Principal Solution Architect (Remote)

Company Overview As the nation’s largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy, Constellation is a company purposely-built to meet the challenges of the climate crisis. Constellation has been the leader in clean energy production for more than a decade and we are growing our company and capabilities. Now, we’re accelerating, speeding our low-carbon or no-carbon power to more people in more places, day and night, providing our customers and communities with options to buy, manage and use energy as part of their decarbonization mission. The race is on to confront the climate crisis and Constellation is ready to meet the challenge. Come join us as we lead energy, together.

TOTAL REWARDS

Constellation offers a wide range of benefits and rewards, designed to help our employees thrive professionally and personally. In addition to highly competitive salaries, we offer a bonus program, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program; comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, including a robust wellness program; paid time off for vacation, holidays and sick days; and much more.

Expected salary range of $148,500 to $165,000, varies based on experience, along with comprehensive benefits package that includes bonus and 401(k).

Primary Purpose Of Position

A Principal Solution Architect at Constellation Energy drives technical vision for a business unit IT department or functional area and aligns technical solutions and platforms to the company strategy. Principal Solution Architects must have a broad base of technical and business understanding as well as the attention to detail to transform a strategy into an actionable plan. The successful Architect will demonstrate knowledge to navigate recent technology trends and connect it with the business goals to act as an influencer and change agent, as well as a technical advisor for executive leaders. A successful Principal Solution Architect will own the IT enablement of the business strategy, accelerate project delivery and improve delivery quality via three primary activities: Define Solution Architecture: The Solution Architect will recommend a solution architecture to (1) best meet the goals of the project, (2) align with Constellation’s overall strategic technology roadmap, (3) comply with Constellation’s technology standards and best practices. The architecture will be documented in Constellation’s architecture repository and in other formats (e.g., PowerPoint) to optimize stakeholder communication and understanding, and (4) enable value-added outcomes that align to the business strategy. Ownership of the Intersection of Design and Success Criteria: The Solution Architect will collaboratively work with IT and business project teams to understand goals and desired outcomes and use this as a key input to architectural design processes and deliverables. The Solution Architect (SA) will remain engaged and support the project design, development, and deployment phases to ensure continuous alignment and Architecture design compliance. SA works closely with enterprise architects, developers, and project managers to identify and assess any risks/mitigations and/or update the architecture deliverables accordingly. SA requires thorough understanding and hands on experience of SDLC methodologies and agile/waterfall project execution models. SA needs to gather and evaluate user and management feedback to iteratively improve the business application landscape. The Solution Architect may take a hands-on role working with development teams to ensure the design and implementation of new or upgraded systems. This includes but is not limited to participation on application, data and integration architecture decisions. In addition to project engagement, the SA plays an integral role in the operational effectiveness of the solution and future roadmap discussions with internal and external teams.

Primary Duties And Accountabilities

• Translate business needs into IT solutions & develop portfolio specific strategy and roadmaps. Leverage rigorous design methodologies that consistently yield the right level of technical design documentation and develop technical solutions, which may include custom development and/or extending commercial products, that conform both to customer requirements and solution development standards. Make sure that the solution landscape conforms to Enterprise Architecture framework.
• Review cost and design optimized solutions.
• Ability to act as a key member of the project team and provide leadership to guide application design and development. Assist in problem resolution and support the development team through consultation and problem research. Work as equals with engineering/development staff for optimal design/delivery.
• Communicating solution concepts to all levels of management. Establish strong relationships with all stakeholders.
• Own and evangelize governance mechanisms and ensure that architecture deliverables meet/exceed governance standards.
• Proven facilitation, influencing, oral and written communication and presentation skills
• Provide coaching/ mentorship for IT personnel. Participate in career development and recognition activities. Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and foster teamwork, collaboration, and a learning organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science or related field) and 8-10 years’ experience in IT Architecture.
• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills.
• 4 – 6 years of deep software development lifecycle (SDLC) experience with custom developed software and/or commercially available products.
• Experience with one or more architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, Feld Group, etc.).
• Strong Deployment Architecture design and implementation experience.
• Experience with all elements of change management.
• Proven capacity to work independently and manage multiple, competing demands.
• Able to take high level requirements and develop software architecture.
• Ability to travel domestically.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree.
• Professional IT Architecture education or certification is preferred, but not required.
• Experience with the Open Group’s ArchiMate modeling language.
• Kubernetes and Docker technology
• Experience with Cloud Platform Technologies
• Experience with middleware platform including Boomi and Apigee
• Experience with data analytics