Data & Technology Architect

Ignite Digital enables national security agencies to accelerate decisions, elevate operational outcomes and achieve the outsized performance only an inside partner can deliver.

We combine mission experience, domain knowledge and technology expertise with the things partners can only know by being there every day. When agencies need a combination of tech and touch, Ignite Digital creates outcome-driving partnerships and stands with agencies to accomplish mission objectives.

Ignite Digital accelerates capability to the speed of every mission, deploying intelligent solutions and AI integration for faster, better transformation. Ignite delivers partnership beyond presentations to inspire the confidence to lead in a digital-forward world.

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Perks of Working at Ignite Digital:

Competitive pay and benefits, including PTO

Education stipends and referral bonuses

Compelling work with the U.S. federal government

Strong emphasis on volunteer and community engagement

Opportunity to shape the future of our industry

Supportive colleagues and management who invest in your growth

Ignite Digital Federal Services is seeking a highly experienced, client-facing Data & Technology Architect to support a U.S. Navy client in data, artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and emerging technology initiatives.

The Data & Technology Architect will provide technology consulting and advisory support to customer leadership and project teams, serving as a trusted advisor who helps customers understand technology options, define priorities, identify capability gaps, and translate mission needs into actionable strategies and solutions.. The role requires the ability to work across both strategic and tactical levels, from advising senior stakeholders and facilitating customer discussions to shaping technical approaches, coordinating delivery, and developing technical analyses, requirements, architecture artifacts, white papers, presentations, and other deliverables.

The successful candidate will bring a strong technical foundation combined with senior-level consulting, relationship management, communication, and project delivery skills. The ideal candidate will be comfortable engaging directly with senior uniformed and civilian stakeholders, building credibility and trust, navigating ambiguous requirements, and identifying opportunities where additional technology or consulting support could help address customer needs.

This is a senior advisory and client-facing role rather than a deeply specialized engineering position. The successful candidate should be technically credible across modern data and technology environments without needing to be the deepest technical expert in every domain. The ability to understand technology, ask informed questions, evaluate tradeoffs, and translate technical concepts into mission-focused recommendations is more important than mastery of every technology listed below.

Responsibilities

Provide technology consulting and strategic advisory support to senior customer stakeholders on data, AI/ML, digital transformation, enterprise architecture, and emerging technologies

Build and maintain trusted working relationships with senior military, civilian, and technical stakeholders, serving as a credible advisor and consistent point of contact for technology and transformation initiatives

Research and evaluate emerging technologies and industry best practices and assess their applicability to customer mission requirements

Analyze current-state technology, data, and business processes to identify gaps, risks, dependencies, and opportunities

Develop future-state technology concepts, capability assessments, strategic roadmaps, solution approaches, and implementation recommendations in partnership with customer and technical teams

Support data and AI initiatives, including data integration, data platforms, analytics, machine learning, generative AI, automation, and digital twin capabilities

Evaluate data architecture, interoperability, governance, security, privacy, data quality, and access considerations

Translate business and mission requirements clear technology strategies, priorities, requirements, and solution approaches

Facilitate customer working sessions and discussions that help stakeholders clarify problems, evaluate options, establish priorities, and make informed technology decisions

Collaborate with enterprise architects, engineers, data specialists, program managers, and subject matter experts to develop and validate solutions

Develop technical documentation, white papers, concept papers, executive briefings, presentations, process flows, requirements, and other customer deliverables

Conduct working sessions, stakeholder meetings, technical discussions, and executive briefings

Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical, operational, managerial, and executive audiences

Coordinate with delivery teams to translate advisory recommendations into executable activities, milestones, and outcomes

Support project planning, task management, coordination, and delivery activities

Support prototypes, proofs of concept, demonstrations, or technical experiments when appropriate to validate a recommendation or support customer decision-making

Identify emerging customer needs and opportunities where additional capabilities, services, or expertise could improve mission outcomes; contribute to shaping follow-on work and new initiatives in collaboration with Ignite leadership

Identify emerging customer needs and opportunities where additional capabilities, services, or expertise could improve mission outcomes; contribute to shaping follow-on work and new initiatives in collaboration with Ignite leadership

Maintain awareness of evolving customer , organizational priorities, and emerging technology opportunities

Perform the technical analysis, research, documentation, and consulting work necessary to support customer objectives

Develop customer relationships and identify opportunities through trusted advisory engagement rather than transactional sales activities

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business, data science, or related field

10+ years of progressive experience in technology consulting, enterprise architecture, data strategy, digital transformation, technology delivery, or related discipline

Demonstrated experience independently advising senior stakeholders and leading customer-facing technology initiatives in complex environments

Strong client-facing consulting and relationship management skills, with the ability to establish credibility and build productive relationships with senior technical, operational, military, and civilian stakeholders

Strong understanding of modern data and technology environments, including several, not necessarily all, of the following:

Data architecture and data platforms

Cloud technologies

Data integration and interoperability

AI/ML and generative AI

Analytics and business intelligence

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

Automation

Digital transformation

Experience developing technical strategies, roadmaps, architecture concepts, requirements, or solution approaches

Experience conducting technical research and translating findings into clear, practical recommendations for decision-makers

Demonstrated ability to develop high-quality technical documentation, white papers, presentations, and executive-level communications

Demonstrated ability to facilitate stakeholder discussions, lead working sessions, and bring diverse stakeholders toward a common understanding or path forward

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and logical thinking skills

Knowledge of privacy, cybersecurity, data governance, and responsible AI considerations

Strong written and verb