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Program Architect, ADMS Transformation

Peyton Resource Group

Dallas, TX

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Architectural Services, Business Operations, Communication Skills, Control Systems, Cross-Functional, Data Processing, Design Patterns Programming Methodologies, Disaster Recovery, Distribution Management, Distribution Operations, Documentation, Ecosystems, Electrical Utility, Energy & Utilities, Enterprise Architecture, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), High Availability, Internet Security, Leadership, Metrics, Network Performance/Analysis, Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), Operational Measurement, Operational Strategy, Operational Support, Power Outages, Process Improvement, Production Systems, Reliability Engineering, Risk, Risk Management, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Sustainability, System Architecture, System Integration (SI), System Operations, Technical Leadership, Technical Strategy, Telemetry, Time Tracking, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation
LOCATION
Dallas, TX
POSTED
2 days ago
Role Summary
The Program Architect is the single point of accountability for architecture across a large-scale ADMS transformation program, responsible for aligning enterprise strategy with execution while delivering measurable business outcomes.

This is a high-impact, mission-critical leadership role requiring deep expertise at the intersection of grid operations, real-time systems, and enterprise transformation. The role drives end-to-end technology strategy, architectural decisions, and execution discipline across a multi-year, multi-vendor program.

The Program Architect is accountable not only for architecture integrity, but for ensuring delivery outcomes such as grid reliability, outage reduction, system resilience, and operational scalability.

Please Note: This role requires direct ADMS experience. Candidates with adjacent utility, SCADA, OMS, DMS, control room, grid modernization, or grid operations experience but without direct ADMS platform experience will not be considered. This requirement is non-negotiable.
Key Accountabilities Program Architecture Ownership (End-to-End)
  • Own the target state, transition states, and execution architecture roadmap for the ADMS program.
  • Serve as the final decision authority for all program-level architectural trade-offs.
  • Ensure architecture decisions are aligned to measurable business and operational outcomes.
Enterprise Strategy Execution
  • Translate enterprise architecture strategy into actionable and enforceable program architecture.
  • Define technology investment direction and challenge internal and vendor-driven roadmaps.
  • Establish justified exceptions to enterprise standards where necessary.
Vendor & System Integrator Governance
  • Own architectural governance across system integrators, vendors, and platform providers.
  • Critically evaluate and challenge vendor solutions, designs, and delivery approaches.
  • Prevent over-customization and ensure long-term platform sustainability and maintainability.
Executive Influence & Leadership
  • Act as the primary architectural advisor to CIOs, CTOs, executive steering committees, and program leadership.
  • Drive decision-making in high-impact, ambiguous situations.
  • Communicate architecture trade-offs in clear, outcome-oriented language.
Integration & Real-Time Systems Architecture
  • Define the integration architecture across ADMS ecosystem components.
  • Lead design of real-time, event-driven, and high-availability architectures supporting SCADA and grid operations.
  • Ensure alignment across IT/OT boundaries, including telemetry, control systems, and enterprise platforms.
Risk, Complexity & Program Stabilization
  • Identify and mitigate systemic architectural risks across a multi-system, multi-year program.
  • Lead architectural recovery efforts for at-risk or underperforming program components.
  • Rapidly assess and re-baseline architecture where required to protect delivery outcomes.
Delivery & Operational Readiness
  • Ensure architecture is deployable, operable, and production-ready.
  • Define patterns for resilience, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and observability.
  • Support go-lives, cutovers, and phased rollout strategies.
Required Qualifications Experience
  • 15+ years in architecture, engineering, or senior technical leadership roles.
  • 15+ years in the Electrical Utility or Energy industry.
  • Proven leadership of large-scale transformation programs ($50M–$200M+).
  • Experience leading architecture across 10+ integrated systems and cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated experience in mission-critical or control room systems environments.
  • Proven track record stabilizing or turning around complex programs.
ADMS Expertise (Mandatory / Non-Negotiable)
  • Direct, hands-on experience with an Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) platform in a production utility environment is required.
  • Experience must include architecture, implementation, integration, deployment, modernization, operational support, governance, or transformation of an ADMS platform.
  • Participation in at least one full ADMS implementation lifecycle (design, implementation, deployment, stabilization, and operational support).
  • Deep understanding of OMS, DMS, SCADA, and utility grid operations workflows as they relate to ADMS platforms.
  • Experience with AspenTech OSI ADMS is strongly preferred.
  • Experience with Schneider Electric ADMS, GE ADMS, Siemens Spectrum Power ADMS, or other recognized utility ADMS platforms will also be considered.
Experience That Does NOT Meet Requirements
The following experience will NOT be considered a substitute for direct ADMS experience:
  • ADMS-adjacent experience
  • Transferable experience to ADMS
  • Experience that mirrors ADMS
  • Experience applicable to ADMS
  • Experience matching ADMS concepts
  • ADMS-adjacent systems
  • Similar-to-ADMS experience
  • Experience supporting the same architectural patterns as ADMS control rooms
  • Experience relevant to ADMS
  • Experience adjacent to ADMS
  • Analogous ADMS experience
  • Generic SCADA-only experience
  • Generic OMS-only experience
  • Generic DMS-only experience
  • Utility operations experience without direct ADMS platform involvement
  • Control room experience without direct ADMS platform responsibility
  • Grid modernization experience without direct ADMS ownership
  • Architecture experience in related utility systems that do not include direct ADMS implementation or operational responsibility

Important: Candidates who have worked with systems that are merely integrated with, conceptually similar to, or support functions adjacent to ADMS will not be considered. Direct ADMS platform experience is a mandatory requirement and not a preferred qualification.
Technical Depth
  • Real-time systems architecture and low-latency data processing (SCADA/telemetry).
  • Event-driven and streaming architectures.
  • High-availability and fault-tolerant design patterns for mission-critical systems.
  • Data synchronization strategies across operational and enterprise platforms.
  • IT/OT convergence and cybersecurity experience (NERC CIP knowledge preferred).
Leadership & Influence
  • Demonstrated ability to lead without authority across federated teams.
  • Strong decision-making under ambiguity and competing priorities.
  • Proven ability to challenge stakeholders, vendors, and delivery teams constructively.
Communication
  • Exceptional executive communication skills.
  • Ability to translate architecture into business outcomes, risks, and trade-offs.
  • Produces concise, decision-oriented architecture artifacts and recommendations.
Program Overview
The ADMS transformation program delivers a modern, integrated grid operations platform combining:
  • Outage Management System (OMS)
  • Distribution Management System (DMS)
  • Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)

The program spans:
  • Real-time grid monitoring and control
  • Outage detection and restoration
  • Network modeling and analytics
  • Distributed Energy Resource (DER) integration and orchestration
  • Integration with GIS, AMI, EMS, and enterprise systems

This initiative is a cornerstone of grid modernization, driving improved situational awareness, reliability, resiliency, and scalability of distribution operations.
Success Metrics / Accountability
The Program Architect is accountable for delivering measurable outcomes, including:
  • System availability and uptime (99.99% reliability targets)
  • Reduction in outage duration and reliability improvements (SAIDI/SAIFI)
  • Architectural defect reduction and integration stability
  • Vendor delivery quality and adherence to architecture standards
  • Program risk reduction and predictability of delivery
  • Successful deployment and operational adoption of ADMS capabilities
Why This Role Is Different
This is not a traditional architect role. It requires a rare combination of utility domain mastery, direct ADMS expertise, real-time systems knowledge, and enterprise transformation leadership.

At this level, success is defined not by producing architecture documentation, but by ensuring the program delivers resilient, scalable, and future-ready grid operations capabilities at enterprise scale.

About the Company

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Peyton Resource Group

Established in 2001, Peyton Resource Group is a solution-based staffing company that matches businesses with top talent for short-term, long-term or permanent needs. People are a business’s most valuable asset. Peyton Resource Group is dedicated to helping companies find the best talent, matching professionals with jobs where they will thrive. With locations in Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin, we are available to serve your staffing needs throughout Texas and across the country.
COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
WEBSITE
https://www.prg-usa.com/

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