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Oncor Electric Delivery is seeking a Program Architect for a contract position in Dallas, Texas, with a duration of 6+ months and possibility of extension. This is a high-impact, mission-critical leadership role responsible for architecture across a large-scale Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) transformation program, aligning enterprise strategy with execution while delivering measurable business outcomes in grid reliability, outage reduction, system resilience, and operational scalability.
Own the target state, transition states, and execution architecture roadmap for the ADMS program, serving as the final decision authority for all program-level architectural trade-offs
Translate enterprise architecture strategy into actionable and enforceable program architecture, define technology investment direction, and challenge internal and vendor-driven roadmaps
Establish and govern architectural standards across system integrators, vendors, and platform providers, critically evaluating and challenging vendor solutions, designs, and delivery approaches to prevent over-customization
Serve as the primary architectural advisor to CIO/CTO, executive steering committees, and program leadership, driving decision-making in high-impact, ambiguous situations and communicating architecture trade-offs in outcome-oriented language
Define integration architecture across the ADMS ecosystem and lead design of real-time, event-driven, and high-availability architectures supporting SCADA and grid operations
Ensure alignment across IT/OT boundaries, including telemetry, control systems, and enterprise platforms
Identify and mitigate systemic architectural risks across a multi-system, multi-year program, and lead architectural recovery efforts for at-risk or underperforming program components
Ensure architecture is deployable, operable, and production-ready, defining patterns for resilience, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and observability
Support go-lives, cutovers, and phased rollout strategies
Required
15+ years in architecture, engineering, or senior technical leadership roles
15+ years in Electrical Utility / Energy domain
Proven leadership of large-scale transformation programs ($50M–$200M+)
Experience leading architecture across 10+ integrated systems and cross-functional teams
Demonstrated experience in mission-critical / control room systems environments
Proven track record in turnaround or stabilization of complex programs
Hands-on experience with AspenTech OSI ADMS or equivalent systems
Participation in at least one full ADMS implementation lifecycle (design → deployment → stabilization)
Deep understanding of OMS, DMS, SCADA, and grid operations workflows
Real-time systems architecture and low-latency data processing (SCADA/telemetry)
Event-driven and streaming architectures
High-availability and fault-tolerant design patterns for mission-critical systems
Data synchronization strategies across operational and enterprise platforms
Demonstrated ability to lead without authority across federated teams
Strong decision-making under ambiguity and competing priorities
Proven ability to challenge stakeholders, vendors, and delivery teams constructively
Exceptional executive communication skills
Ability to translate architecture into business outcomes, risks, and trade-offs
Produces concise, decision-driven artifacts
IT/OT convergence and cybersecurity expertise with NERC CIP awareness
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