Director Cloud Architecture & Delivery

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About Energy Exemplar

In an era where the world is rapidly advancing towards a cleaner future through decarbonization, Energy Exemplar’s mission lies in ‘Empowering Transformative Energy Decisions’. Founded in 1999 in Adelaide, Australia, our award-winning software portfolio encompassing the modeling and simulation platform PLEXOS®, Aurora, and Adapt2, is trusted by innovative organizations across the globe. Through our technology and people, we strive to enable stakeholders from across the entire energy value chain to revolutionize the energy ecosystem and to collaboratively plan and execute for a sustainable energy future with unprecedented clarity, speed, and innovation.

Our impact is global and is being recognized across the industry. Some of our recent accolades include:

• SaaS Company of the Year (2025) – Global Business Tech Awards.
• Environmental Impact Award (2025) – E+E Leaders Awards.
• IPPAI (Independent Power Producers Association of India) Power Awards (2025) - Winners
• Finalist: Platts Global Energy Awards (2024) – Grid Edge category
• Finalist: Reuters Global Energy Transition Awards (2024) – Technologies of Change
• Top 50 Marketing Team (2024) – Voted by the public at the ICON Awards.

How We Work

Energy Exemplar is growing fast and that growth is driven by how we work. We trust our team to deliver great results from wherever they work best, whether that’s at home, in the office, or on the move.

We’re a global team that values ownership, integrity, and innovation. You’ll be supported to balance work and life in a way that works for you, and empowered to take initiative, solve problems, and make an impact, regardless of your background, location, or role.

Our four core values, Customer Success, One Global Team, Integrity & Ownership, and Innovation Excellence aren’t just words. They show up in how we collaborate, how we solve, and how we grow together.

About the Position

The Director of Cloud Architecture & Delivery builds and leads the cloud architecture and forward-deployed engineering capability that enables Energy Exemplar's Solutions (pre-sales) organization to win and launch cloud-hosted and AI-enabled customers. This role builds and leads a team that works directly with customers to design, integrate, deploy, and validate cloud solutions and AI agents in customer environments. The position sits at the intersection of four disciplines: enterprise cloud architecture (Azure-first, multi-cloud fluent), energy-market software (PLEXOS, Aurora, Adapt2, and the PLEXOS Intelligence layer), applied AI and agentic systems, and consultative pre-sales. Utilities, ISOs/RTOs, developers, and regulators look to the Director for how Energy Exemplar's platform and AI agents run securely and at scale alongside their own cloud estates. The role owns the technical cloud and AI deployment in every pursuit: reference architectures, security and compliance responses, proof-of-concept environments, and the delivery plan that tu
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zure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, or Google Professional Cloud Architect.

• Working knowledge of the North American power sector: ISO/RTO market structures (PJM, MISO, ERCOT, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE), utility IRP and transmission planning cycles, and the data-governance expectations that come with CEII and market-sensitive data.
• Direct experience with energy market simulation, production cost, capacity expansion, or resource adequacy tools (PLEXOS, Aurora, PROMOD, GridView , EnCompass , or similar), or with ETRM platforms such as Adapt2.
• Experience migrating on-premises, compute-intensive analytical software to cloud or SaaS delivery, including customer change management and license-model transitions.
• Experience building or scaling a pre -sales architecture capability and supporting cloud adoption across enterprise customers.

Measures of Success

• Strong technical win rates and effective resolution of architecture and security objections in supported opportunities.
• Proofs of concept meet agreed success criteria and help customers make informed decisions.
• Proposed solutions are feasible , well documented and handed over clearly to delivery teams.
• Reusable architectures and enablement improve pre-sales efficiency and technical capability.

Energy Exemplar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, identities, and abilities. Please let us know if you require accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process—we're here to support you in showcasing your full potential.

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