Automation Team Lead - Secret Clearance

Position Type

Direct Hire / Full-Time

Shiloh, IL / On-site at Scott Air Force Base

On-site, generally 9:00 AM–5:00 PM depending on project needs

Active Secret Clearance Preferred

Immediate

$95,000–$135,000/year

The name of our partner organization will be disclosed during the interview process. This is not a direct role with Launch Code; it is a position through Launch Code, working with one of our partner companies.

Our partner is seeking an experienced Intelligent Automation Team Lead to support a growing portfolio of enterprise modernization and automation initiatives within the Defense sector.

This role will provide technical and delivery leadership for a team of engineers responsible for designing, developing, testing, implementing, and supporting intelligent automation solutions. The Team Lead will work across financial management systems, ERP platforms, cloud and data environments, enterprise applications, analytics technologies, and emerging artificial intelligence solutions.

In addition to hands‑on technical leadership, this position will guide automation strategy, mentor engineers, facilitate Agile delivery, collaborate with client and technical stakeholders, and help ensure solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with business objectives.

The ideal candidate has a strong technical foundation in intelligent automation, robotic process automation (RPA), software development, data integration, and cloud technologies, along with demonstrated experience leading technical teams in an Agile environment. Experience with platforms such as UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, or Microsoft Power Automate and familiarity with federal or Defense environments are highly preferred.

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support of intelligent automation solutions that improve financial and operational business processes.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight for automation initiatives, ensuring solutions align with business objectives, enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and project priorities.
• Lead assessments of business processes to identify high‑value automation opportunities, evaluate process maturity, and develop automation roadmaps.
• Guide engineers in analyzing existing workflows, redesigning business processes, and implementing scalable automation solutions within enterprise technology environments.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of RPA and intelligent automation workflows using modern automation frameworks and engineering practices.
• Integrate automation solutions with enterprise applications, databases, APIs, ERP and financial systems, reporting platforms, and cloud‑based data environments.
• Lead Agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, user story development, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and iterative solution delivery.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, coordinate cross‑functional teams, identify and remove delivery blockers, and help ensure project milestones are achieved.
• Use Jira or similar Agile project management tools to manage workflows, requirements, development activities, project progress, and delivery transparency.
• Collaborate with client leadership, business stakeholders, system owners, technical teams, and program management to define requirements and ensure successful solution delivery.
• Establish and promote automation engineering best practices, governance standards, quality controls, and operational processes.
• Mentor automation engineers and other project team members through technical guidance, code and design reviews, and knowledge transfer.
• Review automation designs, code, testing artifacts, and technical documentation to ensure quality, maintainability, security, and alignment with established standards.
• Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement efforts for production automation solutions.
• Support risk assessments involving internal controls, business process reengineering, configuration management, compliance, and automation governance.
• Develop and…