Solutions Architect, Expert

Cynet Systems • Oakland, CA

8h

About The Position

This role partners with business, technology, and enterprise architecture stakeholders to understand current-state capabilities and define future-state solution needs across major transformational programs. The focus is on technical/functional portfolios including Engineering & Design, Integrated Planning, Grid Interconnection, and Asset Management. The Solutions Architect will act as the primary technical lead in deploying Copperleaf in support of the Integrated Planning workstream. They will develop end-to-end solution architecture across applications, data, integrations, infrastructure, security, and business processes. This includes creating and maintaining architecture artifacts, ensuring proposed solutions align with enterprise standards, evaluating technology options, and providing technical leadership to project teams. The role involves identifying and mitigating architecture risks, supporting governance reviews, and addressing complex problems. The ideal candidate will own outcomes and have the courage to share unpopular viewpoints.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years experience in Information Technology.
• 4+ years of solution architecture and project implementation experience in Asset Investment Planning (Copperleaf or equivalent), ERP (SAP or equivalent), or GIS.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to influence outcomes through expertise, analysis, collaboration, stakeholder partnership, customer focus, sound judgment, and a multidisciplinary approach.
• Proven ability to apply multi-disciplinary approach to develop best-of-breed portfolio solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of the utility industry or similarly regulated industries, including how technology supports business processes.
• Experience in one or more of the following technical/functional areas: estimating, engineering, customer billing, electric generation, utility operation.
• Experience overseeing vendor-delivered software solutions or contractor development teams.
• Architecture, security, or IT delivery certifications such as TOGAF, Zachman, DODAF, CISSP, ITIL, or similar.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), enterprise integration patterns, CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code, observability, and production support practices.
• Experience using Microsoft Visio, Lucid chart or other TOGAF-based modeling tools.
• Experience with solutions such as Copperleaf, SAP, PLS-CADD, AutoCAD, AUD, or Bentley ProjectWise.
• Hands-on experience with AI, ML, or GenAI solution delivery, including LLM applications, RAG, agentic workflows, prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, observability, APIs, or data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business, technology, and enterprise architecture stakeholders to understand current-state capabilities and define future-state solution needs across major transformational programs.
• Focus on technical/functional portfolios including Engineering & Design, Integrated Planning, Grid Interconnection, and Asset Management.
• Act as the primary technical lead in deploying Copperleaf in support of the Integrated Planning workstream.
• Develop end-to-end solution architecture across applications, data, integrations, infrastructure, security, and business processes.
• Create and maintain architecture artifacts, including current-state and target-state views, solution diagrams, roadmaps, and decision records.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity requirements, regulatory needs, and business objectives.
• Evaluate technology options and recommend solutions that are sustainable, adaptable, cost-effective, and operationally supportable.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams through design, delivery, testing, implementation, and transition to operations.
• Identify architecture risks, dependencies, gaps, and trade-offs, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Support governance reviews, architecture approvals, and stakeholder decision-making while staying current on emerging technologies and industry best practices.
• Address complex problems that span functions and manage projects or initiatives that are high complexity and risk.
• Own outcomes and maintain the courage to share unpopular viewpoints.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior