Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Principal Technology Architect – User

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Oakland • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $140,000 - $251,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

CitrixFirewalls

About the role

  • Provide leadership in the Operations Technology domain for the development of high quality, tightly integrated, consistently available, secure, flexible, and fault-tolerant SCADA and Teleprotection network architecture
  • Oversee standards development and project solution blueprints. Including migration of legacy radio platforms to newer private radio and LTE platforms
  • Create, architect, develop, and propose solutions to complex technical, procedural, and compliance type problems
  • Identify new technologies, such as PLTE, and work with vendors to develop technology roadmaps for internal implementation
  • Work with IT staff, peer domain architects and appropriate members of the internal Client community to provide responsive solutions and options for problems and opportunities
  • Provide yearly budget management oversight and report on asset health for the OT Devices and their services
  • Author OT architecture presentations and concepts for management and executive-level audiences
  • Propose budgetary estimates and work with Management for justification and prioritization of OT implementation plans
  • Conduct yearly review and benchmarking of overall OT network architecture
  • Represent ICS organization on company direction related to the OT services and benchmarks
  • Collaborate very strongly with all internal clients to achieve high degree of confidence in the OT strategies and their implementation
  • Lead architecture discipline on large initiatives, provide oversight of solution architecture and engineering on projects, engage the Lines of Business experts and collaborate on designs, solution and expected performance requirements
  • Support the General Rate Case (GRC) Chapters as needed to justify the OT technology investments and proposal for advancing the Grid and Gas system reliability.

Requirements

  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
  • Leadership experience
  • Experience in enterprise architecture
  • Experience in IT-Information Technology including SCADA and Cellular communications or related, 10 years
  • 12 years of experience working with individuals and teams involved in SCADA, Teleprotection and/or Power Control Systems
  • 12 years of experience with private communications networks including microwave, fiber optic multiplexing and satellite communications
  • 12 years of technical experience with designing and implementing large scale OT networks – Energy Management Systems, SCADA (OSI Monarch, RT SCADA, Citect), SCADA Protocols (DNP3, Modbus, PG&E Protocol, IEC-61850)
  • 12 years of technical experience with designing and implementing large scale Electric Protection Schemes - Direct Transfer Trip, Permissive Overreaching Transfer Trip, Differential Comparison, Remedial Action Schemes, Special Protection Schemes
  • Thorough understanding of NERC Critical Information Protection Standards
  • Knowledge of network security concepts and technologies, including but not limited to: firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, proxy servers, Citrix servers, access control systems, Cisco FWSM, and Cisco ASA
  • 7 years of experience in Radio SCADA coverage planning and implementation
  • 7 years of experience in SCADA Integration into IP Networks
  • Highly desirable to have knowledge of Wireless SCADA devices and their configuration
  • 5 years of experience in multiple vendor SCADA and Teleprotection systems
  • Strong communications skills, including excellent spoken and written English are required
  • Must be able to explain difficult and abstract concepts verbally, in writing and through diagrams and impactful illustrations.
  • Ability to work collaboratively, cooperatively, and closely with all levels of IT staff and management
  • Should be comfortable with large audience presentations as well as representing the company at conferences and peer workshops.
  • An ability to perform duties and responsibilities even when under tremendous pressure is required.
Benefits
  • PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
SCADATeleprotectionEnergy Management SystemsOSI MonarchRT SCADACitectDNP3ModbusIEC-61850Electric Protection Schemes
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationpresentationproblem-solvingbudget managementtechnical writingteamworkadaptabilitypressure management
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceNERC Critical Information Protection Standards