1898 Co., a division of Burns McDonnell, is seeking a Senior Solution Architect focused on Operational Technologies to provide utility grid modernization consulting services for our electric utility clients. The selected candidate will join the Enterprise System Integration team, which is focused on providing Enterprise Solution Services delivering high value to our clients through a variety of leading technologies. The Senior Solution Architect shall possess strong electric utility business and technology acumen. The Senior Solution Architect will provide professional consulting services focused on the Operational Technology aspects solutions such as Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS), Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS), IEC-61850 Enabled Digital Substations, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and the associated enabling networks including Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), and Field Area Networks (FAN). Candidates must also have strong project execution capabilities, strong leadership and collaboration capabilities, and excellent communication skills, be focused on continuous improvement and enterprise innovation, and have strong attention to detail while delivering high-quality work to our clients.

The Senior Enterprise Systems Solution Architect will be responsible for providing strategic guidance, road mapping, research, planning, and leading practices to our client's executive leaders to make investment decisions aligned with the organization's long-term vision. This role is responsible for ensuring the execution of various solutions and/or offerings for client engagements. The Senior Solution Architect will develop and lead the execution of efforts to deliver solutions offerings and architecture services to our clients in support of technology, process, and application solutions.

Lead the design, development, architecture, and implementation of technology solutions to support complex business requirements.Lead the activities associated with analysis, design, build, test, triaging defects, configuration, and deployment.Lead technology solution program estimating, planning, and budgeting efforts.Ability to support Enterprise Program Management activities utilizing various methodologies such as but not limited to Waterfall and Agile methods.Assist in the successful completion of the project per the budget, scope, quality, and attainment of the business objectives. Supervise the overall project status and progress and ensure all scheduled milestones and delivery dates are met.Responsible for overall project quality of deliverables.Support department management in the evaluation of team performance and development of training programs.Validate that the solution and architecture designs utilize the integration architecture components appropriately.Manage functional and technical aspects of proposed solutions from inception through delivery.Lead quality checks to support a successful solution deployment.Evaluate delivery process, technical solutions and training procedures and make improvements to facilitate the best possible customer experience.Build effective relationships with existing clients, customers, and contractors and develop new business opportunities. Responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction goals and expectations are met.Participate in sales and marketing efforts and identify critical pursuits.Participate in the development of proposals and qualification statements to achieve stated targets and standards for financial performance.Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to the department by mentoring less experienced staff.Responsible for effective communication with other disciplines.Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to less experienced staff.Responsible for effective communication with other disciplines.Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to less experienced staff.Responsible for QA/QC process adherence.Responsible for compliance with company and site safety policies.Performs other duties as assignedComplies with all policies and standards