Grid Systems Senior Solution Architect

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1898 & Co., a division of Burns & McDonnell, is seeking an experienced Grid Systems Solution Architect to provide utility grid operations 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 grid operations architect shall possess strong electric utility business and technology acumen. The grid operations architect will provide professional consulting services focused on solutions such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Energy Management Systems (EMS), Outage Management Systems (OMS), Distribution Management Systems (DMS), Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS), and Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS). 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 a strong attention to detail while delivering high-quality work to our clients.

The grid operations architect is responsible for providing strategic guidance, research, planning, and best practices to our client’s executive leaders to make investment decisions that align with the long-term vision of the organization.

1898 & Co., a division of Burns & McDonnell, is seeking an experienced Grid Systems Solution Architect to provide utility grid operations 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 grid operations architect shall possess strong electric utility business and technology acumen. The grid operations architect will provide professional consulting services focused on solutions such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Energy Management Systems (EMS), Outage Management Systems (OMS), Distribution Management Systems (DMS), Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS), and Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS). 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 a strong attention to detail while delivering high-quality work to our clients.

The grid operations architect is responsible for providing strategic guidance, research, planning, and best practices to our client’s executive leaders to make investment decisions that align with the long-term vision of the organization.

This position will focus on grid automation support service, emphasizing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems, transmission, distribution, and distributed energy resource management systems (EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, DERMS) and execution of various grid modernization programs for our electric utility clients. The position will lead efforts to identify and deliver grid operations services that support grid modernization assessments, technology roadmaps, software upgrades, and implementations to our clients with a strong emphasis on teamwork, customer commitment, and industry best practices.

• Apply industry experience and leading practices to architect, design, develop and implement SCADA, EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, and DERMS solutions to support complex business requirements.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of SCADA, EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, and DERMS to support commissioning, testing and deployment.
• Provide field support, troubleshooting, and project coordination to enhance and maintain SCADA, EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, and DERMS. This includes leading efforts in commissioning new SCADA systems and performing point testing and/or field data verification for advanced distribution applications such as FLISR, VVO, and DER Dispatch.
• Lead or assist with program estimating, planning, and budgeting efforts and be accountable for the program/project delivery execution.
• Support Analysis, Design, Build, Test, Triaging defects, Configuration, and Deployment activities. Ability to support Enterprise Program Management activities utilizing various methodologies, such as but not limited to Waterfall and Agile methods.
• Responsible for the successful completion of the project by budget, scope, quality, and attainment of the business objectives. In addition, supervise the overall project status and progress and ensure all scheduled milestones and delivery dates are met.
• Responsible for overall project quality of deliverables.
• Act as an application architect and solution architect, with…