Solution Architect

At E Source, we help utilities make sense of complexity in a rapidly changing landscape, and we're looking for a Solution Architect to help shape how that impact shows up in the world.

E Source is a research, data/analytics, and technology focused professional services firm focused exclusively on the utility industry in the US and Canada. We help utilities target and serve their customers more effectively, enhance and optimize their grid, and leverage operating best practices and technologies to manage their business more effectively. Headquartered in Texas, we have 450+ employees across the US and Canada. Learn more at www.esource.com

As a Solution Architect, you'll provide senior technical leadership across complex AMI (advanced metering infrastructure) and utility technology initiatives. You'll work with utility business, IT, and OT (operational technology) teams to define current- and future-state architectures, identify integration requirements and dependencies, guide solution design, and provide technical oversight throughout implementation. In addition to solution architecture and systems integration, you'll provide leadership across technical implementation activities such as requirements management, system testing, data management, and data quality — directing technical consultants supporting these workstreams, and contributing hands-on when project needs require.

In this role, you will:

• Lead development of current-state and future-state solution architectures for AMI and related utility technology initiatives.

• Develop system context diagrams, component diagrams, logical and physical architectures, integration models, and supporting technical documentation.

• Translate business processes, functional requirements, data requirements, automation objectives, and implementation constraints into practical solution designs.

• Identify and define integration requirements across AMI, meter data management systems (MDMS), CIS, GIS, work management, asset management, outage management, customer platforms, analytics, and other utility systems.

• Facilitate architecture, system configuration, integration, and design workshops with utility stakeholders, vendors, and project teams.

• Evaluate vendor solution designs and technical approaches for alignment with requirements, reference architecture, scalability, interoperability, and long-term supportability.

• Provide technical oversight throughout design, build, integration, testing, deployment, and transition to operations to help ensure the implemented solution remains aligned with the approved architecture and requirements.

• Lead and oversee project testing and data management activities, including directing and mentoring technical consultants supporting test planning and execution, requirements traceability, defect management, data validation, data quality, and issue resolution.