Substation Monitoring Systems Architect Leader – GridBeats

• Define and own the overall architecture of the substation monitoring platform, encompassing hardware, firmware, software, and data layers.
• Design software architecture to support edge-to-cloud integration, including secure communication, scalable data pipelines, and deployment flexibility
• Lead system-level design trade-offs across performance, cost, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Create and maintain architectural documentation and models to guide development and integration across technical teams.
• Ensure alignment of architecture decisions with product goals, customer needs, and operational constraints.
• Develop a forward-looking platform strategy to support integration of AI/analytics, expandability, and evolving grid needs.
• Translate customer and stakeholder needs into clear system-level requirements and interface specifications.
• Define system capabilities and requirements for continuous monitoring of primary substation assets such as transformers, circuit breakers, switchgear, and instrument transformers.
• Ensure that platform components (e.g., data acquisition, processing, visualization, and diagnostics) are designed to run efficiently in both local and distributed environments
• Specify and support integration of sensor technologies, diagnostic algorithms, and edge data processing to enable real-time health assessments.
• Participate in product discovery and early prototyping efforts, including international field visits where necessary.
• Align system design with industry standards (e.g., IEC 61850, IEEE C37, DNP3, MODBUS) for secure and reliable operation in grid environments.
• Integrate sensor data, asset models, and diagnostic tools into a unified platform across edge devices and cloud infrastructure.
• Support validation and field testing in collaboration with asset experts to ensure monitoring efficacy and platform robustness.
• Establish architectural patterns for modular deployment, secure access control, update mechanisms, and multi-tenant operation for cloud systems.
• Manage technical decisions around containerization (e.g., Docker), orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Collaborate with asset and reliability engineers to deliver real-time dashboards, event alarms, and predictive insights accessible from both on-premises and cloud systems
• Contribute to asset lifecycle insights, including predictive maintenance, asset diagnostics, and anomaly detection strategies.
• Maintain deep awareness of customer operations, asset usage patterns, and maintenance practices to inform product direction.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (master’s preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in system architecture or complex product development in industrial or energy applications.
• Proven experience architecting systems for hybrid deployment models: on-premises (e.g., virtual machines, rack-mounted servers) and cloud (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Proven experience developing hardware-software systems with real-world deployment in harsh or critical environments.
• Understanding of systems decomposition, requirements flow-down, and cross-domain interface definition.
• Demonstrated leadership in technical coordination across cross-functional teams.
• Experience in new product development, from concept through release, including field trials.
• Ability to clearly communicate architecture and trade-offs to varied audiences, both technical and executive.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

• Domain knowledge in electric power transmission & distribution, especially substations and high-voltage asset monitoring.
• Familiarity with substation primary equipment, sensors, data acquisition, and monitoring practices.
• Exposure to edge computing, IoT architectures, and real-time analytics.
• Understanding of AI/ML applications for predictive diagnostics or fault analysis.
• Hands-on problem solver with systems-thinking and abstraction capability.
• Experience with Agile/Scaled Agile frameworks and collaborative development.
• High emotional intelligence, strong communication, and stakeholder influence skills.

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