Senior Solution Architect - Water

Bentley Systems, Incorporated; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home-based role

Job summary

Bentley Systems, Incorporated seeks a Senior Solution Architect, Water to accelerate digital transformation for water utilities, engineering firms, and partners using Bentley's infrastructure engineering and digital twin solutions.

You will engage executives and engineers, design scalable solutions across OpenFlows, WaterSight, iTwin, and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, and lead workshops, POC efforts, and strategic roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, CS, IT or related field; training/experience acceptable.
• Minimum 15 years in water/wastewater/related infra industries.
• Minimum 7 years implementing or using Bentley water solutions (OpenFlows).
• Experience engaging executives and leading tech discussions.
• Strong knowledge of water utility processes, workflows, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience presenting technical/executive-level material.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Represent Bentley at conferences, user groups, and executive forums.
• Lead complex technical pursuits, business cases, POC initiatives, and executive presentations.
• Mentor Application Engineers, Solution Architects, and emerging leaders.
• Develop repeatable, scalable solutions across Bentley portfolio (OpenFlows, WaterSight, iTwin).
• Guide customers on water workflows, data governance, cloud adoption, and digital engineering practices.
• Architect solutions connecting engineering, geospatial, asset, sensor, and IoT data.
• Lead enterprise design workshops and multi-year digital transformation roadmaps.

Skills

Enterprise solution architecture

Technical sales leadership

Water utilities domain knowledge

Executive stakeholder engagement

Mentoring

AI/automation interest

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Tools

OpenFlows

WaterSight

iTwin

ProjectWise

AssetWise

SYNCHRO

Bentley Infrastructure Cloud

Job description

**Position Summary:** Bentley Systems is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Solution Architect, Water to help water utilities, engineering organizations, and technology partners accelerate their digital transformation initiatives through the adoption of Bentley's infrastructure engineering and digital twin solutions. The Senior Solution Architect serves as a trusted advisor to executive, operational, engineering, and technology stakeholders, helping organizations connect business objectives, engineering workflows, asset performance goals, and digital transformation strategies with Bentley's software portfolio. This role combines deep water industry expertise, enterprise solution architecture, technical sales leadership, and business consulting capabilities to develop repeatable, scalable solutions that improve infrastructure planning, design, construction, operations, and asset management outcomes. Success in this role requires the ability to engage from the project level to the executive level, influence strategic technology decisions, and translate emerging industry challenges into innovative business solutions utilizing Bentley technologies. **Responsibilities:** • Requires sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer. • Represent Bentley at conferences, industry organizations, user groups, and executive forums. • Create reusable methodologies, demonstrations, and enablement materials for global teams. • Mentor Application Engineers, Solution Architects, and emerging technical leaders. • Represent the voice of the user by communicating market needs, product feedback, and emerging industry requirements. • Partner with Account Management, Product Management, Services, Marketing, and other technical teams to support strategic account growth. • Lead complex technical pursuits, business cases, proof-of-concept initiatives, value discussions, and executive presentations. • Identify practical applications for AI, automation, and advanced analytics within engineering and asset management workflows. • Guide digital twin and infrastructure intelligence strategies using Bentley Infrastructure Cloud and iTwin technologies. • Advise customers on water industry workflows, data governance, interoperability, cloud adoption, and digital engineering practices. • Architect solutions that connect engineering, geospatial, operational, asset, sensor, and IoT data. • Lead technical discovery workshops, enterprise solution design, and multi-year digital transformation roadmaps. • Translate customer business priorities and industry challenges into scalable Bentley solution strategies. • Build trusted relationships with executive, operational, engineering, and technology stakeholders. • Serve as the senior technical advisor for strategic water utility, engineering consulting, and infrastructure owner-operator accounts. **Qualifications:** **Required Qualifications:** • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or relevant training and/or experience. • Minimum 15 years of experience in the water, wastewater, stormwater, or related infrastructure industries. • Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience implementing or utilizing Bentley water solutions, including OpenFlows products. • Demonstrated experience engaging executive stakeholders and leading strategic technology discussions. • Strong knowledge of water utility business processes, engineering workflows, operational technologies, and digital transformation initiatives. • Experience developing and presenting technical and executive-level presentations. • Exceptional communication, consulting, and relationship-building skills. **Preferred Qualifications:** • Professional Engineer (PE) license. • Experience with digital twin strategies and enterprise architecture initiatives. • Knowledge of cloud platforms, IoT systems, analytics platforms, and smart utility technologies. • Familiarity with Bentley water applications such as OpenFlows and WaterSight. • Familiarity with Bentley Infrastructure Cloud solutions, including ProjectWise, AssetWise, SYNCHRO, WaterSight, PlantSight, and iTwin technologies. • Experience supporting multidisciplinary infrastructure environments, including transportation, energy, environmental, and industrial sectors. • Experience leading complex enterprise software evaluations and transformation programs. This is a Home-based role.