What We Need Corpay is seeking an Automation Architect within our Corporate Overhead division based outside the Atlanta area. This position falls under our information security line of business. In this role, the Automation Architect is a senior technology leader responsible for designing, governing, and scaling automation capabilities across the enterprise IT landscape. This role identifies opportunities to eliminate manual processes, improve service delivery, increase operational reliability, and drive efficiency through intelligent automation.
The Automation Architect serves as a strategic partner to Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, Service Management, Engineering, and Enterprise Architecture teams to develop automation solutions that simplify operations, improve user experiences, and enable technology teams to operate at scale.
This individual combines deep technical expertise, systems thinking, and strong business acumen to deliver automation platforms and frameworks that support enterprise growth, resiliency, and operational excellence.
How We Work As an Automation Architect, you will be expected to work in an onsite environment. Corpay will set you up for success by providing:
- Formal, hands-on training
Role Responsibilities The responsibilities of the role will include:
- Developing and maintaining the enterprise automation vision, principles, and roadmap.
- Defining automation standards, governance frameworks, and architectural patterns.
- Establishing an automation-first mindset across technology organizations.
- Evaluating emerging automation and AI technologies to improve operational effectiveness.
- Creating business cases demonstrating value, ROI, and risk reduction.
- Architecting solutions that automate repetitive and labor-intensive operational processes.
- Transforming manual processes into orchestrated, scalable workflows.
- Driving automation across:
- Infrastructure operations
- Cloud operations
- Identity and access management
- Service request fulfillment
- Incident response
- Change management
- Compliance activities
- Technology asset lifecycle management
- Employee onboarding and offboarding
- Designing automation frameworks and reusable services that integrate with enterprise platforms.
- Establishing API-driven and event-driven automation patterns.
- Developing architecture standards supporting interoperability, resiliency, and scalability.
- Ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture and security requirements.
- Leading adoption of AI-enabled automation capabilities.
- Evaluating opportunities to leverage machine learning, generative AI, and predictive analytics.
- Designing solutions that enhance decision-making, reduce operational effort, and improve accuracy.
- Ensuring appropriate governance and controls are incorporated into intelligent automation solutions.
- Establishing metrics and reporting frameworks to measure automation effectiveness.
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives across technology operations.
- Reducing operational bottlenecks, defects, and process variability.
- Identifying opportunities to improve service levels and reduce support costs.
- Serving as the senior automation advisor to technology leaders and business stakeholders.
- Leading cross-functional automation initiatives from concept through implementation.
- Mentoring engineers and technical teams on automation best practices.
- Facilitating executive discussions regarding automation strategy and investment priorities.
Qualifications & Skills - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise IT.
- 7+ years designing and implementing automation solutions at scale.
- Demonstrated experience with workflow orchestration, scripting, infrastructure automation, and systems integration.
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms, enterprise applications, and operational technology environments.
- Experience designing API-based and event-driven architectures.
- Strong knowledge of IT service management and operational processes.
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills
Preferred Qualifications - Master's degree in Technology, Engineering, or Business Administration.
- Experience implementing enterprise AI and intelligent automation solutions.
- Experience within financial services, fintech, or other regulated industries.
- Architecture certifications (TOGAF, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or equivalent).
- Lean, Six Sigma, or process optimization certification.
Benefits & Perks - Medical, Dental & Vision benefits available the 1st month after hire
- Automatic enrollment into our 401k plan (subject to eligibility requirements)
- Virtual fitness classes offered company-wide
- Robust PTO offers including major holidays, vacation, sick, personal, & volunteer time
- Employee discounts with major providers (i.e. wireless, gym, car rental, etc.)
- Philanthropic support with both local and national organizations
- Fun culture with company-wide contests and prizes
About Corpay Corpay is a global technology organization that is leading the future of commercial payments with a culture of innovation that drives us to constantly create new and better ways to pay. Our specialized payment solutions help businesses control, simplify, and secure payment for fuel, general payables, toll and lodging expenses. Millions of people in over 80 countries around the world use our solutions for their payments.
At Corpay, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace where employees are valued for their diverse perspectives, experiences, and contributions. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion strengthen our teams, drive innovation, and support our continued success globally.
As part of our hiring process, offers of employment may be subject to the successful completion of pre-employment screening conducted by an authorized third-party provider, in accordance with applicable laws and Corpay policies. Screening requirements may include employment references, identity verification, criminal record checks, financial or sanctions screening, and other background checks relevant to the role and permitted by local law.
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