Technical Expert, Solution Architect

 

 

 

 

Landis+Gyr is a leading global provider of integrated energy management solutions. We measure and analyze energy utilization to generate empowering analytics for smart grid and infrastructure management, enabling utilities and consumers to reduce energy consumption. Our innovative and proven portfolio of software, services and intelligent sensor technology is a key driver to decarbonize the grid. Having avoided more than 9 million tons of CO2 in FY 2021 and committed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, Landis+Gyr manages energy better – since 1896. 
With sales of USD 1.5 billion in FY 2021, Landis+Gyr employs around 6,500 talented people across five continents.

 

Position Summary

 

The Solution Architect oversees the customer readiness and deployment architecture, security, design, and testing of the integrations & interoperability of software programs, vendor applications, and third-party solutions; these duties would include design of solutions in consultation with analysts, designers, and system owners of vendor application systems within public cloud as well as Private cloud infrastructure.

As the subject matter expert, the Technical Architect must understand client requirements and how Landis+Gyr solution fits into these requirements. The ideal candidate will be business-focused, possess strong technical aptitude and excellent client-facing communication skills. Successful candidates will be able to bridge the gap between business and technology, manage client resources, drive technical solutions to timely completion, and identify, analyze, and extract key data from heterogeneous systems. This role works closely with a wide variety of customers from program managers to developers, business units within L+G and the customer’s team to generate solutions, and helps the customer understand the solution and its impact on business efficiencies.

Must have 3-5 years of experience in Customer Deployment Architecture.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Consult with customers to scope, design, document, implement and deliver end to end solutions to use L+G’s Products to accomplish their business tasks.
• Architect new solutions and deliver new services, which meet the needs of the customer and are beneficial to Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream Solution in the public cloud as well as private infrastructure.
• Work directly with customers to create solution designs and resolve any issues related to the solution.
• Contribute to the Smart Grid Services culture by actively participating in the evolution of best practices, tools, and processes.
• Collaborate with analysts, designers, and system owners in the testing of newly integrated software programs and applications.
• Support integration testing phase of software and applications under development to identify and remedy potential problem areas.
• Build relationships with vendors of utility applications deployed in the Smart Grid Energy Services sector to learn about and provide feedback on their technical integration capabilities.
• Ensure that integration projects meet business requirements and goals, fulfill end-user requirements, and identify and resolve systems issues.
• Develop standards, best practices, patterns, and processes to support and facilitate integration projects and initiative.
• Ability to travel as needed (up to 50%)
• Supports and adheres to Company’s core values.
• Performs other duties or responsibilities as assigned or required.
• Supports and adheres to Company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy.
• Represents Company in a positive, professional manner when working with both internal and external customers.
• Consult with customers to scope, design, document, implement and deliver end to end solutions to use L+G’s Products to accomplish their business tasks.
• Architect new solutions and deliver new services, which meet the needs of the customer and are beneficial to Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream Solution in the public cloud as well as private infrastructure.
• Work directly with customers to create solution designs and resolve any issues related to the solution.
• Contribute to the Smart Grid Services culture by actively participating in the evolution of best practices, tools, and processes.
• Collaborate with analysts, designers, and system owners in the testing of newly integrated software programs and applications.
• Support integration testing phase of software and applications under development in order to identify and remedy potential problem areas.
• Build relationships with vendors of utility applications deployed in the Smart Grid Energy Services sector to learn about and provide feedback on their technical integration capabilities.
• Ensure that integration projects meet business requirements and goals, fulfill end-user requirements, and identify and resolve systems issues.
• Develop standards, best practices, patterns, and processes to support and facilitate integration projects and initiative.
• Ability to travel as needed (up to 50%)
• Supports and adheres to Company’s core values.
• Performs other duties or responsibilities as assigned or required.
• Supports and adheres to Company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy.
• Represents Company in a positive, professional manner when working with both internal and external customers.

Core Activities

• Ability to prepare deployment architecture design from scratch for the L+G applications.
  • Capacity Planning
  • Deployment Support for Installations
• Execute and support migrations.
• Technical Build and Support Environment setups, Configurations
• Should be well versed with System Audits requirements and methodologies.
• Ability to Indulge in Critical Customer Issues and help drive the solution.
• Participate in Pre-Sales and Sales meetings.
• Excellent Oral and Written communication skills
• Coach and Mentor Team Members
• Ability to Build and Support POC, Sandboxes, Customer Environments
• Experience in Writing Technical Architecture Documents, and Prepare Architectural Diagrams
• Experience in Public and Private Cloud
• Experience in Collaborating with Customer Support, Product Support
• Well versed with Networking, Data and Security Terminologies

 

Technology Stack

• Google Cloud Platform/Azure/AWS / OnPrem
• Ansible, Terraform, Python, Windows, Unix Flavors,

 

If you have the drive and enthusiasm to accept this challenge and to work in a very dynamic, cross functional and international environment, we are looking forward to meeting you.

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