Senior Solutions Architect – GridOS & Energy systems

AL7583 GE Power Norway AS; Oslo; On-site; NOK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance Provided

Job summary

GE Vernova Norway in Oslo seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to lead architecture for GridOS and Energy Systems deployments, coordinating with customer teams on-site to ensure secure, scalable integrations between GE solutions and client systems across OT and IT.

You will collaborate with Services, Product Management, and Engineering to promote standard reference architectures and drive post-sale delivery with a focus on energy systems and OT platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Solution Architect or similar in OT/IT environments.
• Experience with 24/7 critical systems and energy software.
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure) with containers and microservices.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• English proficiency; Norwegian language helpful. TOGAF knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain architecture for integrations across OT and IT environments.
• Coordinate SMEs and ensure contributions meet architecture requirements.
• Plan architecture activities and report progress against budgets and timelines.

Skills

Solution Architect

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Microservices design

Cybersecurity awareness

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Job description

Job Description Summary

As a Senior Solutions Architect – GridOS & Energy Systems, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the long-term success of strategic customer deployments by defining and governing the architecture for the maintenance, evolution, and integration of GE Vernova solutions within the customer environment, in complex OT and IT environments. Based in Oslo and working in close proximity to the customer, including regular presence on customer site, you will act as the bridge between customer stakeholders, Services, Product Management, and Engineering teams. You will ensure best-in-class and optimal technical design aligned with customer functional and non-functional requirements, while promoting the use of standard products, standard interfaces, and reference architectures. This role is focused on post-sales delivery adoption, strategic technical leadership, and integration architecture across OT and IT environments, with particular relevance to energy systems, OT platforms, and Energy Management Systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture & Solution Evolution: Define and maintain architecture for integrations between GE Vernova solutions and customer-owned applications across OT and IT environments. Ensure design proposals address functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, availability, cybersecurity, maintainability, and scalability. Promote standardization through the use of reference architectures, reference solutions, and reusable design patterns. Evaluate the impact of changes and enhancements on the existing deployed solution landscape and surrounding systems.
• Collaboration and Delivery: Work in coordination with the Services function, including Technical Leads Managers and Project Managers, to support successful implementation and adoption. Manage the involvement of SMEs, including cybersecurity, infrastructure, domain, and integration experts, and ensure their contributions meet system architecture requirements. Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering teams on return on experience, product enhancements, and continuous improvement. Coordinate knowledge capitalization and dissemination across Services and Solution Design teams. Be accountable for planning architecture activities, reporting progress, and completing activities in scope in line with approved budgets and timelines.

Skills & Qualifications

• Must Have: Previous experience as Solution Architect. Technical Architect or similar role in a comparable domain. Strong experience with critical systems having demanding requirements in terms of 24/7 availability. Experience in energy systems, OT environments, or Energy Management Systems. Strong understanding of integration architectures spanning OT and IT environments. Cloud architecture experience (AWS and/or Azure) and experience with cloud-native technologies such as containers and Kubernetes. Strong understanding of microservices design principles, including RESTful services and API development. Experience working with Kubernetes in production environments. Experience with systems deployed in on-premise / virtualized environments (Windows, Linux, VMware). Exposure to iterative product development and program management techniques including Agile, SAFe, Scrum, and DevOps. Strong awareness of cybersecurity principles and data protection considerations, particularly as they relate to critical infrastructure. Ability to define architectures using standard products, standard interfaces, and appropriate architecture patterns to meet business and technical requirements. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Professional English level.
• Nice to Have: Energy sector / Electric utility Industry domain knowledge, Experience with OT/SCADA systems for monitoring and controlling industrial processes Knowledge of emerging energy industry trends and implications on utility customers (Renewables and DER orchestration, distribution planning, IT, SCADA) Experience in a forward deployed, resident, or embedded customer‑facing architecture role. Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF. Experience in Services or software commissioning in OT environments. Norwegian language skills.
• Soft Skills: Strong customer engagement and stakeholder management skills. Business-oriented mindset with strong technical literacy. Strong problem‑solving abilities and capability to articulate specific technical topics and architectural decisions. Ability to influence across customer and internal teams. Ownership mindset with focus on long‑term customer success and solution sustainability.

Additional Information

GE Vernova Norway operates in sectors of critical infrastructure and strictly adheres to statutory security requirements and guidelines issued by Datatilsynet, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, in our hiring processes. We conduct thorough background checks and suitability assessments in accordance with applicable regulations, including personal data protection legislations as the new Norwegian Personal Data Act (LOV-2018-06-15-38) ("PDA"). For roles requiring security clearance and access to sensitive government documents according to the Energy Act, candidates must be prepared to provide the necessary information as part of the Security Clearance process, as required under and in compliance with PDA and the Energy Act. All personal data will be handled with the utmost confidentiality and in accordance with our data protection policies, solely for recruitment and security purposes.

Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided

Our Mission & Vision

No Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard‑earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.

www.gevernova.com