Solutions Architect, Expert

Job Overview:

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years experience in Information Technology.
• 4+ years of solution architecture and project implementation experience in Asset Investment Planning (Copperleaf or equivalent), ERP (SAP or equivalent), or GIS.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business, technology, and enterprise architecture stakeholders to understand current-state capabilities and define future-state solution needs across major transformational programs.
• Focus on technical/functional portfolios including Engineering & Design, Integrated Planning, Grid Interconnection, and Asset Management.
• Act as the primary technical lead in deploying Copperleaf in support of the Integrated Planning workstream.
• Develop end-to-end solution architecture across applications, data, integrations, infrastructure, security, and business processes.
• Create and maintain architecture artifacts, including current-state and target-state views, solution diagrams, roadmaps, and decision records.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity requirements, regulatory needs, and business objectives.
• Evaluate technology options and recommend solutions that are sustainable, adaptable, cost-effective, and operationally supportable.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams through design, delivery, testing, implementation, and transition to operations.
• Identify architecture risks, dependencies, gaps, and trade-offs, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Support governance reviews, architecture approvals, and stakeholder decision-making while staying current on emerging technologies and industry best practices.
• Address complex problems that span functions and manage projects or initiatives that are high complexity and risk.
• Own outcomes and maintain the courage to share unpopular viewpoints.

Nice to Have:

• Understanding of the utility industry or similarly regulated industries, including how technology supports business processes.
• Experience in one or more of the following technical/functional areas: estimating, engineering, customer billing, electric generation, utility operation.
• Experience overseeing vendor-delivered software solutions or contractor development teams.
• Architecture, security, or IT delivery certifications such as TOGAF, Zachman, DODAF, CISSP, ITIL, or similar.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), enterprise integration patterns, CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code, observability, and production support practices.
• Experience using Microsoft Visio, Lucid chart or other TOGAF-based modeling tools.
• Experience with solutions such as Copperleaf, SAP, PLS-CADD, AutoCAD, AUD, or Bentley ProjectWise.
• Hands-on experience with AI, ML, or GenAI solution delivery, including LLM applications, RAG, agentic workflows, prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, observability, APIs, or data pipelines.

Skills:

• Solution Architecture.
• Asset Investment Planning.
• Copperleaf.
• ERP.
• SAP.
• GIS.
• Cybersecurity.
• Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure).
• Enterprise Integration Patterns.
• CI/CD.
• Automated Testing.
• Infrastructure as Code.
• AI/ML/GenAI.
• TOGAF.
• Microsoft Visio.
• Lucid chart.

Qualification And Education:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to influence outcomes through expertise, analysis, collaboration, stakeholder partnership, customer focus, sound judgment, and a multidisciplinary approach.
• Proven ability to apply multi-disciplinary approach to develop best-of-breed portfolio solutions.