Senior Operational Technology (OT) Integration Architect

About the role

TRC, Member of WSP, is a global consulting environmental and engineering firm and one of the top design firms in the energy sector. Together, TRC and WSP’s 83,000 experts create positive, long-lasting impacts for communities and clients in power and energy, transportation and infrastructure, environmental, and property and buildings sectors. The company combines science with the latest technology to devise innovative solutions across pipelines, power plants, roadways, reservoirs, and security solutions, and invests in employee careers through training and development of new skills and certifications.

The Senior Operational Technology (OT) Integration Architect serves as the primary functional resource on software implementation and integration projects within the Digital Solutions sector, responsible for the overall functional success of the project. The role focuses on architecting and designing software solutions for Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS), Energy Management Systems (EMS), Outage Management Systems (OMS), and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA). This customer-facing delivery expert works closely with the OT Technical Lead, OT Application Leads and Engineers, and the Project Manager to ensure the solution meets customer needs and business objectives. The position may consider candidates near other TRC offices and involves travel typically less than 25% to support workshops and projects.

Responsibilities

• Validate architecture requirements and diagrams with vendors and business stakeholders to elicit, detail, and prioritize customer requirements.
• Assess responses from technical and functional owners against industry best practice functionality for an ADMS environment to capture all requirements and develop the overall solution.
• Work with system vendors to understand their solution and incorporate it into the overall solution design.
• Understand and influence vendor solution design, artifacts, and deliverables.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and own the solution design; keep all technical SMEs apprised of solution changes affecting their technical area.
• Oversee design, build, and test activities by integration vendors to link third-party applications.
• Collaborate with IT Security to ensure security requirements for the solution are followed, including Impact Analysis Assessments and adhering to IT General Controls.
• Provide a comprehensive approach to IT technology solutions, considering application, infrastructure, database, security, and networking working together seamlessly.
• Oversee the development of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans specific to the solutions.
• Collaborate with IT Support to define ongoing support requirements and a support transition plan for the solutions.
• Ensure all IT Support documentation is updated to reflect changes introduced by the solution, including specification of KPIs to measure and monitor solution health and efficiency.
• Support Organizational Change Management staff in preparation and delivery of training and business communications.
• Report progress to Program Management and collaborate with Project Manager to identify, mitigate, and escalate risks and issues.
• Collaborate with Solution Leads on other projects in the program to identify and align dependencies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Business Technology Management or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, and documenting complex IT solution designs.
• Demonstrated ability in and deep understanding of complex network architectures and IT system design associated with an ADMS system.
• Demonstrated experience eliciting and managing systems and business requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in leading a team of project technical resources from design to delivery.
• Demonstrated experience in vendor management to optimize the vendor’s portion of the solution.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrated experience with system security in a Utility environment.
• Prior experience enabling a top-tier Electric Utility ADMS.
• Prior experience with SAP EAM or CIS, GIS systems, OMS systems, EMS systems.
• Prior experience with solution implementations in a multi-vendor environment.
• Experience working with real-time systems and data connectivity.
• Experience with utility SCADA standards such as DNP3, ICCP, and Modbus.
• Experience with servers, storage, and network infrastructure, as well as physical, cloud-based, and hybrid environments.
• Experience with other utility standards such as CIM 61968 / 61970, OpenADR, IEEE 2030.5, SEP2.0 (nice-to-have).
• Experience with Webservices, XML, SOAP, RESTful, etc.
• Travel as needed to support workshops and projects (typically less than 25%).

Pay

Salary Range: USD $155,001.60 - USD $190,000.00 per year. Compensation varies based upon experience, education, skill level, geographical location, and other compensable factors. Employees may be eligible for participation in the Company’s annual Discretionary Bonus Program, contingent on Company, Business Segment, and Individual performance against Key Performance Indicators which vary by year and employee.