Enterprise Architect

GE Vernova • Bellevue, WA

2d • $146,700 - $244,500

About The Position

As an Enterprise Architect at GE Vernova, you will help utility customers design and execute digital transformation strategies by combining enterprise architecture expertise with data architecture knowledge. This senior individual contributor role is part of the Grid Software Business Services Architecture team. You will lead strategic consulting engagements, shape architecture direction, and build customer relationships that support informed decisions about digital transformation. The role also supports GridOS Data Fabric deals from negotiation through implementation planning and contributes to a range of enterprise architecture engagements.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in architecture, consulting, solution strategy, or digital transformation roles.
• Proven ability to document requirements in Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Solution Architecture Documents (SADs), or Statements of Work (SOWs), defining project scopes, constraints, and non-functional requirements.
• Proven experience designing distributed data architectures that move away from monolithic silos, including defining metadata, lineage, semantics, and domain federation.
• Understanding of API-first design and event-driven architectures for grid data streaming.
• Ability to design logical and domain data models that prioritize business usability and translate physical grid entities such as assets, connectivity nodes, and measurements into accessible domain-driven data structures.
• Understanding of AWS, Azure, or GCP and Kubernetes sufficient to advise on deployment models, including hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure considerations.
• Ability to understand and write performant SQL queries, common table expressions (CTEs), and dynamic SQL.
• Broad knowledge of enterprise architecture across Business, Data, Application, and Technology (BDAT) domains, grounded in recognized frameworks such as TOGAF or equivalent; ability to apply enterprise architecture principles to transformation programs and technology decisions.
• Strong familiarity with utility environments and mission-critical solutions such as ADMS, AEMS/EMS, DERMS, or comparable platforms.
• Clear, confident communication and presentation skills, including the ability to connect business outcomes to technology strategy.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.
• Successful completion of a drug screen, as applicable, as a condition of any employment offer.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting IT/OT integration or transformation initiatives.
• Background in strategic consulting or enterprise deal shaping.
• Understanding of DataOps principles, Git-based version control for analytical code and configuration, CI/CD for data pipelines, and reproducible data workflows.
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python for data pipeline automation, API integration, and data profiling.
• Experience with metadata management platforms such as DataHub and designing enterprise-scale metadata capture, classification, and governance strategies.
• Experience designing dashboards and self-service reporting environments such as Apache Superset or Power BI.
• Ability to design data environments that are curated, governed, and accessible for AI and machine-learning use cases.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic consulting engagements with utility customers, translating business goals into architecture direction, transition roadmaps, and actionable transformation plans.
• Facilitate workshops and advisory sessions with customer stakeholders at executive and operational levels.
• Produce customer-facing deliverables, including strategic roadmaps, business requirements documents (BRDs), and architecture recommendations.
• Shape enterprise opportunities by connecting customer needs with feasible, value-driven solution approaches, collaborating with Sales, Presales, Product Management, Engineering, and Services teams.
• Contribute to enterprise deal negotiation and implementation planning by providing data architecture expertise, scoping technical requirements, and aligning customer expectations with platform capabilities.
• Engage subject matter experts across cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, data, and solution application domains to inform recommendations.
• Build and contribute to reusable consulting methods, assets, and playbooks to improve the consistency and quality of strategic engagements.
• Provide product management teams with feedback based on customer engagements and act as a technical bridge between customers and Product Management and Engineering teams.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and discretionary annual bonus eligibility.
• Relocation assistance.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Access to Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource, and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.
• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, including a 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching and company retirement contributions.
• Access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• Tuition assistance.
• Adoption assistance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Disability benefits.
• Life insurance.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Permissive time off.
• Opportunities for continued on-the-job learning and development and career growth.
• Professional development and a supportive work environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed