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 technologyexpertisewith 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 toaccomplishmissionobjectives.

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.

Ignite Digital. The Edge from Within.

• 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 developingtechnical 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.

• 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…