Solution Architect GridOS - ADMS

Job Description Summary
You are a technical client-focused Solution specialist who seeks to understand emerging energy industry trends and implications on utilities.
As “Solution Architect GridOS – ADMS” you will be part of the Solution Design team, dedicated to ensuring best in class and optimal technical design to meet customer functional and non-functional requirements, project budget and timescale. You will drive, validate and audit the design of the solution during the different phases of the execution of a project (Scope Review, Statement of Work, Solution review, Factory Acceptance Tests, Site Acceptance Tests…)
Job Description

Essential Responsibilities – Day-to-day

As “Solution Architect GridOS – ADMS” you will:

• Engage with utility clients to understand their business needs and the impact of emerging trends as distributed energy resources (DERs) on their distribution system.
• Collaborate with the Services function (Delivery Manager and Project Manager) to interact with customers defining, producing, and maintaining an optimal Solution Design based on customer needs and product capabilities.
• Own the design deliverables (Statement of Work, Solution Architecture documents) and ensure traceability of requirements with solutions proposed.
• Be responsible for the communication and enforcement of the Solution Design to Customer and Key Project Stakeholders.
• Manage involvement of other SMEs (e.g. business analysts, IT / Cybersecurity experts) and ensure their design contributions meet system architecture functional and non-functional requirements.
• Drive excellence in execution through continuous improvement in their segment or domain (best practices and reference material – reference architectures, reference solutions).
• Collaborate with Product Managers & Engineering (Customer Voice, Return on Experience, product enhancements, reference architectures).
• Build technical expertise in the field of their segment or domain and deliver technical consultancy services on demand.
• Coordinate knowledge capitalization and dissemination across the Services & Solution Design teams.
• Be accountable for activities planning, progress reporting, and completing activities in their scope as per approved budget.

Qualifications/Requirements – Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a similar program, with a focus on Computer Science and Electrical Engineering / Power systems.
• Electricity Industry knowledge, with 2+ years relevant work experience as a Business Analyst, consultant, or developer.
• Understanding of how to trace a requirement to a design specification and the test plans / cases.
• Software development experience and integrating custom solutions with a product, specifically the GE Vernova GridOS ADMS product.
• Experience with Linux, Source code Management, Virtualization, Cloud Architecture (AWS and/or Azure), Micro-services architectures.
• Experience with cloud and cloud native technologies such as containers and Kubernetes.
• Exposure to iterative product development and program management techniques including Agile, Safe, Scrum, DevOps.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments.
• Professional English level.

Qualifications/Requirements – Nice to Have

• Knowledge of emerging energy industry trends and implications on utility customers (Renewables and DER orchestration, distribution planning, IT, SCADA).
• Experience in Services – Software Commissioning.

Note
This Job Description is intended to provide a high-level guide to the role. However, it is not intended to amend or otherwise restrict/expand the duties required from each individual employee as set out in their respective employment contract and/or as otherwise agreed between an employee and their manager.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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