Your future begins here! BGE, Inc. is a nationwide civil engineering consulting firm offering diverse career opportunities in a wide range of disciplines for public and private infrastructure projects. Our employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes outstanding health care, generous 401(k) match, professional career resources, and highly competitive work-life balance programs, including personal-time allowances, dependent care, and flexible Fridays.

In addition, BGE provides unlimited sick leave, floating holidays, and robust career growth guidance, including organization-wide leadership and mentorship programs to help you build connections and shape your career. BGE goes beyond competitive benefits to attract and retain the best in an environment that inspires excellence.

Overview

BGE is seeking a Solution Architect I to help clients solve complex business challenges through data, technology, and process improvement.

This role sits at the intersection of business consulting, solution architecture, data strategy, and digital transformation. The ideal candidate is comfortable working directly with clients to understand operational challenges, define technology strategies, design scalable solutions, and guide implementation efforts.

As a member of the Technology Solutions team, you will work with public and private sector organizations to improve how information is managed, integrated, analyzed, and delivered across their operations. This role includes a strong focus on enterprise data, system integration, GIS, business intelligence, asset management, and cloud-based solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Client Engagement & Solution Strategy

Lead workshops, discovery sessions, and stakeholder interviews to understand business objectives, operational challenges, and technology needs.
Translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions and implementation strategies.
Develop technology roadmaps and digital transformation strategies aligned with client goals and organizational priorities.
Present recommendations, technical concepts, and solution approaches to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Solution Architecture & Design

Own the overall solution architecture and design approach, ensuring business requirements, technical implementation, and long-term scalability remain aligned.
Design Common Data Environments (CDEs), enterprise information architectures, and data management frameworks that improve accessibility, governance, and decision-making.
Design integrated solutions spanning GIS, asset management systems, ERP platforms, CRM platforms, cloud environments, field applications, business intelligence tools, and other enterprise systems.
Develop data models, integration strategies, and governance frameworks that support organizational growth and long-term maintainability.
Establish technical standards and design patterns that promote scalable, secure, and supportable solutions.

Technical Leadership & Delivery

Provide technical leadership and guidance to analysts, developers, and project teams during solution implementation.
Lead technical collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, including technology, engineering, GIS, and business stakeholders.
Guide implementation efforts involving data migrations, system integrations, automation workflows, reporting platforms, and enterprise applications.
Collaborate with technical teams to develop APIs, data pipelines, dashboards, automation solutions, and enterprise applications.
Support quality assurance activities to ensure solutions align with business requirements and architectural standards.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

Evaluate business processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automation, integration, and workflow redesign.
Research emerging technologies, cloud services, artificial intelligence, and industry trends to drive innovation and deliver business value.
Identify opportunities to improve organizational data maturity, governance, reporting capabilities, and operational effectiveness.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

Knowledge

Enterprise solution architecture principles and methodologies.
Data architecture, data governance, and enterprise information management concepts.
Common Data Environments (CDEs) and modern information management practices.
Systems integration approaches including APIs, ETL processes, middleware, and cloud-based integration services.
Enterprise platforms including GIS, asset management systems, ERP systems, CRM solutions, and business intelligence platforms.
Cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Relational databases, SQL, reporting, analytics, and data modeling principles.

Skills

Strong client-facing communication and facilitation skills.
Ability to lead discovery sessions, requirements gathering efforts, and stakeholder workshops.
Solution architecture and system design.
Enterprise integration planning and solution development.
Data modeling, analytics, and information architecture design.
Technical documentation and presentation development.
Problem-solving and critical thinking focused on delivering practical business outcomes.
Collaboration across business, technical, and operational teams.

Abilities

Translate business objectives into scalable technology architectures and implementation plans.
Explain complex technical concepts to executive, operational, and technical stakeholders.
Balance strategic planning with practical implementation requirements.
Identify opportunities for innovation, automation, and process improvement.
Manage multiple projects and priorities in a client-focused environment.
Adapt to varying industries, technologies, and organizational structures.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, GIS, Data Analytics, Business Technology, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in technology consulting, digital transformation, enterprise systems, GIS, data strategy, business intelligence, application development, or related disciplines.
Experience leading client-facing discussions and translating business requirements into technology solutions.
Experience designing or implementing integrations between enterprise platforms.
Working knowledge of SQL, data modeling, reporting, and analytics solutions.
Experience with one or more enterprise technology platforms such as Esri, Power BI, Tableau, asset management systems, ERP platforms, CRM systems, or cloud environments.

Preferred

Experience supporting public sector, transportation, utilities, public works, engineering, or infrastructure organizations.
Familiarity with asset management, asset intelligence, digital twins, IoT, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or advanced analytics solutions.
Experience developing technology master plans, data strategies, or digital transformation roadmaps.
Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams.
Relevant industry certifications related to cloud platforms, GIS, project management, data analytics, or solution architecture.

Some of our Benefits:

401k Match: 100% up to 4% of your contributions with immediate vesting + 3% Safe Harbor Contribution with immediate vesting
Merit-Based Bonus Compensation
Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance; BGE contributes to HSA on eligible plans
9 paid Holidays, including 3 Floating holidays
Personal Time Allowances
2 to 4 weeks of Vacation, depending on experience-level. Unused vacation carries over to the next year.
"Unlimited" Sick Days.
Mentorship Program – Provides you with the opportunity to learn and receive guidance from seasoned professionals.
Employee Referral Program that pays you for bringing great people into the BGE family

BGE is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We prohibit discrimination and all employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, Vietnam Era Veteran Status, Disabled Veteran Status, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local laws.

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