ADMS IT Environment & Release Lead, Expert

Requisition ID # 168482 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Department Overview

PG&E IT is a unified organization composed of various departments which collaborate effectively to plan, deliver, and operate high quality technology solutions. Grid and Control Center technology department is in the process of embarking major transformation journey implementing ADMS (Advanced Distribution Management System), DERMS (Distributed Energy resource management system) and supports & maintains legacy applications within Electric distribution & transmission and Gas area to meet identified business goals and priorities.

 

Position Summary

The Environment and Release Lead is responsible for overseeing environment management and software release processes for the Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) within an electric utility. This role ensures seamless deployments, system stability, and regulatory compliance while coordinating across IT, OT, ADMS vendors, and control center operations. The ideal candidate will have experience managing ADMS environments (including SCADA, OMS, and DERMS integrations), implementing structured release management practices, and working within regulatory frameworks like NERC CIP to maintain system reliability and security.

PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of the job posting. This salary range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location. The decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.  

Pay range: $126,000.00 - $179,300.00

 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and our Oakland Headquarters based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory. 

 

Job Responsibilities

• ADMS Environment Management:
  • Oversee and maintain ADMS environments, including development, test, staging, training, and production.
  • Define and implement provisioning, configuration, and decommissioning strategies for ADMS environments in collaboration with ADMS Core applications.
  • Ensure system consistency across SCADA, OMS, GIS, and AMI integrations.
  • Monitor environment performance, availability, and cybersecurity, ensuring compliance with NERC CIP and utility industry best practices.
  • Collaborate with vendors (e.g., Schneider Electric), ensuring adherence to environment and security policies.
  • Work with IT on platform patch management, maintaining a cadence throughout the year. Ensure environments are not lagging behind in software versions
• Release & Deployment Management:
  • Develop and execute structured release strategies for ADMS software upgrades, patches, and configurations.
  • Plan and coordinate ADMS software releases, ensuring minimizing unplanned downtime for control center operations.
  • Manage and enforce change control and governance aligned with utility industry compliance (NERC CIP, ITIL, FERC, ISO standards).
  • Maintain a release calendar, aligning deployments with operational schedules and vendor update cycles.
  • Implement and improve data release cycles utilizing DevOps tools (inc GitHub, Jenkins, AWS tools, etc.), and where feasible, balance patch updates with reliability in control center environments.
  • Work directly with Cloud Center of Excellence on ADMS applications in the cloud (e.g. OMT and Middleware APIs)
  • Establish rollback and disaster recovery plans to minimize operational risk during releases.
• Collaboration & Compliance: