Principal Integration Solution Architect - Energy & Utilities

Job title: Principal Integration Solution Architect - Energy & Utilities

The Opportunity

Black & Veatch is at the center of this transformation, delivering the infrastructure that powers industries and communities. As a leading employee-owned engineering and consulting company, we bring a distinctive commitment to our clients, our communities, and our people. Unlike traditional IT consultancies, we combine engineering, operational, and digital expertise to modernize mission-critical infrastructure across utilities, energy, oil & gas, and heavy industry.

Our Technology Solutions team is at the forefront of innovation across Grid Modernization, Operational Technology (OT), Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), and Customer Technologies - enabling true convergence of physical and digital systems. We are seeking a Principal Integration Architect to help lead this evolution by connecting enterprise platforms with industrial and operational environments at scale. This is an opportunity to shape complex, high-impact programs and work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and critical infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead enterprise integration strategy, target architecture, and roadmaps for client programs across utilities, energy, oil & gas, and industrial sectors
• Define and implement integration principles, reusable patterns, and reference architectures (API-led, event-driven, A2A/M2M, batch and real-time)
• Lead architecture and solution design for complex integrations across systems such as ERP, EAM, GIS, CIS, MDMS, SCADA, ADMS, DERMS, AMI, Historians, MES, and IIoT platforms
• Design and deliver hybrid integration architectures spanning cloud, on-premise, edge, and industrial environments
• Establish and govern API and integration standards, including lifecycle management, versioning, security controls, discoverability, and reuse
• Lead evaluation, selection, and adoption of integration platforms and middleware, including MuleSoft, Azure Integration Services, Boomi, Apigee, IBM webMethods, Workato, Kafka, and similar technologies
• Apply and enforce integration architecture best practices, including microservices, API-led connectivity, event-driven architecture, and streaming patterns
• Design and oversee integrations using REST, JSON, XML, RAML/OpenAPI, and industry-standard communication patterns
• Architect secure OT/IT integration solutions incorporating network segmentation, industrial DMZs, and cybersecurity controls
• Enable interoperability using industrial protocols such as OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus, and DNP3 where applicable
• Serve as technical authority in architecture and design governance forums, driving design decisions, identifying risks, and guiding tradeoffs
• Lead and mentor integration developers, engineers, and architects, ensuring alignm