Pega Developer

Summary: The Pega Senior System Architect will need to have a solid background and experience developing software on the Pega platform. This person will be relied upon as a subject matter expert of the technology, its capabilities and best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Operate in an Agile software development environment while satisfying the government's Waterfall-style project stage gates.
• Interact daily with system and business analysts to clarify requirements.
• Collaborate closely with other highly skilled Pega system architects.
• Be a champion of Pega's technology and its value to the customer.
• Develop foundational enhancements to existing production Pega applications.
• Design and implement new Pega applications and prototypes.
• Establish standards and best practices for a Pega Center of Excellence (CoE).
• Mentor and support junior-level system architects to cultivate and sustain Pega expertise for the customer and within the company.
• Implement fixes for defects discovered by the quality assurance (QA) testing team.
• Integrate Pega applications with external APIs, web services and legacy data sources.
• Develop complex user interface (UI) elements following modern UI standards and best practices while satisfying 508 compliance.
• Implement flow rules driven by process automation and user intent.
• Design class structures that maximize code reuse and flexibility.
• Estimate implementation level of effort based upon requirements and design.
• Divide large, complex tasks into actionable, iterative subtasks.
• Articulate and manage tasks using software project tracking tools like codeBeamer, JIRA, or Rational Team Concert.

Requirements:

• Exceptional communication skills in English - both written and oral - and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical IT stakeholders
• Proven experience developing enterprise-class Pega applications
• Experience in all phases of software development lifecycle including analysis, design, implementation, testing and deployment
• Strong Object-Oriented design and implementation skills
• Knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
• Experience with design and development of UI's using JavaScript, HTML and custom CSS Stylesheets
• Experience in creating SOAP/REST connectors/services.
• Experience in Agile Development Methodology, especially PegaSCRUM.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues.
• Strong understanding of relational database design concepts
• Pega CSA certification
• Experience in PRPC version 7.1.x
• Successful candidate is subject to a background investigation by the government and must be able to meet the requirements to hold a position of public trust

Desired Skills:

• Experience working for a federal government customer
• Experience developing on PegaMobile or the AMP platform
• Experience integrating with GIS maps and features

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant; Master's degree desirable
• At least 6 years' experience supporting a software/hardware development efforts
• At least 3 years' specific experience as a Pega SSA
• Pega CSSA certification, desired