World Wide Technology · 3 days ago
Chief Technology Advisor-Utilities
DC-Baltimore Area
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$150K/yr - $200K/yr
10+ years expWorld Wide Technology is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. The Chief Technology Advisor (CTA) is a customer-focused executive responsible for fostering relationships with IT and business leadership, providing leadership in digital transformation, and collaborating with various teams to achieve business outcomes.
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Responsibilities
Lead Executive/Sr. level meetings with customers to gain a detailed understanding of their technical and business needs
Help develop transformational solutions that enable our customers to achieve best-in-class performance, reliability, and privacy, while adhering to industry standard architectural principles
Conduct architecture and technical workshops that may include enablement sessions, working with WWT experts in network, compute, storage, virtualization, collaboration, security, big data and application development
Demonstrate WWTs value proposition and differentiation effectively to technical and business audiences
Develop thorough understanding of WWT's Advanced Technology Center, Integration Technology Center and Asynchrony Labs capabilities and effective working relationships with leaders in these areas to represent the full WWT value proposition to customers
Work closely with the Management Consulting, implementation and project teams to ensure smooth transitions from sales to delivery
Participate in industry, product, sales, and procedural training as needed to maintain the knowledge and certifications necessary to be effective
Provide accurate and timely management information such as activity reports, bid reviews and project forecast that adhere to WWT’s quality and business processes
Qualification
Required
Advanced understanding of infrastructure (network, storage, compute, virtualization) and information security
Proficient on cloud platform architecture and design including SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
Experience developing and implementing best practices for IT/OT Service Delivery
Experience with both OT/IT architectures that are foundational to operation of an electric grid
Experience with software-defined networks, software-defined data center infrastructure and understanding of modern cloud capabilities (Private, Hybrid and Public)
Understand Automation and Orchestration and its value to help manage the electrical grid vRealize
Understanding and/or familiar with various programming languages (Python/Perl/Java/MySQL/PgSQL) and scripting related to automation, orchestration, Infrastructure as a Service, etc
Familiar with agile development and continuous integration
Strong interpersonal, presentation and negotiating skills
Excellent communication, analytic and problem solving skills
Sound business acumen and executive presence
Proven track record of working with subject matter experts, consultants, professional services, IT, operations, and others over the technology lifecycle to maximize ROI / TCO
Strong ability to think creatively and strategically
Experience mediating and negotiating with individuals and groups internally and externally by keeping colleagues updated on activities and forecasting
Proven collaborative approach; openly sharing information and receptive to the ideas of others
Exceptional leadership and team building skills with the ability to direct, motivate and empower teams through a persuasive and credible thought process and presentation skills
Bachelors/Masters' degree in Business or Computer Science/Engineering, and/or equivalent work experience
Candidate should have 5 years or more experience working in or with an Investor Owned Utility in the areas of IT/OT related to architecting and/or consulting on electric grid solutions used in the areas of grid modernization, system resilience, and system reliability
Minimum 10 years of progressive engineering management experience in a highly complex, sophisticated environment
3-5+ years in an enterprise-scale CIO, CTO or EA role
Experience and be familiar with the ideas, methods, and processes for Modernizing infrastructure to withstand disruption, building a network to support grid modernization, strengthening data governance and asset intelligence, and detecting and resolving issues before they escalate
Experience leading the development of enterprise architectures, cloud/OT/IT environments/ and application frameworks
Demonstrated experience working with geographically (and potentially globally) dispersed teams
Record of building high trust relationships that create a network of partners across a diversified organization
Proven team building and relationship management skills
Benefits
Health and Wellbeing: Health, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program
Company
World Wide Technology
World Wide Technology provides technology and supply chain solutions for large public and private organizations.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25M2000-02-13Series Unknown· $25M
Leadership Team
Michael Taylor
Chief Technology Officer
Thomas Strunk
CFO at WWT
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