrades.

• Consult with business partners and IT leaders to identify and understand multi-faceted problems or improvement opportunities and recommend software and system solutions. Apply a system-wide, architectural view of solutions.

• Analyze high-risk business needs to determine solutions. Design systems, solutions, and applications that address business problems in the most efficient manner. Consider cost elements in design. Apply full range of design techniques including modeling, simulation, proof of concept, prototype, and reference implementation. Design solutions that consider cross system integration and dependencies.

• Construct and modify code and system set-up based on program specifications using multiple programming languages or system platforms. Apply CICD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment). Constantly improve systems, processes, and effectiveness of solutions. Provide technical leadership to other staff members.

• Perform testing using unit testing and test automation and document test results. Participate in testing associated with cross-functional project team efforts.

• Produce appropriate technical or architectural documentation and notifications for changes to production systems or fixes to production problems. Create SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) artifacts.

• Analyze high-risk production problems, assess alternatives, and implement long-term solutions. Includes performance tuning, technical troubleshooting, debugging, call-rotation, and root cause analysis.

• Support project initiatives collaborating …