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The role combines deep platform expertise with the judgement to translate public-sector policy, data-governance, and security requirements into a compliant, scalable Appian architecture. The Architect is the primary technical authority during solutioning, design governance reviews, and production go-live, and acts as the escalation point for complex integration, performance, and security issues across the engagement.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead solution architecture and design for Appian applications delivered to Singapore Government/Statutory Board clients, ensuring alignment with agency IT policies and Smart Nation / client’s technical standards.\nDefine and govern the Appian data model, CDT structures, and RDBMS design in accordance with data classification and data-sharing requirements applicable to public-sector systems.\nOwn the security architecture of Appian solutions, including group- and rule-based security models, records-level security, and role-based access control aligned to agency policy.\nDesign and review SAIL interfaces, process models, Records, Sites, and Task Reports for usability, performance, and maintainability at scale.\nArchitect external 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findings before audit or go-live.\nProvide technical governance in Architecture Review Board (ARB) sessions, security reviews, and Vulnerability Assessment/Penetration Testing (VAPT) cycles required for government system deployment.\nMentor Senior Developers and Developers on the team and enforce Appian and agency-specific coding/design standards.\nRequired Skills & Experience\nAt least 5+ years of hands-on Appian development/architecture experience and 10+ years overall in IT.\nProven experience with Appian 20.x and above, including newer platform capabilities (Process HQ, AI Skills/Document extraction, Robotic Process Automation, as applicable).\nStrong understanding of defining and managing Appian security groups, role maps, and security inheritance.\nAdvanced SAIL scripting skills for complex, high-volume interfaces.\nDeep experience building and using CDTs, including nested and versioned data types.\nExtensive experience with Task Reports, Records, and Sites design for enterprise-scale deployments.\nProven track record of external system integration using Integration Objects, connectors, and web services/APIs.\nExperience developing and governing custom Appian plug-ins.\nSound knowledge of relational data modelling and RDBMS concepts (Oracle, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server, commonly used in government environments).\nStrong grasp of Appian best practices, design patterns and platform guidelines published by Appian.\nAbility to gather requirements directly from government business owners and produce an end-to-end Appian solution.\nWorking understanding of Appian installation, server-side configuration, and environment architecture.\nAbility to analyse and troubleshoot issues from Appian and application server log files.\nFamiliarity with Appian DevOps tooling and CI/CD adoption for enterprise deployments.\nExperience running and acting on Appian HealthCheck reports.\nCertifications\nAppian Certified Associate Developer.\nAppian Certified Senior Developer.\nAppian Certified Lead Developer.\nAdditional certifications in cloud (AWS/Azure/GCC) or security (e.g., CISSP, CISA) are advantageous given public-sector cloud and audit requirements.\nSingapore Public Sector - Specific Requirements\nPrior experience delivering IT projects for Singapore Government ministries, agencies, or statutory boards is strongly preferred.\nWorking knowledge of Singapore's public-sector IT governance and security frameworks (e.g., Government Instruction Manuals such as IM8, and prevailing Smart Nation technical guidelines) as they apply to Appian deployments.\nUnderstanding of Government-on-Cloud (GCC 2.0) hosting models and the associated network segregation, data-residency, and change-control requirements.\nExperience supporting security assessments, VAPT remediation, and audit evidence preparation typically required before go-live on government systems.\nAwareness of data classification schemes (e.g., Restricted/Confidential/Sensitive handling) and 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