Digital Engineer II (Pega Data Engineer)

Responsibilities

• Design/develop/implement/optimize/maintain:

  • Data ingestion to Pega, ETL, data extraction and archival strategies
  • Dataflows, datasets, data page, user interfaces, job schedulers and report definition in Pega using Cloud technologies (AWS, ADLS) and write SQL queries as required
  • Data models aligned with the application requirements
  • Data quality checks, validation logic, and transformation rules
  • Reusable Pega rules following best practices, guardrails, and coding standards.
  • Custom systems integration solution components as dictated by business requirements

• Assist in identifying and fixing bugs, troubleshooting, providing technical support during development and testing phases

• Perform root cause analysis to identify and resolve recurring technical problems

• Create and maintain APIs between Pega and other services/applications

• Certified Pega System Architect with experience developing custom solutions in Dev Studio

• Collaborate with business and system architects to support ingestion, decisioning and case management

• Coordinate availability and performance monitoring activities and execution of scheduled maintenance activities

• Create reports and dashboards using report definition rules

• Experienced in programming languages (Java, etc.) and REST APIs (MuleSoft or similar) to process data

• Write test cases and perform extensive peer testing

• Ensure compliance with data governance, privacy, and security policies

• Support testing in different environments, using different Pega's debugging tools

• Maintain detailed and summarized documentation for implemented rules and solutions in all environments

• Assist DevOps or release management in packaging and deploying Pega applications

• Provide comprehensive day-to-day operational support

• Support and coordinate recovery operations in the event of operational failure

• Ensure the security and integrity of solutions including compliance with Navy Federal, industry engineering and Information Security principles and practices

• Ensure compliance with corporate Incident, Problem and Change Management Practices, standards and procedures

• Build and maintain effective relationships with team members, management, key stakeholders and/or external contacts (vendors, etc.)

• Ensure clear, concise and effective communication of material

• Flexible to on-call rotation needs, open to work in shifts including weekend coverage as per needs

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems/ Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

• Pega Certified System Architect

• 2+ years supporting Pega application (specifically working in Pega Dev Studio) outside of Case Management

• Hands-on experience with Pega 8.x, Database (PostgreSQL, Cassandra, etc.); using dataflows, datasets, data page, user interface, job scheduler and report definition in Pega; Cloud technologies (AWS, ADLS)

• Knowledge of the PRPC Architecture and PRPC design and implementation

• Experience with data ingestion (for different file types), extraction, retrieval, and processing within Pega applications

• Experience with services and connectors/APIs

• Experience in understanding existing data models and creating new data models

• Knowledge of Pega Application packaging, deployment, Pega DevOps, security, rulesets, portals, reports, and other Pega OOTB tools

• Demonstrates change management and/or excellent communication skills

• Experience with PDC and server monitoring and agents monitoring

• Working knowledge of banking/financial industry standards and practices

Desired Qualifications

• Experience analyzing log files and reports from application sources

• 5+ years supporting Pega applications

• Certified Pega Senior System Architect

• Pega Cloud experience

• Experience on all Pega products including Deployment Manager and CDH

• Extensive debugging skills in PRPC using tracer, clipboard, and rules inspector

• Good understanding of SQL

• Experience training junior team members on Pega application and incidents

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

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