Solutions Architect, Expert (SCADA)

Location: Hybrid in Oakland, California, with work from a remote office and the Oakland office approximately 1–2 days per week or more based on business needs.

Salary: $140,000–$189,000 expected range; Bay Area range of $140,000–$238,000. Eligible for discretionary incentive compensation.

Company

PG&E is an established energy company using modern technology to deliver safe and reliable energy while addressing climate change, wildfires, and cybersecurity threats.

What you will do

• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical solution blueprints for SCADA and substation protection technology domains.
• Define architecture across process, application, information, integration, security, and infrastructure layers.
• Partner with project and program managers, business architects, technology architects, stakeholders, and operations teams on strategic direction and technical decisions.
• Create technology roadmaps, business cases, capability plans, standards, governance artifacts, and design patterns.
• Assess technology health, manage risk and cost, and develop improvement plans for complex, high-impact initiatives.
• Lead architecture practice communities and mentor architects, technical staff, subject matter experts, and field telecommunications technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 7 years of experience in engineering or IT-related work.
• Leadership experience.
• Experience with technologies and techniques relevant to the role’s domain.
• Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement with regular attendance at the Oakland office.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license.

Culture & Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick hours, holidays, and family leave.
• Medical, dental, life, accident, disability, and vision coverage.
• Healthcare and dependent-care flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) matching of up to 8% and a cash balance pension.
• Professional development through training, LinkedIn Learning, mentoring, and up to $8,000 in tuition reimbursement.
• Employee resource groups and a collaborative environment with autonomy and opportunities for career growth.