Manager, IT Architecture

PG&E - Oakland, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Hybrid - Oakland, CA

Utilities

About the position

The Manager of IT Architecture at PG&E is responsible for providing technical leadership and mentorship for the implementation of Advanced Analytics Platforms, specifically focusing on Palantir Foundry. This role involves leading a team of technical leads to architect and execute the development of workflows, ensuring efficient data product delivery and improving overall analytics capabilities within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Mentoring technical leads specializing in delivering data products, analytical products, and operational products within Palantir Foundry.
• Leading technical implementations of individual Foundry workflows.
• Designing and architecting efficient Foundry workflows to meet business needs.
• Building data products in SQL, Python, and Java.
• Modeling effective development approaches, productive working environments, and quality bars for team members.
• Understanding business requirements and modeling edge cases.
• Leading effective teams with diverse combinations of ICs such as testers, middleware experts, and business analysts.
• Building improved Foundry literacy among all users and developers in the ecosystem.
• Improving development efficiency across the organization by implementing and improving agile delivery methodologies.
• Driving the overall Advanced Analytics & Foundry strategy, including architecture decisions about where to use Foundry and how to interoperate it with other data ecosystem products.
• Working with Palantir to prioritize delivery of capabilities that will accelerate and improve PG&E's ability to deliver value with the platform.
• Guiding PG&E product design decisions and technical feasibility assessments within Foundry using superior knowledge of Foundry's capabilities.
• Communicating the vision for Foundry's place in the PG&E data ecosystem across the organization.
• Prioritizing investments in Foundry workflows to meet business needs.
• Managing technical debt and improving workflow efficiency in Foundry across the organization.
• Designing and utilizing appropriate platform cost guardrails, creating and enforcing standards, and optimizing platform compute/storage usage.

Requirements

• B.A./B.S. degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 6 years of IT management or IT Architecture experience.
• 5 years of experience as a Technical Lead.
• 5 years of experience with Palantir Foundry.
• Intermediate to Expert Level Data Engineering background including complex SQL, Spark, and PySpark queries and data modeling experience.
• Intermediate to Expert skills with streaming data products such as Flink and Kafka.
• Intermediate to Expert Level Development in Python and Java.

Nice-to-haves

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience in IT/Data Engineering working in application/workflow development and architecture, with 7 years project implementation experience and hands-on experience developing data products.
• Expert in the solution architecture discipline, processes, concepts and best practices.
• 5 years experience designing solution architectures within Palantir Foundry, including data pipelining, data integration, data modeling, and application design.
• 5 years experience direct hands-on implementation of solutions within Palantir Foundry, including data pipelining, data integration, data modeling, and application design.
• Deep understanding of underlying Foundry architecture and design.
• Proven track record of working with Palantir directly to troubleshoot problems or drive feature prioritization.
• Experience providing operational support for high-availability applications, including experience designing operational support regimes.
• Experience directing and mentoring architects, developers, business analysts and testers.
• Experience working with middleware and SaaS vendors designing and implementing API contracts, especially using REST.
• Experience working with cybersecurity architectures such as PKI and TLS.
• Experience working as an Agile/Technical Lead in an Agile environment.
• Knowledge of ML modeling within or outside Foundry a plus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and a strong work ethic.
• Very strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including in detailed and clear writing.
• Able to build strong relationships and influence at the Director level of leadership.
• Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that creates a comfortable & effective workplace.
• Able to further community & elevate team performance.
• Brings a high-energy and passionate outlook to the role and has a strong sense of ownership.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Vacation, Sick Hours, Holidays, Family Leave
• Employee Resource Groups
• Professional Development
• Healthcare
• Healthcare & Dependent Care FSA
• Retirement Plans