ArcGIS Utility Network Solution Architect

Role Overview

The ArcGIS Utility Network Solution Architect will guide the transformation of a client's legacy GIS to ArcGIS Utility Network, applying industry best practices and proven implementation patterns.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead solution architect and functional advisor for the ArcGIS Utility Network implementation, guiding strategy, design, and integrations.
• Define the target Utility Network business processes, including work flows, applications, integrations, and governance patterns.
• Lead and advise on best practices for migrating from legacy network models to ArcGIS Utility Network.
• Translate utility business requirements into scalable GIS workflows, processes, applications, and service-based solutions.
• Ensure GIS capabilities support end-to-end utility workflows, including planning, design, construction, field operations, outage response, and asset management.
• Provide functional leadership to delivery teams and ensure solution quality, performance, and operational continuity throughout the migration.
• Establish rapid functional credibility with client stakeholders by articulating best practices, risks, and lessons learned from comparable Utility Network implementations.

Leadership & Client Engagement

• Acts as a trusted advisor to both business and IT leadership.
• Leads workshops, design sessions, and executive briefings related to Utility Network strategy, architecture, and implementation.
• Owns and produces solution architecture and functional design artifacts, including architecture diagrams, service interaction models, and integration designs.

Functional Requirements

• Deep experience with electric and gas distribution utilities, with strong understanding of operational processes and field-to-office workflows.
• Proven ability to align GIS solutions to engineering, operations, control rooms, and asset management teams.
• Strong grasp of Utility Network functional concepts, including network topology and rules, asset and device modeling, structural vs. functional networks, and advanced network tracing.
• Experience guiding organizations through adopting ArcGIS Utility Network and ArcGIS Pro-centric editing.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Esri platform, including ArcGIS Utility Network, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro, and service-based GIS patterns.
• Strong understanding of Utility Network architecture, including branch versioning, services, APIs, and web-GIS deployment models.
• Demonstrated success migrating from database-centric GIS architectures to service-oriented, API-driven platforms.
• Experience integrating GIS with enterprise systems, such as Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Work Management, Outage Management Systems (OMS), and field mobility solutions.
• Ability to design secure, scalable, and future-ready GIS platform aligned with enterprise IT standards.

Experience Required

• 7+ years of experience in utility GIS solution architecture and implementations.
• Multiple full-lifecycle ArcGIS Utility Network or comparable utility GIS transformations.
• Hybrid background spanning utility operations, operational enterprise GIS in utilities, and enterprise system integration.