GIS Solution Architect

The GIS Architect will act as the senior functional authority, supporting major utility transformations from a legacy, geometric network-based GIS environment to ArcGIS Utility Network. The role will apply industry best practice, proven implementation approaches and practical delivery experience to help define and guide the target Utility Network solution.

This position will provide functional leadership in shaping the transition from a database centric GIS environment to a modern, service-oriented, web GIS platform. The Solution Architect will work across business processes, workflows, applications, services, integrations and wider operational objectives, ensuring the solution aligns with enterprise architecture standards and utility business needs., * Serve as the lead solution architect and functional advisor for the ArcGIS Utility Network implementations, guiding strategy, design, governance and integration activity.

• Define target Utility Network business processes, including workflows, applications, integrations, operating models and governance patterns.
• Lead and advise on best-practice approaches for migrating from legacy network models, including ArcGIS Geometric Network and other custom GIS models to ArcGIS Utility Network.
• Translate electric and gas utility business requirements into scalable GIS workflows, processes, applications and service solutions.
• Ensure GIS capabilities support E2E utility workflows, including planning, design, construction, field operations, outage response and asset management.
• Provide functional leadership to delivery teams, ensuring solution quality, performance and operational continuity throughout the migrations.

• Experience in utility GIS solution architecture and implementation.
• Full lifecycle ArcGIS Utility Network OR comparable utility GIS transformation programmes.
• Hybrid background spanning utility operations, enterprise GIS within utilities and enterprise system integration., * Deep experience within electric and gas distribution utilities, with strong understanding of operational processes.
• Proven ability to align GIS solutions to the needs of engineering, operations, control rooms, asset management and field teams.
• Experience guiding organisations through the process, operational, and change impacts associated with adopting ArcGIS Utility Network and ArcGIS editing.
• Hands on experience with the ESRI platform, including ArcGIS Utility Network, ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Pro.
• Strong understanding of Utility Network architecture, including branch versioning, services, APIs and web GIS deployment models.
• Experience integrating GIS with enterprise systems such as Enterprise Asset Management, Work Management, Outage Management Systems and field mobility solutions.
• Ability to design secure, scalable, and future-ready GIS platforms aligned with enterprise IT standards