Job Description Summary

Job Description

Job Description Summary

The “Solution Architect – GridOS” will be part of the Solution Design team, which mission is to ensure best in class and optimal technical design to meet customer functional and non-functional requirements, project budget and timescale.

As a “Solution Architect – GridOS”, you will drive, validate and audit the design of the solution during the different phases of the execution of a project. These phases begin from the Tendering stage and continue till the system acceptance in the customer site (Scope Review, Statement of Work, Solution review, Factory Acceptance Tests, Site Acceptance Tests,…) 

Essential Responsibilities – Day-to-day

As “Solution Architect – GridOS” you will:

Be responsible, in coordination with the Services function (Delivery Manager and Project Manager), for interacting with customers to define, produce and maintain optimal design based on customer needs and solution capabilities.Facilitate requirements, design and solutions workshops that capture functional and non-functional requirements from the client, and you will own the design deliverables (Statement of Work, Architecture documents), ensure traceability of requirements with solutions proposed.Be responsible for the communication and enforcement of Design to Customer and Key Project Stakeholders.Manage involvement of other SMEs (e.g. business analysts, IT / Cybersecurity experts) and make sure their design contributions meet system architecture functional and non-functional requirementsDrive 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 (Return on Experience, product enhancements, reference architectures)Build technical expertise in the field of their segment or domain. Deliver technical consultancy services on demandCoordinate knowledge capitalization and dissemination across the Services & Solution Design teams,Be accountable for activities planning, progress reporting, and completing activities in his 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 EngineeringExperience with Linux, Source code Management, Virtualization, Cloud Architecture (AWS and/or Azure), Micro-services architectures, Experience of 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 assignmentsProfessional English level.

Qualifications/Requirements – Nice to Have    

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

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No