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National Grid · 11 hours ago

Lead Solution Architect

National Grid is dedicated to keeping people connected and society moving. As a Lead Solution Architect, you will shape the architecture of technology solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals while leading the design and implementation of Electric Work and Asset Management solutions.

DeliveryEnergyOil and Gas
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Responsibilities

Ensure alignment of IT strategies with business goals and identify capability gaps and technology recommendations to achieve our strategic objectives
Provide technical thought leadership and direction for the design of highly complex and large-scale systems solutions to effectively meet business needs
Provide leadership for the architecture and solution design of projects/products that address strategic business needs and compliance with regulatory requirements
Define the roadmaps from the "as-is state" to the “to-be state”
Design secure, efficient, and adaptable future state models
Define the high-level migration/transition plans to address the gaps between the "as-is" and future state
Lead the Solution design and guide implementation of scalable, robust, and secure solutions
Create Conceptual Architecture that addresses the high-level business requirements
Develop Logical and Physical Architecture of Solutions and platforms
Develop integration patterns and detailed integration designs to enable timely and efficient delivery and data
Design secure, scalable and flexible solutions and ensure non-functional, reliability and observability requirements are designed in from the start
Maintain broad knowledge in the business applications/services that comprise the electric work and asset management domain
Provide technical subject matter expertise and insight related to the business electric applications domain
Establish, adhere and enforce architecture principles, guidelines, and standards
Conduct architecture reviews and ensure adherence to best practices and standards

Qualification

Solution ArchitectureIntegration DesignTechnical LeadershipTOGAF FrameworkAgile DeliveryCOTS ApplicationsBusiness AnalyticsMicroservicesContainersGeospatial Systems

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
5+ years of experience designing systems for use in large-scale enterprises
5+ years of hands-on technology development and/or implementation experience
Strong technical skills around vendor product selection, software and technology analysis, business analytics, interfaces such as REST, and modern software technologies such as Containers and Microservices
Experience with one or more of the TOGAF (or equivalent framework) architectural domains in business, application, data, technology; have used architecture tools such as Troux, Alfabet, Sparx or equivalent
Experience in architectural support of Agile delivery framework and digital product lifecycle
Experience in developing solutions with both custom and COTS applications

Preferred

Experience in Work & Asset Mgm technology related to utilities would be a plus, such as: Asset and Work Management Solutions, Geospatial Systems Maximo, MAS8/9 , ESRI GIS

Company

National Grid

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National Grid facilitates electricity and gas transmission system and focuses on delivering clean energy.

H1B Sponsorship

National Grid has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (38)
2024 (37)
2023 (34)
2022 (38)
2021 (30)
2020 (33)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.01B
Key Investors
NYSERDASEKStrategic Innovation Fund
2025-08-21Grant· $2M
2025-07-08Post Ipo Debt· $937.85M
2024-09-11Grant· $19.95M

Leadership Team

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Zoë Yujnovich
Chief Executive Officer
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Anntonette Zembrzuski Alberti
Manager, Product Growth and NY Customer Energy Management Growth
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