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 that align with the long-term vision of the organization.
• Lead efforts to identify and deliver grid operations services that support grid modernization assessments, technology roadmaps, software upgrades, and implementations.
• Architect, design, develop, and implement SCADA, EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, and DERMS solutions to support complex business requirements.
• Support analysis, design, build, test, triage defects, configuration, and deployment activities.
• Lead or assist with program estimating, planning, and budgeting efforts and be accountable for the program/project delivery execution.
• Ensure the successful completion of the project by budget, scope, quality, and attainment of the business objectives.
• Supervise the overall project status and progress and ensure all scheduled milestones and delivery dates are met.
• Lead or assist with completing high-level project communications and status reporting to the supporting executive team.
• Assist with the timely development and implementation of all stages of the system.
• Use project execution experience and knowledge to provide input and influence project execution processes and quality assurance/quality control protocols.
• Ensure compliance with company and site safety policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is 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 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.
• Experience developing executive-level technology assessments, roadmap strategies focusing on enterprise, and operational technologies for clients in the utilities industry.