Enterprise Architect, Principal

Jobs at Pacific Gas And Electric Company•Oakland, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Enterprise Strategy & Architecture (ES&A) is a centralized architecture group within the Information Technology department. The group supports PG&E’s safety, reliability and affordability goals under the architecture mandate of Reuse, Rationalize, Optimize, and Standardize. Reporting to the Sr. Mgr. Technology Architecture, this role serves as an Enterprise Architect focused on IT Foundation capabilities, responsible for defining and advancing enterprise architecture across the company’s core platforms and shared services. The role spans Cloud, DevSecOps, Integration, AI enablement, Service and Asset Management, Data Center, and End User Computing. The successful candidate is a systems level thinker and master planner who translates enterprise strategy into living target architectures, prioritized roadmaps, and reusable patterns, working early and continuously with delivery and operations teams to ensure solutions are aligned, secure, and executable. Architects in this role are expected to focus on enabling outcomes and delivery.

Requirements

BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
10+ years of experience in enterprise, platform, infrastructure, or solution architecture

Nice To Haves

Masters Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
Experience working across multiple IT Foundation domains with a strong understanding of enterprise scale platforms
Experience architecting or modernizing large scale enterprise platforms
Experience operating in regulated, high reliability, or security sensitive environments
Solution architecture and project implementation experience
Relevant architecture certification such as TOGAF
Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

Define and evolve target architecture for IT Foundation platforms and shared services, providing a clear north star that guides investment, design, and modernization decisions.
Translate enterprise and IT strategy into capability-based roadmaps, identifying maturity gaps, dependencies, and sequencing required to move from current to target state.
Own architecture outcomes across a portfolio of foundational platforms, ensuring alignment from strategy through implementation and operations.
Engage early in planning and solution shaping, helping teams align on architecture direction, integration patterns, and non-functional requirements before major commitments are made.
Enable delivery teams through reusable architecture patterns, standards, reference architectures, and decision frameworks.
Support architecture reviews and working sessions to surface risks, manage dependencies, and validate solution direction.
Guide teams when deviations are required, managing tradeoffs and technical debt while maintaining enterprise coherence.
Ensure architecture standards are current, practical, and consistently applied, focusing on reuse and simplification.
Support IT strategic planning, modernization, and platform consolidation efforts.
Coordinate roadmaps across infrastructure, security, application, data, and operations teams to manage interdependencies and conflicts.
Lead or support vendor evaluations, platform selections, and RFP activities.
Contribute to technology rationalization by reducing redundancy and improving platform consistency.
Partner closely with IT leaders to align architecture with operational realities and strategic priorities.
Collaborate across architecture disciplines to ensure enterprise-wide consistency and integration.
Coach and mentor engineers and architects, promoting strong architectural discipline and shared accountability.
Use metrics and feedback loops to monitor progress, measure adherence to target architecture, and continuously improve architecture practices.