Provide deep subject matter expertise for ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION, ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION, and Gas Transmission and Distribution environments across production, non‑production, and regulated domains.
Serve as a consultative, trusted advisor during system upgrades, integration failures, and production incidents affecting OT reliability or compliance.
Maintain institutional knowledge of environment segmentation (CIP vs non‑CIP, prod vs non‑prod) and how those boundaries impact design and operations.
Set defend and operationalize a Clear OT Strategy that enables safe, reliable grid operations while modernizing the technology stack under strict regulatory and cybersecurity constraints.
Develop platform roadmaps, not isolated projects.
Ensure OT data platforms evolve coherently.
Participate in and influence architecture and design discussions.
Author Operational Technology standards that serve as the building blocks for OT project implementation.
Validate that integration designs support real‑time performance, data integrity, and operational resiliency.
Act as a key OT SME in complex identity and access management (IAM) scenarios involving: User access provisioning for various OT Applications, Certificate‑based authentication, and Cross‑domain trust and firewall constraints.
Incorporate observability standards into OT platforms, ensuring alerting and reporting designs are in place and validated prior to go‑live.

Bachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position.
Ten years of related functional experience.
Excellent communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill sets.
Excellent Relationship Management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working as one team cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results.
Strong architecture acumen across multiple domains including network, infrastructure, software, hosting models, applications, data, mobile platforms, and security.
Strong knowledge of core aspects of enterprise architecture (Software, Hardware, Network, Integration, Data, hosting models, platform types, etc.).
In-depth expertise in at least two areas of: Architecture competency such as SOA, TOGAF, BPM, Data Analytics, standards & governance, or enterprise architecture frameworks.
Expertise on future technology trends within area of expertise.
Expertise in architectural review and technology lifecycle management disciplines.
Experience in a leading role in project delivery & solutions architecture.
Experience successfully owning and driving strategic roadmap planning, and simplifying technology eco-systems.

Principal IT Architect – Operational Technology

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