Principal Enterprise Architect

Requisition ID # 166879 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview
Information Technology is a unified organization comprised of various departments which collaborate to effectively deliver high quality technology solutions. IT functions are to design, develop, operate and maintain the information and telecommunications systems that enable the Company to meet its commitment to customers: Keeping the Lights on and the Gas Flowing, delivering at a Reasonable Price, and Providing Simple and Convenient Options.

Position Summary

Enterprise Strategy & Architecture (ES&A) is a centralized architecture group within the Information Technology department. The group supports PG&E’s safety, reliability and affordability goals under the architecture mandate of Reuse, Rationalize, Optimize, and Standardize.

Reporting to the Lead Enterprise Architect, the successful candidate in the role will be a Master Planner with a big picture mindset responsible for turning the architecture vision for the business domains into reality by:

• Developing thorough understanding of the business processes, application portfolio and underlying IT infrastructure
• Suggesting technology needs to enable business maturity and help prioritize the right investments
• Create business architecture models to help connect business vision, goals and outcomes to corresponding technology implementation roadmaps
• Owning the architecture of a portfolio of applications
• Create enterprise strategy in alignment with PG&E’s True North Strategy Goals
• Helping build and maintain prioritized portfolio backlogs for business features and foundational or shared capabilities
• Enabling and empowering execution teams by delivering reusable architecture patterns, architecture building blocks, reference architecture, implementation best practices, and architecture decision frameworks
• Coaching, mentoring, and guiding the implementation teams throughout the value chain
• Collaborating with several teams within Business and IT on a regular basis

The successful candidate will have strong experience with diverse set of technologies and platforms with deep expertise in at least a few, highly analytical, and project management skills. You should also have strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Experience working with or in the utility industry is highly desirable but not required.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and our Oakland, CA office approximately 1 - 2 days per week, or more, based on business needs.

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.  

Bay Area: $155,000 - $231,000

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with executive and senior leadership to define system operations and grid modernization strategy.
• Partner with business to develop technology roadmaps for ADMS, DERMS and Emergency Preparedness & Response Portfolios
• Assess current IT application environment for operational technology, smart grid, and microgrid, and develop future IT architecture.
• Lead vendor assessments, support RFPs, and application rationalization efforts.
• Support IT strategic planning and portfolio modernization process.
• Coordinate roadmaps across enterprise groups to manage conflicts, redundancies, and interdependencies.
• Collaborate with domain enterprise architects to ensure strategies, standards, design patterns, and roadmaps are consistent and integrated.
• Support project delivery and provide enterprise architecture view to support solution designs.
• Stay updated with developments in AI, edge computing, and other emerging industry segments.
• Be a self-starter, able to solve complex issues with cross-functional teams, and thrive in a fast-moving, agile environment.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Eng. or a related subject or equivalent experience
• Minimum 10 years of enterprise architecture experience
• Experience in Utilities/Utilities related space

Desired: 

• Experience in Utilities with focus areas such as: Grid Modernization, ADMS, DERMS and Asset/Work Management
• Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, or a related field
• Architecture implementation experience with technologies in Grid Modernization, Operations technology (OT) and/or Asset and Work Management areas
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills
• High-energy, passionate, and positive outlook with strong sense of ownership
• Familiarity with diverse application development technologies and platforms
• Good understanding of business and data architecture, business capability mapping, and business process reengineering
• Solution architecture and project implementation experience
• Relevant architecture certification such as TOGAF