[Hiring] Enterprise Architect — Principal Consultant @American IT Systems

Role Description

ISG is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect at the Principal Consultant level to support a business capability modeling and technology strategy engagement for a U.S. utility company in the Northeast. The consultant will be a core member of the ISG delivery team, responsible for a substantial share of the hands-on architecture, analysis, stakeholder facilitation, and deliverable development under the direction of the ISG Project Manager.

• Review existing business capability models, application inventories, technology documentation, and architecture repository information to identify gaps and validate the current baseline.
• Refine and validate a utility-focused Level 1–Level 2 business capability model, including definitions, ownership, and differences across client business entities.
• Map business capabilities to supporting applications, technologies, platforms, and enabling IT capabilities, maintaining alignment with the client's LeanIX environment.
• Facilitate working sessions with business leaders, Enterprise Architecture, IT, application owners, and other subject matter experts.
• Define and apply practical methods for assessing capability maturity, technology health, risks, dependencies, and gaps.
• Develop and test the capability-based assessment and prioritization framework in one or two selected business capability areas.
• Translate findings into technology priorities and actionable recommendations, considering business impact, technical debt, cybersecurity, and regulatory obligations.
• Produce clear capability models, mapping outputs, assessment findings, executive presentations, and a roadmap for broader adoption.
• Collaborate closely with the ISG Project Manager and delivery team to meet milestones, resolve issues, and deliver high-quality client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Total No. of Years of Experience
• Total No. of Years as an Enterprise Architect
• Must have Electric utility experience with an understanding of utility operations and the applications and technologies that support them.
• Strong experience developing, refining, and applying business capability models to technology planning and investment prioritization.
• Broad technology architecture knowledge spanning enterprise applications, data, integration, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and IT/OT dependencies.
• Experience mapping applications and technologies to business capabilities and assessing maturity, technology risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, analytical, and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, produce substantive deliverables, and collaborate effectively within a project-managed consulting team.

Requirements

• Experience with LeanIX or comparable enterprise architecture repositories (Preferred).
• Familiarity with EPRI or other utility-specific business capability frameworks (Preferred).
• Knowledge of electric utility systems such as GIS, asset and work management, outage management, distribution management, metering, and customer information systems (Preferred).

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