Chief, Solution Architect - GIS
- Oakland, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the architecture and solution design for a reliable, secure, and high-performing enterprise GIS platform for asset-oriented functional areas including Gas, Electric, Power Generation, and IT Telecom
- Partner across the IT organization with peer architects and key stakeholders to ensure the Enterprise GIS architecture aligns to technology standards and security compliance
- Represent GIS technology within the architecture community and at Enterprise technology governance boards
- Provide technical leadership for product owners, technical leads, and business stakeholders in the successful design, implementation, and operations of critical GIS applications
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to gather requirements, conduct gap analyses, and develop GIS roadmaps aligned with PG&E’s business objectives
- Engage with software vendor partners (along with peer utilities) to be the voice of the customer and help impact product roadmaps
- Oversee system integration design between GIS and other enterprise platforms (e.g., SAP, ADMS, Customer Systems)
- Support enterprise GIS application performance, scalability, maintenance, and lifecycle management
- Develop and maintain GIS architectural documentation, including diagrams and technical guides
- Mentor junior coworkers and provide technical leadership across GIS projects
- Actively evaluate new technologies and methodologies to continuously improve PG&E’s GIS landscape
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field or equivalent experience
- 12 years in IT
- 10 years of solution architecture and project implementation experience.
- Expert in the solution architecture discipline, processes, concepts and best practices
- Use of process improvement discipline (e.g. Six Sigma) used within a technology supported business process implementation
- Process design, information modeling and / or system solution architecture development with portfolio or enterprise focus in more than one of the following: Application Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Information Architecture, Data Management, Security, or Infrastructure technologies
- Operational support for applications, systems, or infrastructure.
- Experience with enterprise architecture tools
- Experience providing direction to a team of technology architects
- Master’s degree in GIS, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent work experience
- Hands-on experience deploying Esri ArcGIS UN within a cloud environment for an electric and/or gas utility
- Familiarity with California utility regulatory and operational frameworks
- Experience with linear referencing systems, utility-based data models (e.g., UPDM, CIM), and performing spatial analytics
- Knowledge of cloud-native tools for automation, monitoring, and deployment (e.g., Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, Infrastructure as Code, Automated Testing)
- Prior leadership or mentoring experience within GIS or IT teams at a utility
- Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies.
- Operates effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.
- Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
- Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders.
- A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.
- Creating and maintaining a speak up culture free of retaliation.
- Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.
- Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.
- Building teams with a strong identity that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
- Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.
- Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
- Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
- Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
- Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes safety, compliance, and ethics.
- Building on necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.
- Building strong customer relationships and delivering hometown, customer-centric solutions.