Hybrid Program Architect – Utilities & ADMS/SCADA

Astir IT Solutions, Inc.; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Astir IT Solutions, Inc. seeks a Program Architect – Utilities specializing in ADMS/SCADA to provide architectural leadership across large, multi-project programs. Hybrid role based in Dallas, collaborating with delivery teams to ensure cohesive, secure grid operations platform.

The role requires deep experience in enterprise architecture, integration across OMS/DMS/SCADA, and strong governance to drive scalable, resilient solutions for modern grid modernization efforts.

Qualifications

• Strong years of experience in architecture, engineering, or senior technical leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading architecture for large-scale, multi-project enterprise programs.
• Prior Solution Architect or Lead Architect experience with direct delivery accountability.

Responsibilities

• Defining the end-to-end program architecture across ADMS components including OMS, DMS, SCADA integrations, and real-time data processing layers.
• Ensuring seamless integration with upstream and downstream systems such as GIS, AMI, DERMS, EMS, asset management, customer systems and other edge systems.
• Establishing architectural guardrails for vendor platforms and system integrators to minimize over-customization and ensure long-term maintainability.
• Designing for high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery to support mission-critical grid operations.
• Coordinating data architecture for real-time and near-real-time telemetry, network models, and operational analytics.
• Ensuring consistent system-of-record definitions and data synchronization strategies across operational systems.
• Driving alignment between control room operations, field systems, and enterprise platforms through well-defined integration patterns and interfaces.
• Supporting scalability to accommodate increasing grid complexity, DER penetration, and advanced automation use cases.
• Advising on long-term architectural strategy for phased ADMS rollout, including legacy system decommissioning and transition states.
• Ensuring cybersecurity considerations are embedded in architecture, particularly for OT and IT/OT boundary integrations.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Large-scale programs

Solution/Lead Architect experience

Distributed & data architecture

Cloud/hybrid environments

Security-by-design

Leadership & Influence

Communication & Stakeholder management

Job description

Astir IT Solutions, Inc. seeks a Program Architect – Utilities specializing in ADMS/SCADA to provide architectural leadership across large, multi-project programs. Hybrid role based in Dallas, collaborating with delivery teams to ensure cohesive, secure grid operations platform.

The role requires deep experience in enterprise architecture, integration across OMS/DMS/SCADA, and strong governance to drive scalable, resilient solutions for modern grid modernization efforts.