Solution Architect (GIS)

Company: INSPYR Solutions
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 9, 2025

Job Description:

Solution Architect (GIS) - Long Term Project - San Francisco, CA. Title: Solution Architect (GIS)

Interested in this role You can find all the relevant information in the description below.
Location: San Francisco, CA. (Hybrid)
Duration: 6+ months long term project with extensions
Compensation: $100-115/hr
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

Project:
Serves as technology expert providing direction and problem-solving advice by reviewing all active Systems Integration projects. Responsible for the long-range direction of an organization's technology function. Provides technical leadership and recommendations on market trends and internal research and development budgets investment direction.
Designs new solutions for customers. Serves as the top-level technical expert by creating high-level architectural views depicting the different architectural aspects of the solution and addressing problems of systems integration and compatibility based on requirement specifications by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Provides overall technical leadership for a systems implementation and integration program
Manages all technical deliverables for the program, including architectural specifications, use case development, requirements gathering, specification, and validation
Provides technical direction for software development teams and quality assurance personnel
Creates and maintains programmatic and technical documentation to ensure efficient planning and execution
Provides project methodologies and deliverable templates for solution architecture, requirements, software engineering, software design, test engineering
Ensures deliverables are thoroughly tested and meet customer expectations
Creates and executes GIS system tuning and system threshold testing procedures
Generates project user scenarios to drive system architecture sizing models using GIS vendor supplied system architecture spreadsheets
Creates system deployment views that include specifying all required software components and sizing of the system hardware components
Able to lead enterprise GIS road mapping workshops for both electric and gas utilities and develop multiple business release roadmaps that allow the client to plan and budget against
Helps UDC's utility clients' pass their internal implementation project reviews

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership for implementation and integration
Ability to generate solution architecture documents, use-case development, requirements gathering, specification and validation
Proven ability to provide technical direction for software development teams and quality assurance
Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communications and customer relations skills.
Demonstrates a high degree of personal and professional integrity.

---Education and/or Experience Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in related discipline (e.g., Information Technology, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Electric Engineering, Mechanical/Civil Engineering or equivalent), or equivalent utility and consulting work experience.
8-10 years of work experience in support of related utility consulting or large-scale process/technology projects.
Experience in the electric and gas transmission and distribution industries. Good understanding of general utility business processes, their related business systems, their value for utilities and how the business systems should be integrated and enhanced with enterprise GIS technology: Construction: EAM, GWD, GIS, mGIS, MWM, Engineering Analysis, Engineering Stationing
Operations: OMS, SCADA, DMS, ADMS, DERMS, DRMS, AMI/MDMS, SA, DA, Gas OMS
Asset Management: EAM, GIS, mGIS, MWM, Interruption Reliability Analysis, DIMP, TIMP, Linear Referencing, Content Management, Smart Grid Data Repository, Pole Inspections, Tower Inspections, Line Patrols, Circuit Patrols, Vegetation Management
Pipeline Safety Management: GIS, mGIS, EAM, SCADA, Content Management, Engineering Analysis, DIMP, TIMP, Leak Surveys, Incident Management, CP Surveys, Valve Inspections, Regulator Inspections, Odorant Inspections, MSA Inspections, Structure Inspections, Pipeline Surveys
Operational Awareness: Executive, Management, Operations and Customer Dashboards


Computer Skills To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of the following languages, frameworks, methodologies, and software.
Familiarity with Agile implementation methodologies and artifacts, working knowledge of solution architecture multi-view methodologies and software tools

Our benefits package includes: Comprehensive medical benefits
Competitive pay
401(k) retirement plan
---and much more!

About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities

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