Grid Systems Senior Solution Architect -1898 & Co.

About the role

The selected candidate will join the Enterprise System & Integration team at Description 1898 & Co., a division of Burns & McDonnell. The team focuses on providing Enterprise Solution Services, delivering high value to our clients through a variety of leading technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional consulting services focused on solutions such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Energy Management Systems (EMS), Outage Management Systems (OMS), Distribution Management Systems (DMS), Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS), and Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS).
• Strategically guide and advise executive leaders on investment decisions aligned with the long-term vision of the organization.
• Lead efforts in identifying and delivering grid operations services that support grid modernization assessments, technology roadmaps, software upgrades, and implementations for electric utility clients.
• Architect, design, develop, and implement SCADA, EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, and DERMS solutions to support complex business requirements.
• Support commissioning, testing, and deployment of SCADA, EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, and DERMS systems.
• Provide field support, troubleshooting, and project coordination for SCADA, EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, and DERMS systems.
• Lead or assist with program estimating, planning, and budgeting efforts, ensuring program/project delivery execution.
• Ensure project quality of deliverables and supervise overall project status and progress.
• Act as an application architect and solution architect, driving business process design activities and creating high-level designs for integration solutions.
• Develop executive-level technology assessments, roadmap strategies, and operational technologies for clients in the utilities industry.
• Support project execution using various methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred)
• Minimum 7 years of experience providing enterprise or operations architecture strategies, enterprise or operations integration solutions, and services leveraging various applications and technical platforms (applicable work experience may substitute for the degree requirement)
• Experience in large-scale enterprise transformation projects using industry enterprise architecture strategy solutions and standard industry technologies
• Experience with electric utility clients in implementing and integrating operational systems, such as OMS, DMS, ADMS, AMI, Distribution Automation, and Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
• Strong ability to influence or lead project execution
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with leading-edge applications, operations technology, and solutions utilizing various industry standard tools
• Experience with a variety of project execution methodologies, including but not limited to Waterfall and Agile

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred)
• Applicable work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement
• Minimum 7 years of experience providing enterprise or operations architecture strategies, enterprise or operations integration solutions, and services leveraging various applications and technical platforms
• Preferred: 5 years working in the Electric Utility Industry or equivalent
• Excellent enterprise architecture and integration skills, including data architecture, cloud architecture, middleware, communications, and other architectural methods and practices
• Experience with electric utility clients in implementing and integrating operational systems, such as OMS, DMS, ADMS, AMI, Distribution Automation, and Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
• Strong ability to influence or lead project execution
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with leading-edge applications, operations technology, and solutions utilizing various industry standard tools
• Experience with a variety of project execution methodologies, including but not limited to Waterfall and Agile
• Experience developing executive-level technology assessments, roadmap strategies focusing on enterprise, and operational technologies for clients in the utilities industry