Hexagon Octave Technical Lead; Principal Software Engineer

Octave Technical Lead

The Metropolitan Council, the regional government for the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area, is seeking an Octave Technical Lead. This role will provide technical leadership for the implementation, integration, support, and continuous improvement of the Hexagon Octave platform. The ideal candidate combines deep Hexagon Octave expertise with strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and enterprise application delivery experience. This individual will partner closely with business stakeholders, implementation partners, IT teams, and vendors to ensure successful deployment and long-term operational excellence of the platform.

This position is eligible for a hybrid telework arrangement (both remote and onsite). Candidate's permanent residence must be in Minnesota or Wisconsin. This posting will create a six-month eligibility list for current and future openings.

• Serve as the technical lead for Hexagon Octave implementation and support activities.
• Define solution architecture, technical standards, and best practices.
• Provide technical direction to internal teams, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Lead technical design reviews and solution validation activities.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Lead technical work streams throughout the implementation lifecycle.
• Support requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and cutover activities.
• Evaluate technical impacts of business requirements and proposed solution changes.
• Drive issue resolution and technical decision-making during implementation.
• Coordinate technical deliverables across multiple teams and vendors.
• Design and oversee integrations between Hexagon Octave and enterprise systems.
• Lead interface design, API integration, middleware coordination, and data exchange processes.
• Develop data migration strategies and oversee data conversion activities.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and governance throughout the implementation.
• Support integration testing and end-to-end validation.
• Provide technical oversight for production support activities.
• Manage incident resolution, root cause analysis, and system performance improvements.
• Lead application upgrades, patches, and release management activities.
• Monitor system health, reliability, and performance.
• Establish support processes, documentation, and knowledge transfer plans.
• Act as the primary technical liaison with Hexagon and implementation partners.
• Review vendor deliverables and technical recommendations.
• Communicate technical risks, issues, and mitigation plans to leadership.
• Partner with business stakeholders to align technical solutions with operational needs.
• Establish technical processes and architecture reviews.
• Identify opportunities to optimize system capabilities and business processes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and platform adoption.

Any of the following combinations in completed education (degree field of study in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field) and experience in software engineering:

• High school diploma/GED with ten years of experience
• Associate degree with eight years of experience
• Bachelor's degree with six years of experience
• Master's degree with four years of experience

• Direct experience with Hexagon solutions and operational technology platforms.
• Experience integrating enterprise applications with ERP, GIS, EAM, SCADA, or operational systems.
• Cloud platform experience.
• 7+ years of enterprise application implementation and support experience.
• 3+ years hands-on experience implementing or supporting Hexagon Octave.
• Experience leading Hexagon Octave software implementations.
• Strong understanding of system integrations, APIs, middleware, and data architecture.
• Experience with data migration, data governance, and data quality processes.
• Experience working with technical teams, consultants, and vendors.
• Experience working with diverse populations of internal and external customers

• Successfully lead the technical implementation of Hexagon Octave.
• Establish stable integrations with enterprise systems.
• Deliver high-quality data migration and system readiness.
• Build sustainable support and operational processes.
• Reduce implementation risks through strong technical governance.
• Become the trusted technical advisor for the platform across the organization.

Union/Grade: AFSCME / Pay Grade J FLSA Status:
Exempt Safety Sensitive:
No Work Environment:
Work is performed in a standard office setting. May require travel between primary work site to other sites. The responsibilities listed are typical of the positions included in the job classification; however, not all duties are necessarily performed by each…