Principal Enterprise Architect
Oakland, CA
Full Time
Hybrid This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and our Oakland, CA office approximately 1 - 2 days per week, or more, based on business needs.
A reasonable salary range is: Bay Area Minimum: $155,000.00 Max : $210,000.00 - $2,20,0000 per Annum Need Utility Industry knowledge in the areas of DERMS, ADMS, Scada, has been hard to find people with domain knowledge.
Looking for domain knowledge in Utilities, great communication skills, prev architecture experience in Enterprise Architecture. More details in the job req.
Vendor call notes: Need Utility Industry knowledge in the areas of DERMS, ADMS, Scada, has been hard to find people with domain knowledge.
Looking for domain knowledge in Utilities, great communication skills, prev architecture experience in Enterprise Architecture.
Experience with technologies in the Grid Modernization and Operations technology (OT), Asset and Work Management
Architecture implementation experience in one of following: ADMS, SCADA, and/or DERMS
Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills
Open for relocation and will provide relocation assistance .
Nice to have stake holder and Business and stakeholder IT
Developing strategic workshops and application architect.
10+ years of experience with Degree and 14 year with out degree.
Job Responsibilities Collaborate with executive and senior leadership to define system operations and grid modernization strategy.
Develop and maintain technology roadmaps to support the client goals.
Partner with business to develop technology roadmaps for ongoing ADMS and DERMS Initiatives.
Assess current IT application environment for operational technology, smart grid, and microgrid, and develop future IT architecture.
Lead vendor assessments, support RFP s and application rationalization efforts.
Support IT strategic planning and portfolio modernization process for the portfolio.
Coordinate roadmaps across enterprise groups to manage conflicts, redundancies, and interdependencies.
Collaborate with domain enterprise architects to ensure strategies, standards, design patterns, and roadmaps are consistent and integrated.
Support project delivery and provide enterprise architecture view to support solution designs.
Stay updated with developments in AI, edge computing, and other emerging industry segments within the portfolio.
Be a self-starter, able to solve complex issues with cross-functional teams, and thrive in a fast-moving, agile environment.
Qualifications
Minimum: BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Eng. or a related subject or equivalent experience
Minimum 10 years of enterprise architecture experience
Desired: Experience in Utilities with experience in at least one or more of the following focus areas: Grid Modernization, Asset/Work Management, ADMS, SCADA, and DERMS
Master s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, or a related field
Experience with technologies in the Grid Modernization and Operations technology (OT), Asset and Work Management
Architecture implementation experience in one of following: ADMS, SCADA, and/or DERMS
Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
High-energy, passionate, and positive outlook with strong sense of ownership
Experience or familiarity with diverse set of application development technologies and platforms
Good understanding of business and data architecture, business capability mapping, and business process reengineering
Solution architecture, and project implementation experience
Relevant architecture certification such as TOGAF
Department Overview Information Technology is a unified organization comprised of various departments which collaborate in order to effectively deliver high quality technology solutions. IT functions are to design, develop, operate and maintain the information and telecommunications systems that enable the Company to meet its commitment to customers: Keeping the Lights on and the Gas Flowing, delivering at a Reasonable Price, and Providing Simple and Convenient Options.
Position Summary The Enterprise Strategy & Architecture (ES&A) is a centralized architecture group within Information Technology department. The group supports the client's safety, reliability and affordability goals under the architecture mandate of Reuse, Rationalize, Optimize, and Standardize.
Reporting to the Lead Enterprise Architect, the successful candidate in the role will be a Master Planner with a big picture mindset responsible for turning the architecture vision for the business domain into reality by:
Developing thorough understanding of the business processes, application portfolio, underlying IT infrastructure
Suggesting technology needs to enable business maturity and help prioritize the right investments
Create business architecture models to help connect business vision, goals and outcomes to corresponding technology implementation roadmaps
Owning the architecture of a portfolio of applications
Create enterprise strategy in alignment with Client's True North Strategy Goals
Helping build and maintain prioritized portfolio backlogs for business features and foundational or shared capabilities
Enabling and empowering execution teams by delivering reusable architecture patterns, architecture building blocks, reference architectures, implementation best practices, and architecture decision frameworks
Coaching, mentoring, and guiding the implementation teams throughout the value chain
Rolling up the sleeves to get the job done is required
Collaborating with several teams within Business and IT on a regular basis.
The successful candidate will have strong experience with diverse set of technologies and platforms with deep expertise in at least a few, highly analytical, and project management skills. You should also have strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Experience working with or in the utility industry is highly desirable but not required.