Utilities- Solutions Architect

Job Title: Solution Architect Work Type: Hybrid Job Location: Oakland Position Summary We are looking for a Solution Architect for a major utility provider’s Enterprise Strategy & Architecture group. 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 domains into reality by:

• Developing thorough understanding of the business processes, application portfolio and 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 PG&E’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 architecture, implementation best practices, and architecture decision frameworks
• Coaching, mentoring, and guiding the implementation teams throughout the value chain
• 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 Job Responsibilities
• Partner with senior business and IT leadership to develop technology roadmaps for Integrated Planning, Project & Portfolio Management domains
• This role will lead end-end Strategy across Integrated Planning, PPM, Engineering & Estimating and Work Management
• Collaborate with business to enable their future goals by leveraging appropriate technologies for these portfolios
• Assess current IT application environment for asset and risk domain and develop future IT target architecture.
• Lead vendor assessments, support RFPs, and application rationalization efforts.
• Support IT strategic planning and portfolio modernization process.
• 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.
• Be a self-starter, able to solve complex issues with cross-functional teams, and thrive in a fast-moving, agile environment.

Qualifications

BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Eng. or a related subject or equivalent 10 years of Enterprise Architecture experience Desired:

• Experience in Utilities with focus areas such as: Integrated Planning, PPM, Engineering & Estimating and Work Management
• Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, or a related field
• Architecture implementation experience with technologies in SAP, P6, Engineering & Estimating tools, Enterprise Reporting and Analytics specific to Integrated Planning and PPM domains Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills
• High-energy, passionate, and positive outlook with strong sense of ownership
• Familiarity with diverse 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