Ignite Digital Services
Strategic consulting for organizational transformation
Automation Architect
+ Education stipend + Referral bonus
About the job
- At least 10 years of experience in automation, digital transformation, or enterprise architecture roles within the Department of War.
- A proven track record of transitioning organizations from ad hoc automation efforts to structured, enterprise-scale delivery.
- Experience defining and managing automation intake, prioritization, and governance frameworks.
- A proven ability to manage a portfolio of automation initiatives aligned to business or mission priorities.
- Experience enabling enterprise adoption, including distributed teams or citizen developers.
- A strong understanding of value realization, including return on investment, efficiency gains, and mission impact.
- Hands-on experience with UiPath.
- Experience architecting end-to-end automation solutions across enterprise systems, application programming interfaces, and data environments.
- Experience delivering automation solutions within Department of War or federal environments, including familiarity with authorization to operate and compliance requirements.
- UiPath Certified Professional – Automation Solution Architect certification is required.
- UiPath Certified Professional – Automation Business Analyst certification, or at least five years of demonstrated equivalent experience, including leading automation intake, assessment, and prioritization pipelines within an enterprise or large program environment; defining and applying automation qualification criteria such as feasibility, return on investment, complexity, and risk; managing a portfolio of automation use cases aligned to business or mission priorities; establishing and tracking value realization metrics, including efficiency gains, cost savings, and mission impact; and partnering with stakeholders to translate operational needs into automation-ready requirements and roadmaps.
- Define the automation vision, roadmap, and maturity model aligned to organizational priorities.
- Establish and manage automation intake, prioritization, and value-realization frameworks.
- Design and implement the prototype operating model, whether centralized, federated, or hybrid.
- Develop governance structures, standards, and reusable frameworks to enable consistent, scalable delivery.
- Architect end-to-end automation solutions leveraging robotic process automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, workflow, and integration platforms.
- Ensure alignment with enterprise systems, data strategies, cybersecurity, and compliance requirements.
- Establish delivery pipelines and enable enterprise-scale execution across business units.
- Support adoption through training, playbooks, and citizen-development models with appropriate guardrails.
- Partner with executive leadership and stakeholders to align automation efforts to strategic priorities.
- Translate technical capabilities into measurable business and mission value.
- Define and track key performance indicators, dashboards, and reporting to provide visibility into automation performance and impact.
- Own the operating model, governance, and enablement structures required to align automation initiatives with mission priorities and deliver measurable enterprise outcomes.
- Own automation as a productized enterprise capability, including backlog management, value-based prioritization, and lifecycle governance aligned to mission outcomes.
- An active Department of Defense SECRET security clearance.
- Experience with artificial-intelligence- and machine-learning-enabled automation, including intelligent document processing or natural language processing.
- Familiarity with low-code/no-code platforms and workflow tools such as Power Platform and ServiceNow.
About the company
Atlas Executive Consulting helps organizations run more smoothly by forming cross-functional teams of strategists, data architects, business analysts, and operations experts to tackle organizational challenges. They diagnose problems, analyze data, design improvements, and implement operational changes through ongoing, collaborative engagements that relieve leadership stress and let clients focus on their mission. The firm combines disciplined, practical execution from veterans of large firms with the agility of small teams, emphasizing honesty, service, partnership, and quality. Their goal is to deliver reliable process improvements and operational capabilities that support business leaders and operations teams navigating uncertainty.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
North Charleston, South Carolina
Founded
2006
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- May 2026 Tradewinds recognition opens doors inside CDAO and Department of War buying channels.
- Snowflake partnership supports cross-sell into secure analytics, migration, and governed data sharing.
- Updated 2026 website and news cadence show active go-to-market execution and hiring momentum.
What critics are saying
- Federal contracting concentration exposes revenue to procurement delays and award protests in 2027.
- HigherGov shows no recent prime awards, limiting visible backlog and growth proof.
- Awardable status alone never guarantees task orders; competitors win implementation work instead.
What makes Ignite Digital Services unique
- May 7, 2026 Tradewinds Awardable status validates defense procurement readiness.
- September 30, 2025 Snowflake Select Tier status strengthens public-sector data cloud credibility.
- March 2, 2026 refreshed brand identity signals a disciplined federal-services positioning.
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Benefits
Paid Vacation
Professional Development Budget
Employee Referral Bonus
Hybrid Work Options
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