"ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT"

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Enterprise Architect (Principal Consultant) Electric Utilities

1099 Contract | Remote | 10 12 Weeks | 40 Hours/Week | Limited Travel Start: End of October
Location: U.S.-Based (Eastern Time preferred, Central Time considered)

<>Overview</>

We are seeking a Principal Consultant-level Enterprise Architect with deep electric utility industry experience to support a business capability modeling and technology strategy engagement for a leading Northeast utility. This consultant will play a key role in architecture analysis, stakeholder facilitation, capability assessments, and strategic roadmap development.

<>Responsibilities</>

• Assess and refine business capability models, application portfolios, and enterprise architecture artifacts.
• Map business capabilities to applications, technologies, platforms, and IT capabilities.
• Facilitate workshops with business leaders, Enterprise Architecture, IT, and application owners.
• Evaluate capability maturity, technology health, risks, dependencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop capability-based assessment and prioritization frameworks.
• Translate findings into actionable technology strategies and investment recommendations.
• Create executive-level presentations, architecture deliverables, and transformation roadmaps.
• Collaborate closely with project leadership to ensure successful delivery.

<>Required Qualifications</>

• 10+ years of Enterprise Architecture consulting experience, including technology strategy engagements.
• Mandatory electric utility industry experience with knowledge of utility operations and supporting technologies.
• Strong expertise in business capability modeling and capability-based planning.
• Broad architecture knowledge across enterprise applications, data, integration, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and IT/OT environments.
• Experience assessing technology portfolios, application landscapes, and architectural maturity.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to independently deliver high-quality consulting artifacts and recommendations.
• Available full-time (40 hours/week) for the duration of the engagement.

<>Preferred Qualifications</>

• Experience with LeanIX or similar Enterprise Architecture repositories.
• Familiarity with EPRI or utility-specific business capability frameworks.
• Knowledge of utility platforms including GIS, OMS, DMS, AMI/Metering, Asset & Work Management, and CIS systems.

<>Travel</>

Limited travel anticipated, approximately 2 3 trips during the engagement.

<>Engagement Details</>

• 1099 contract
• Fully remote with limited travel
• Initial engagement: 10 12 weeks
• Potential for extension into a longer-term Enterprise Architecture support role based on performance