UiPath RPA Platform Architect

CGI•South Bend, IN

About The Position

Join CGI's Intelligent Automation practice as the technical and governance lead for a greenfield enterprise UiPath program. Design and establish a production UiPath environment from the ground up, define how the automation program operates, and set standards for future automations. This high-visibility role offers direct access to client leadership and the opportunity to build an automation Center of Excellence (CoE) from day one. The position is based in South Bend, Indiana, and remote candidates throughout the USA will be considered. The successful candidate will have CGI's global automation community, training and certification resources, and a collaborative team of architects, developers, and business analysts for support, with room to grow into practice leadership. The role spans platform architecture and administration, security and access management, change control, monitoring and production support, CoE operating-model design, delivery leadership, and executive reporting. The position also advises on program scaling, licensing, and the automation roadmap, including Document Understanding, AI, and agentic automation.

Requirements

At least 8 years of IT experience, including at least 5 years of hands-on RPA experience with the UiPath platform.
Demonstrated experience installing, configuring, and administering UiPath Orchestrator and Robots in a production enterprise environment, on premises and/or Automation Cloud.
Proven experience establishing RPA governance and guardrails—including access control, change management, security controls, and production monitoring—in the banking or financial services industry.
Experience defining an automation operating model or Center of Excellence, including roles and responsibilities, intake and prioritization, development standards, and support processes.
Working knowledge of Windows Server, SQL Server, IIS, networking, Active Directory, and identity/SSO integration.
Experience applying source-control and CI/CD tooling, such as Git, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins, to the automation lifecycle.
Working knowledge of ITSM processes (incident, change, and problem) and tools such as ServiceNow.
Strong communication skills and ability to present to and influence technical and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Plan, architect, install, and configure a production UiPath environment, including Orchestrator, Robots, Studio, Dev/Test/Prod separation, high availability, disaster recovery, licensing, and capacity sizing.
Establish role-based access control in Orchestrator, Active Directory/Entra ID integration and SSO, least-privilege robot and service accounts, and secure credential storage.
Define source-control, branching, code-review, CI/CD, package-promotion, release, and rollback standards, aligned with the enterprise Change Advisory Board and ITSM processes.
Implement enterprise security guardrails, including server and robot hardening, encryption in transit and at rest, audit logging, segregation of duties, and support for security reviews and compliance audits.
Establish Orchestrator alerting, log forwarding to enterprise monitoring tools, job and queue SLAs, incident and problem management runbooks, and production hypercare and steady-state support models.
Define the automation program operating model, including CoE structure, governance bodies, demand intake and prioritization, pipeline management, and benefits tracking.
Define program roles and responsibilities through a RACI covering CoE leadership, solution architects, RPA developers, business analysts, process owners, platform administrators, and support teams.
Lead process assessments and solution design, review developer work, and coach and mentor the automation delivery team.
Report platform health, program status, and value realized to client and CGI leadership; advise on scaling, licensing, and the automation roadmap.