IT Product Specialist, Principal (Electric AMI Distributed Intelligence)

Location: Hybrid, working remotely and in person at PG&E offices in Oakland, Concord, and San Ramon based on weekly business needs; travel within California may be required for vendor engagements, field operations, industry working groups, and technology deployments.

Salary: Bay Area $147,000 minimum, $199,000 midpoint, and $251,000 maximum per year; eligible for discretionary incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global is modernizing the electric grid through advanced metering technologies, edge computing, distributed intelligence, and data-driven operational capabilities.

What you will do

• Own the strategy, governance, lifecycle management, and operating model for the Electric AMI Distributed Intelligence ecosystem.
• Define the product roadmap, deployment framework, release management, operational readiness, and platform capacity for meter-hosted applications.
• Integrate Distributed Intelligence capabilities across grid operations, analytics, and enterprise systems.
• Drive reliability, scalability, cybersecurity, operational excellence, and continuous improvement of Distributed Intelligence services.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, develop business cases, manage vendor partnerships, and influence product roadmaps.
• Provide cross-functional technical leadership and represent PG&E in industry forums, utility collaborations, and strategic technology initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of relevant experience in IT, Operational Technology, utility technology, product management, or enterprise systems.
• 7 years of direct experience with complex enterprise technology platforms, distributed systems, AMI technologies, utility operational systems, or related solutions.
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex, high-profile technical support and administration for critical infrastructure, monitoring, and management systems.
• Ability to translate business objectives into scalable technology solutions and evaluate tradeoffs involving platform capacity, application compatibility, performance, and business value.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, edge computing, application deployment, and enterprise integration concepts.
• Technical skills in Utilities IT/OT, Oracle, SQL Server, PL/SQL, Transact-SQL, SOAP, REST, XML, XSD, SaaS, PaaS, Kafka, and Databricks.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills, including engagement with executives, business stakeholders, engineers, vendors, and operational teams.
• Experience developing technology roadmaps, business cases, governance processes, standards, and operational procedures, with the ability to lead through influence in highly matrixed environments.

Nice to have

• Experience with AMI systems, meter data management, utility communications networks, distribution operations, ADMS, OMS, GIS, or grid analytics platforms.
• Experience with edge computing, IoT platforms, distributed systems, or device-based application ecosystems.
• Knowledge of meter-based computing environments and application deployment architectures.
• Understanding of California utility operations and regulatory environments.
• Experience developing governance frameworks, operational standards, and enterprise technology strategies.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work combining a remote office with in-person work at PG&E offices according to weekly business needs.
• Opportunity to establish foundational Distributed Intelligence processes, standards, governance, and organizational structure.
• Work with Electric Operations, Grid Operations, Asset Management, Engineering, Cybersecurity, vendor partners, product teams, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Eligible for discretionary incentive compensation programs.