Location: Carmel, Indiana; Eagan, Minnesota or Remote

MISO’s Domain/Enterprise Architect is responsible for architectural planning, coordination, design, and documentation at a domain level, such as a portfolio of systems or multiple related areas, ensuring compliance with MISO’s technology architecture, standards, and regulatory requirements. This includes:

• Engaging with stakeholders applying architectural methods and producing architectural artifacts used to manage the power grid for 42 million people
• Evaluating emerging technologies (replacement, removal and retirement of inefficient or outdated technologies)
• Using business knowledge and technical expertise to provide technical advice and engineering assistance to customers; and assisting in the evaluation of vendor supplied solutions and their potential impact on the Technology Architecture
• Documenting changes to the existing architecture and communicating changes to appropriate IT and Business groups.

As MISO’s Domain/Enterprise Architect, you will:

• Apply methods to systematically create architectures based on the analysis of known functional requirements, quality requirements and constraints
• Evaluate architectures to properly balance trade-offs among quality goals including design review for adherence to standards and compliance requirements
• Drive innovative solutions to reduce technology costs and improve performance and scalability resulting in business flexibility and growth
• Assume responsibility for developing, implementing, and completing highly complex often unique or pioneering projects

To qualify for MISO’s Domain/Enterprise Architect, we’re looking for the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree required in Science, Engineering or related technical field required.
• Master’s Degree in Science, Engineering or related technical field preferred.
• Continuing education and/or certification in one or more of the following areas, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)/Scrum, Azure, and Architecture-related frameworks such as (TOGAF, DODAF, Zachman) preferred.
• Ten years development, implementation, and maintenance of technology architectures for a business, required
• Five years technology leadership role in enterprise design, developing and implementing software solutions for an enterprise, preferred
• Creating, analyzing and reviewing solution architectures based on formal methods / approaches, preferred.
• Architecture standards, best practices and evolving trends and able to communicate with domain experts
• Energy Industry domain knowledge of energy markets, reliability systems, or infrastructure operations management, preferred

Transformative innovation is happening in the electric industry; from digitalizing homes and distributed resources, to renewable energy and an ever-changing grid. MISO manages the electricity superhighway in the Central U.S. and through use of groundbreaking research and advanced technology, our highly skilled employees ensure power flows reliably to 42 million Americans. Operating the electricity grid, running a robust energy market, planning for a bright future – it’s what our immensely hardworking and dedicated team does every day.

At MISO, we are committed to the health and safety of our employees while maintaining a reliable bulk electric system. We are proud to offer #workfromhome options to our employees. MISO offers a comprehensive benefits package available on your first day of employment. #hiring #DiscoverMISO #MISOCareers #lifeatMISO #weareMISO

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