Pega Architect - Lead Developer

Location: Remote OR Hybrid if local to Maryland

Position Summary:

Sparksoft is a fast-growing woman-owned small business that provides innovative technical solutions to the federal government. We are seeking a Pega Architect who is passionate about designing and building complex Pega applications for our federal government clients . The successful Pega Architect should have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication and collaboration abilities, and a deep understanding of Pega applications design and implementation best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise, direction, technical oversight in the development and/or modification of Pega solutions. Use expertise to design develop, code, test, and debug software.
• Support Inception and Elaboration to ensure optimal solution architecture and design.
• Direct and oversee technical teams in Construction of the designed solution.
• Develop custom systems integration solution components as dictated by business requirements.
• Designs, develops, and maintains complex applications using Pega solutions that adhere to platform best practices.
• Manage systems Validation and defect resolution efforts.
• Responsible for coding and unit testing using Pega features based on the design provided by the Sr Developer and Product Owners.
• Experience in creating technical rules such as Data Pages, Activities, Data transforms, Flows, Case Types, Decision rules, etc. following the branching strategy.
• Good understanding of UX/UI and experience in working with Portals, Skins, Flow Action, Sections, and all the UI components.
• Working experience DevSecOps, Scaled Agile Methodology and AWS cloud environment.
• As part of an agile team, will be working closely with other agile team members and customers to implement a Pega based case management system with multiple integration and backend services.
• Provides analytical support and technical advice during the conceptualization, development, and implementation phases.
• May perform as a project lead with the responsibility for the instruction, assigning, direction, and monitoring of the performance of assigned systems developers / analyst working on a specific project.
• Ensures reliability and availability of Pega's BRE and BPM Platform and works with cross-functional teams on capacity planning.
• Creates activities and steps for implementing Core Business Logic.
• Identifies reporting requirements to general business functionality, non-functionality needs and required data attributes for BPM specific workflows.
• Validates code for compliance of standards and Pega Guardrails.
• Ensures the Pega system fits the enterprise environment and meets business requirements.
• Play Tech Lead role who guides team in building robust applications faster in addition to building enhancements independently.
• Collaborate with project leadership and client management to manage the engagement direction, pinpoint and resolve high-level issues and develop implementation plans.

Requirements

Required Skills/Experience:

• In-depth understanding of Pega development best practices, design patterns, and software engineering principles
• Robust understanding of Pega rules management, class hierarchy, data model, process flows, User Interface (UI) rules, Pega Out-Of-The-Box (OOTB) reports, Business Intelligence Exchange (BIX) exports, and Pega security model etc.
• Experience in integrating Pega applications with external APIs, web services and legacy data sources.
• Experience with AWS services and deploying and managing Pega applications on the AWS cloud.
• Hands on Design/Development experience in Pega Case Management.
• Solid understanding of Business Process Management and Customer Relationship Management concepts.
• Understanding of BPM, BRE and creating web applications that are process oriented.
• Identifies reusable functionality and implements it as a reusable component.
• Exposure to web services (SOAP, RESTful, XML, JSON, etc.)
• Understanding of PRPC flows, decisions, and rules.
• Knowledge of IT standards, methodologies, system development life cycle and project management frameworks.
• Exposure to and familiarity with various industries and specific operational solutions.
• Has experience in leading a development team and mentoring junior developers.

Desired:

• Experience with CMS Marketplace eligibility and appeal processing
• Experience / knowledge of CMS processes and standards.
• Certs: Pega Lead System Architect (LSA), Pega Senior Systems Architect (SSA)

Required:

• Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Candidates must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years.

Education:

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or comparable field
• 8+ years of experience

Sparksoft is a certified Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) SVC and DEV Level 3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Small, Women-owned, Minority-owned (SWaM), and MBE/DBE/SBE consulting firm. With our focused mission "to ignite innovation, inspire transformation, and implement digital solutions for a healthier nation", we specialize in 6 specific digital health services: Test Automation, Cloud Services, DevOps Delivery, Cyber Security, Data Science, and Human-Centered Design. Since 2004, our exceptionally skilled people, proven leadership, and optimized processes all work together relentlessly to continuously push for more efficient solutions.

Sparksoft is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited under Federal, State, or local laws.

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