Senior Solution Architect, Power Systems/Energy Management System

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
Provides expertise in sustained customer success and growth in customer lifecycle through training, professional services, technical support, renewals, outcome attainment, retention, expansion, and customer advocacy with a Digital focus. Impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working. Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team. Has significant input into priorities. Guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.

The Project team delivers customer success through the implementation of software services.

The Solution Architect is a pivotal part of the services organization, who owns the solution design on the Project. The Solution Architect cultivates relationships with a portfolio of customers in both pre-sales and project delivery phases and provides objective advice and assistance on the strategy, structure, management and operations of a customer organization, in support of identified business purposes and objectives.

The Solution Architect provides solution leadership in pre-sales and delivery phases to clients, cross-functional GE teams and key suppliers to identify and define client business outcomes and continues to manage those relationships to ensure outcomes are met within project constraints. You will play a key leadership role in defining, implementing and maintaining the internal Project team’s best practices and delivery standards across existing and new opportunities.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the Solution Design of the projectBecome a Trusted Advisor” with our customers technologists and internal GE Digital teamCapability to translate electrical market standard and regulation and map to GE product offeringValidate design questions on the project whilst interfacing with the Delivery Manager and internal GE Digital team to ensure a successful outcome.Communicate effectively with Project Manager, Customer, Project team (APAC and global), DevOps on project and technical items such as project status, risks and mitigation, scope, and issuesValidate engineering Gate Reviews (Requirements, Design, Factory Testing Readiness, Site Acceptance Readiness) within GE and the customerUtilize software delivery performance measurement tools and indicators (e.g.Smartsheets)Utilize GE Product knowledge and expertise to drive excellence in execution through continuous improvement, change management (costs base reduction, lead time reduction, productivity improvement, quality improvement,etc)Agile mindset and ability to work with one or more Scrum Teams (Region and Global team) to execute and deliver solutions for our customersGood understanding of DevOps concepts, such as automated builds, automated deployments and automated tests, to lead customers and apply those concepts to your daily deliverablesValidate project scope review in coordination with the Delivery team identifying, documenting, and estimating any change requests (CR) or project risks with mitigation plans. Work with Project Manager to communicate with customer.Assist in the tendering process for project proposals or CRs working with the Customer Engagement team/resource managers to validate scope and estimates as well as reviewing each proposal with the customer.Ensure a smooth transfer to maintenance at project endEngage in Customer management activities with Project ManagerWork with Project Manager to report or resolve any process non-conformances in a timely mannerAdditional Responsibilities:Technical Leadership of the solution architectureAnalyze, define and prioritize Business and Functional requirements and processes and propose technical solutions to meet the business issues and close inefficiency gapsResponsibility for the Business requirements through the entire lifecycle of the project from definition, implementation, test and deliveryCreate and maintain relationships with key decision makers, stakeholders and 3rd PartiesParticipate & lead technical requirements workshopsWrite and present technical proposals and presentationsAbility to take ownership of issues and get them resolved using self-driven initiative

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or Power Systems EngineeringProven experience in a senior technical consultancy role within the industryDirect customer facing experienceMinimum of 15 years related work experience leading engineering teams, implementing a suite of products and engaging directly with customersMinimum 10 years’ experience with Digital software SCADA, Energy Management System (EMS) and Distribution Management System (DMS)

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, marke

• Committed to maintaining the highest standards of service quality in all aspects of project delivery

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

• Strong organizational, analytical, andproblem solvingabilities

• Familiar with contract terms

• Experience working with global teams / partners

• Strong Software development skills in software analysis, design, methodology, and architecture

• Ability to direct other engineers regarding best practices and ways to improve the overall implementation process

• Ability to develop project tools and templates to facilitate ease of implementation

• Understanding of what built-in quality is, where Test Driven Development and Test Automation are key ingredients Demonstrate awareness about competitors within the SCADA/EMS/DMS industry

• Voice opinions and presents clear rationale using data or factual evidence to influence and look for opportunities to improve the customer experience while maintaining business requirements

• Recognized as a knowledge leader in his/her area of expertise

• Strong knowledge in Operating system such as MS-Windows Server and Red Hat Linux

• Familiar with Programming experience in software development with Microsoft Visual Studio / Development tools, Eclipse, C#, and C++ programming

• Experience in using Virtualization (VMware vSphere, vCenter,vMotion,etc)

• Experience in software analysis, design, quality assurance, architecture, and Agile development methodology

• Basic knowledge in Automatic process deployment, continues improvement (CI) andcontinues deployment (CD)

• Demonstrated ability to learn new software development practices, languages, and tools

• Familiar with project testing such as Factory acceptance test (FAT), Site acceptance test (SAT) and user acceptance test (UAT)

• Familiar with web and other technologies such as HTML 5,Javascript, CSS andJQuery, Perl script, Phyton, strawberry Perl, RDBMS system such as oracle, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Power BI reporting, crystal reports,etc

• Strong spoken and written English language skills

​t, and execute programs. Established project management skills.

• Note:To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years’ experience required for any role based within the USA.For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Relocation Assistance Provided:
No

#LI-Remote – This is a remote position