Solution Architect

Schneider Electric, the world’s digital partner for sustainability and efficiency, accelerates the digital transformation of Energy Systems, Infrastructure, and Industry to create a smart and green future in a new electric world.

Our mission is to enable hyper-efficient, resilient, sustainable and people-centric energy ecosystems. Our enterprise solutions and our engineering expertise enable us to deliver more value to energy producers, facility managers, and grid operators, driving a better experience for communities and customers.

This Solution Architect role is responsible for the technical authority of the architecture design, pre and post-sales support of our offering across the Microgrid Segment.

Overview:

An opportunity to be at the forefront of our business. You will utilize your experience in our products to develop a complete solution - presenting proposals to prospects through engaging demonstrations or other visual media either face to face or delivered via the web, along with detailed written descriptions of our product features.

Your domain knowledge, product experience and relationship-building skills will enable your success in this role, and recognition at the most senior levels of our growing business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide the Technical Governance and the Technical Authority for all Microgrid opportunities. This includes technical sign-off, risk assessments, GAP analysis and line-by-line compliances for all major Microgrid opportunities.
• Provide direction and leadership on the development of your skills and competencies to be that Trusted Advisor. Provide coaching and mentoring of Local System Architects to help drive sales and deliver business value.
• Provide engineering leadership and apply the System Architect methodology to design and promote robust, secure, scalable and innovative solutions that deliver technical advantage and business value.
• Lead global technical communities, providing a proactive contribution to ensure we lead technical innovation, share best practices and accelerate learning of our members.
• To provide the technical presales support and proof of concepts and product/solution demonstrations.
• Assist in the creation of technical notes, lessons learned, white papers, prescription and specification documents and make them globally available.
• To collaborate, influence new offers with R&D & Offer Management.

Key Sales Responsibilities:

• Act as the central coordination point for Microgrid business development across regions, aligning support from internal stakeholders and strategic partners.
• Identify and lead strategic opportunities across countries, ensuring alignment with long-term growth objectives and securing appropriate technical and commercial support.
• Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing within the commercial community to elevate regional maturity and drive consistent success.
• Support strategic partnerships and innovative Go-To-Market models, particularly in Energy as a Service.
• Contribute to market intelligence and offer positioning by identifying key differentiators and tracking regulatory and market trends.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong technical background with at least 5 years’ experience on the deployment of Microgrid systems or Distributed Energy Resources (DERs).
• Strong foundational knowledge of the infrastructure and architectures of OT and IT systems.
• Familiar with Microsoft Azure and its relevant build, deployment, automation, networking, and security technologies in on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments.
• Passionate about learning and staying up to date with the latest technologies.
• Good level of understanding of energy systems including solar PV, battery energy storage, EV charging infrastructure, power distribution, and energy management software.
• BEng, BSc in Electrical Engineering, Energy Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Have a positive attitude.
• Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills and customer oriented.
• Ability to work well individually and in a highly collaborative, multi-site multi-cultural team.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Flexibility at work and global family leave
• Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Local and Global support at your fingertips
• Working in a well-balanced team, in a diverse, inclusive and collaborative environment
• Option to participate in our Share Program, with discounts and company contribution for employees
• Potential opportunity to purchase further annual leave
• Discounts at major vendors such as Clipsal, JB-HiFi and Hoyts just to name a few through our employee rewards schemes

We’re a great place to work but we are continually striving to be the best place to work. Join us and see how! If you are an enthusiastic and driven pre-sales professional looking to take on a challenging and rewarding role in the energy technology industry, we would love to hear from you!

All applicants must have working rights in Australia at the time of application and will be required to provide documented evidence if selected for interview.

Schneider Electric does not accept unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles from external agencies or suppliers via any method. If any candidates are submitted in an unsolicited manner, we will consider this as a direct candidate application to Schneider Electric and no fee will be payable.

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IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

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€36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

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