Solution/Technical Architect (Utility Modernization)

What You Will Do:

• Lead solution architecture, technical strategy, and modernization planning activities for a major utility organization. 

• Assess current-state applications, integrations, databases, and infrastructure to identify modernization opportunities, technical debt, and architectural risks.

• Develop target-state architecture blueprints, technical roadmaps, and implementation strategies aligned with business and technology objectives.

• Define application, integration, data, and cloud architecture patterns to support scalable and sustainable future-state solutions.

• Lead architecture workshops, technical discovery sessions, and design reviews with client stakeholders, business teams, and delivery organizations.

• Develop architecture artifacts, including system diagrams, integration designs, data flow models, technical specifications, and decision records.

• Provide technical leadership and governance throughout the planning and design phase while establishing standards for future implementation activities.

• Partner with data, application, and infrastructure teams to define modernization approaches for legacy systems and complex utility data environments.

• Design and review API, event-driven, messaging, and batch-processing integration strategies.

• Collaborate with client and project leadership to identify risks, dependencies, and implementation considerations that may impact successful delivery.

• Support transition from planning and design into implementation activities anticipated throughout 2027.

• Present recommendations, findings, and architectural decisions to executive and technical stakeholders.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Minimum ten (10) years of experience in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Application Modernization, or related technical leadership roles.

• Minimum five (5) years of experience leading large-scale enterprise application modernization or digital transformation initiatives.

• Demonstrated utility industry experience supporting electric, gas, water, or energy organizations.

• Experience developing enterprise application, integration, and cloud architecture strategies.

• Strong experience with Microsoft .NET/C# application architectures.

• Experience designing REST and SOAP services and enterprise integration solutions.

• Experience with Angular-based application architectures.

• Experience with SQL Server and relational database design, optimization, and performance tuning.

• Hands-on experience designing and architecting solutions utilizing Databricks.

• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and cloud architecture best practices.

• Knowledge of event-driven architectures, message queuing technologies, and integration frameworks.

• Demonstrated ability to facilitate architecture workshops and communicate effectively with both technical and executive audiences.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and presentation development.

• Ability and willingness to travel to New York City approximately every other week for 2–3 days per trip (unless based in New York City).

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience supporting utility customer, billing, meter, usage, asset management, or operational systems.

• Experience with cloud architecture in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Experience designing large-scale data migration, transformation, and analytics solutions.

• Experience developing modernization roadmaps for legacy application portfolios.

• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices.

• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and governance processes.

• Experience working in consulting environments supporting large-scale technology transformation programs.

• Experience leading architecture review boards, governance committees, and technical steering groups.

• Knowledge of utility regulatory requirements and operational considerations.

• Experience supporting both strategy/design and implementation phases of modernization programs.