Technical Lead, Expert

Pacific Gas And Electric CompanyOakland, CA
$140,000 - $238,000Hybrid

About The Position

The Technical Lead provides strategic technical leadership, direction, and delivery oversight for technology solutions within a team or project. This role combines hands-on expertise with leadership accountability for solution design, system implementation, enterprise alignment, scalability, and security. Serving as a key partner between business stakeholders and technical teams, the Technical Lead translates business needs into practical, well-architected solutions and guides teams through successful execution. This role includes mentoring team members, promoting engineering quality, resolving complex technical challenges, and supporting the timely delivery of reliable, high-quality solutions. The Technical Lead also partners across architecture, infrastructure, operations, and security teams to promote alignment with organizational priorities, technology strategy, enterprise governance, and leading practices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a job-related discipline, or equivalent experience.
  • 5 years experience in infrastructure, systems administration, cloud operations, or related Information Technology functions

Nice To Haves

  • 5 years of experience working as a Technical Lead in an Agile/Scrum environment
  • Advanced knowledge in storage (i.e. block, file, object), database (i.e. Oracle, SQL, Postgres), operating system and cloud technologies
  • Advanced knowledge with Ransomware technologies and concepts (i.e. immutable backups, Cyber Vaults, Clean Room, Recovery automation)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, or equivalent cloud platform certification
  • Strong oral and written communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Ability to foster community, strengthen team engagement, and elevate team performance
  • Strong execution discipline, ownership mindset, and sound decision-making
  • Proven ability to translate user stories and features into actionable technical tasks

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership for the design, development, and implementation of complex systems.
  • Guide delivery teams in producing scalable, high-quality technical deliverables.
  • Promote and ensure adherence to enterprise standards, best practices, architecture principles, and governance expectations.
  • Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies to support predictable delivery.
  • Champion the thoughtful adoption of modern technologies, tools, and frameworks.
  • Translate business requirements into clear technical solutions, architecture diagrams, and implementation guidance.
  • Assess and recommend technologies and platforms that align with business objectives and enterprise strategy.
  • Mentor, coach, and guide technical staff to strengthen capability and delivery effectiveness.
  • Facilitate technical training sessions and knowledge-sharing forums that promote team learning and consistency.
  • Serve as a trusted escalation point for complex technical challenges.
  • Partner with product owners, project managers, and stakeholders to shape delivery plans and technical execution paths.
  • Contribute leadership and technical perspective in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
  • Lead troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution with a focus on sustainable outcomes.
  • Support production deployments and release management processes through disciplined planning and coordination.
  • Communicate technical solutions, risks, and trade-offs clearly to business and technology stakeholders.
  • Build strong cross-functional partnerships with infrastructure, security, operations, and related technology teams.
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