Data Architect

About the Role

As a Functional Data Architect (Data and Analytics) specializing in electric utilities, you will play a pivotal role in defining and implementing solutions leveraging the GridOS Data Fabric, which is the grid data management layer of GE Vernova’s GridOS Platform.

You will act as the bridge between business users and technical teams, guiding the design, rollout, and adoption of a data fabric that supports data integration, governance, and accessibility across the organization.

You will work closely with clients to understand their business needs, translate them into use cases that the technical team can design and build. Your role will involve collaborating with domain experts, business analysts, solution architects to ensure that the data fabric meets operational, regulatory, and strategic needs—especially in the context of CIM / CGMES, SCADA, metering, asset management, and energy market integration.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead discussions with business users (IT and OT), subject matter experts (SMEs), and stakeholders to gather data needs and translate them into functional architecture components.
• Define domain-driven data models aligned with electric utility processes (grid operations, asset management, outage response, etc.).
• Drive workshops with customers capturing the foundation for a successful GridOS Data Fabric realization.
• Act as a thought leader within the utility domain, understanding and challenging the utilities’ data and business processes.
• Define the functional architecture of the enterprise data fabric, including metadata, lineage, semantics, access control, and domain federation.
• Collaborate with solution architects to align logical data models with physical implementations and prepare a high level integration architecture design that integrates data from various sources with the GridOS Data Fabric, ensuring data quality, consistency, and accessibility.
• Manage involvement of other SMEs (e.g. business analysts, IT / Cybersecurity experts) and make sure their design contributions meet system architecture functional and non-functional requirements. Collaborate with Product Managers & Engineering (Customer Voice, Return on Experience, product enhancements, reference architectures).
• Define data service contracts and semantic layers across operational and analytical use cases.
• Work on extracting meaningful patterns and trends from data to support decision-making and optimize operations.
• Align data architecture with Transmission / Distribution system operators’ regulatory obligations.
• Integrate models like CIM (IEC 61970 / 61968) and CGMES into the data architecture.
• Address interoperability with grid modeling, EMS / SCADA systems, and market data platforms.
• Define data ownership, stewardship, and usage policies in cooperation with Data Governance teams.
• Support data cataloging, lineage tracing, and business glossary implementation.
• Ensure that data is discoverable, trustworthy, and accessible for use by analytics and AI teams.
• Train and support business users in self-service data access and semantic model navigation.
• Contribute to change management and adoption across internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Mentor, train and share knowledge with the Services function during the implementation phase, providing training and mentorship to develop teams and clients, ensuring successful adoption and utilization of GridOS Data Fabric.
• Own the design deliverables (Statement of Work, Solution Architecture documents), ensure traceability of requirements with solutions proposed.
• Accountable for the communication and enforcement of the Solution Design to Customer and Key Project Stakeholders.
• Drive excellence in execution through continuous improvement in their segment or domain (best practices and reference material - reference architectures, reference solutions, stay current with the latest advancements in the technological domain).
• Build technical expertise in the field of their segment or domain. Deliver technical consultancy services on demand.

Required Qualifications and Skills

Nice-to-Have

Soft Skills

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance : No.

Remote : This is a remote position.

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As GE Vernova is a global organization, working across different time zones, and monitoring, reading and responding to contact outside normal working hours can be expected.

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