Senior Solution Architect Operational Technologies - 1898 & Co.

Company: Burns & McDonnell
Location: Houston
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

Description1898 & Co., a division of Burns & McDonnell, is seeking a Senior Solution Architect focused on Operational Technologies to provide utility grid modernization consulting services for our electric utility clients. The selected candidate will join the Enterprise System & Integration team, which is focused on providing Enterprise Solution Services delivering high value to our clients through a variety of leading technologies. The Senior Solution Architect shall possess strong electric utility business and technology acumen. The Senior Solution Architect will provide professional consulting services focused on the Operational Technology aspects solutions such as Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS), Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS), IEC-61850 Enabled Digital Substations, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and the associated enabling networks including Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), and Field Area Networks (FAN). Candidates must also have strong project execution capabilities, strong leadership and collaboration capabilities, and excellent communication skills, be focused on continuous improvement and enterprise innovation, and have strong attention to detail while delivering high-quality work to our clients.The Senior Enterprise Systems Solution Architect will be responsible for providing strategic guidance, road mapping, research, planning, and leading practices to our client's executive leaders to make investment decisions aligned with the organization's long-term vision. This role is responsible for ensuring the execution of various solutions and/or offerings for client engagements. The Senior Solution Architect will develop and lead the execution of efforts to deliver solutions offerings and architecture services to our clients in support of technology, process, and application solutions.Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, architecture, and implementation of technology solutions to support complex business requirements.
• Lead the activities associated with analysis, design, build, test, triaging defects, configuration, and deployment.
• Lead technology solution program estimating, planning, and budgeting efforts.
• Ability to support Enterprise Program Management activities utilizing various methodologies such as but not limited to Waterfall and Agile methods.
• Assist in the successful completion of the project per the 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.
• Responsible for overall project quality of deliverables.
• Support department management in the evaluation of team performance and development of training programs.
• Validate that the solution and architecture designs utilize the integration architecture components appropriately.
• Manage functional and technical aspects of proposed solutions from inception through delivery.
• Lead quality checks to support a successful solution deployment.
• Evaluate delivery process, technical solutions and training procedures and make improvements to facilitate the best possible customer experience.
• Build effective relationships with existing clients, customers, and contractors and develop new business opportunities. Responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction goals and expectations are met.
• Participate in sales and marketing efforts and identify critical pursuits.
• Participate in the development of proposals and qualification statements to achieve stated targets and standards for financial performance.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to the department by mentoring less experienced staff.
• Responsible for effective communication with other disciplines.
• Responsible for QA/QC process adherence.
• Responsible for compliance with company and site safety policies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field from an accredited program and 7 years of relevant experience. Applicable years of experience may be substituted for degree requirement.
  • Architecture and integration skills, including areas such as data architecture, cloud architecture, middleware, communications, or other architectural methods and practices.
  • Understanding of current and emerging associated technologies to manage and deliver quality enterprise solutions in both Information Technology (IT) and Operations Technology (OT) domains.
  • Experience with a variety of project execution methodologies.
  • Experience with leading-edge application(s), operations technology and solutions utilizing various industry standard tools.
  • Experience developing executive-level technology assessments, roadmap strategies focusing on enterprise and/or operation technologies.
  • Preferred experience with electric utility clients implementing and integrating operational systems such as OMS, ADMS, AMI, DERMS, IEC-61850, SCADA, Fiber or FAN networks.
  • Strong ability to influence or lead project execution.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/VeteransJob: ConsultingPrimary Location: US-MO-Kansas CityOther Locations: US-AZ-Phoenix, US-TX-Fort Worth, US-TX-Houston, US-FL-Orlando, US-TX-Austin, US-GA-Atlanta, US-TX-DallasSchedule: Full-timeTravel: Yes, 25 % of the TimeAbout 1898 & Co. 1898 & Co. is a business, technology and security solutions consultancy where experience and foresight come together to unlock lasting advancements. We innovate today to fuel our clients' future growth, catalyzing insights that drive smarter decisions, improve performance and maximize value. As part of Burns & McDonnell, we draw on more than 120 years of deep and broad experience in complex industries as we envision and enable the future for our clients.Req ID: 250260Job Hire Type: Experienced #LI-MG #E98 N/A
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