Principal IT Architect - US Electric Domain

About us

 

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen. As we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don’t plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark. So, join us as a Principal IT Architect and find your superpower. We need you!

 

We want to find a visionary, adaptable, and results-oriented Principal IT Architect for our US Electric Domain within our Architecture team. This position can be located in Brooklyn, NY, Waltham, MA, Hicksville, NY, or Syracuse, NY (candidates may also reside in either Connecticut, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, or Maine). If you yearn to be innovative, contribute new ideas, and play a critical part in our IT & Digital organization, we want to hear from you!

What you'll do

 

As a Principal IT Domain Architect, you'll be crucial in shaping the architecture of our technology solutions, ensuring they align with our business goals and strategies. You'll lead the design and implementation of complex solutions, driving innovation and excellence in our technology landscape. You'll provide technical guidance and expertise to the Programs and Products supporting the Electric Domain, including Highest Security Zone hosting National Grid Critical Network Infrastructure (CNI). Key responsibilities include the following:

 

• Ensure alignment of IT strategies with business goals and identify capability gaps and technology recommendations to achieve our strategic objectives.
• Provide technical thought leadership and direction for the design of highly complex and Enterprise/Domain scale systems solutions to effectively meet business needs. Provide leadership for the architecture and solution design of projects/products that address strategic business needs and compliance with regulatory requirements.  This includes in-depth analysis of multiple solution options and outlining technology recommendations.
• Define the roadmaps from the "as-is state" to the “to-be state”. Design secure, efficient, and adaptable future state models. Define the high-level migration/transition plans to address the gaps between the "as-is" and future state.
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, robust, and secure solutions.
• Create the Solution Visions and Conceptual Architecture that addresses the high-level business requirements. 
• Develop integration patterns to enable timely and efficient delivery and data 
• Design secure, scalable and flexible solutions and ensure reliability requirements are designed in from the start.
• Maintain broad knowledge in the business applications/services that comprise the electric domain. 
• Provide technical subject matter expertise and insight related to the business applications electric domain.
• Establish and enforce architecture principles, guidelines, and standards.
• Conduct architecture reviews and ensure adherence to best practices and standards.

 

• Key Deliverables

 

• Solution Vision and Technology/Solution Architecture and related diagrams and documentation to meet the changing needs of our enterprise.
• Current State and Target State Architectural Definitions in alignment to program and product scope: value streams, business capabilities, master data, personas, applications, and key data flows.
• Technology Roadmaps and Iterations of the Architectural Definition showing transition states of each value stream over the course of the program and product lifecycle: value streams, business capabilities, master data, personas, applications, and key data flows and technology transitions 
• Application Rationalization Roadmap 

About you

 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 7+ years of experience designing systems for use in large scale enterprises.
• 7+ years of hands-on technology development and/or implementation experience.
• Strong technical skills around vendor product selection, software and technology analysis, business analytics, interfaces such as REST, and modern software technologies such as Containers and Microservices.
• Experience with one or more of the TOGAF (or equivalent framework) architectural domains in business, application, data, technology; have used architecture tools such as Troux, Alfabet, Sparx or equivalent.
• Experience in architectural support of Agile delivery framework and digital product lifecycle.
• Experience in developing solutions with both custom and