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

Minimum:
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