Solution Architect

Starting Salary Range: $150,000 - $171,000 - position is also eligible for an annual bonus if individual performance and company objectives are met.

MISO's Solution Architect is responsible for collaborating with various stakeholders in designing, prototyping, and evaluating highly scalable solutions used to manage the power grid for 45 million people. We're looking for a collaborative problem-solver who values input from others and can communicate complex technical topics with clarity across diverse teams. The ideal candidate brings creativity, efficiency, and leadership to solution design, while also mentoring others and delivering measurable business value. If your best days include delivering solutions to problems, and you want to contribute to evolving and transforming technologies and processes to solve these problems - this is the job for you!

The Solution Architect will:

• Design and develop prototypes, proof-of-concepts (PoCs), and demonstrations to validate architectural solutions.
• Create solution architectures and contribute reference implementations to MISO's Architecture Reference Library.
• Drive cloud-readiness across the application portfolio through expert guidance and strategic advocacy.
• Collaborate with internal Agile teams, external vendors, business stakeholders, and architecture peers to deliver secure, data-driven, standards-based solutions.
• Lead assessments of current state architectures, define future state designs, and develop actionable roadmaps.
• Review, update, and propose technology standards to ensure alignment with enterprise goals and industry best practices
• Deploy architectural tests or dashboards related to the codebase.

To be a successful Solution Architect, we are looking for:

• 10+ years of technical experience in software engineering and architecture using modern technologies.
• Proven ability to communicate architectural designs using modeling languages such as ArchiMate.
• Strong design skills with experience translating architecture into reference implementations using CI/CD pipelines, programming languages, and modern development tools.
• Demonstrated ability to bridge technical vision with implementation, ensuring alignment between architecture and engineering execution
• Familiarity with the energy industry, including energy markets, reliability systems, or infrastructure operations (preferred).
• Continuing education and/or certification architecture-related frameworks preferred such as The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), Open Agile Architecture, ArchiMate, ITIL, Cloud Architect certification (Azure, AWS, or OCI) and programmatic language certifications (preferred)
  
  

Appropriate level will be determined based upon experience, knowledge, and skills.

Transformative innovation is happening in the electric industry, from digitalizing homes and distributed resources to renewable energy and an ever-changing grid. MISO manages the electricity superhighway in the Central U.S. and through use of groundbreaking research and advanced technology, our highly skilled employees ensure power flows reliably to 45 million Americans. Operating the electricity grid, running a robust energy market, planning for a bright future - it's what our immensely hardworking and dedicated team does every day.

At MISO we offer a hybrid work environment and a comprehensive benefits package, including 401k, available on your first day of employment.

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