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Lead Solution Engineer jobs with green card sponsorship are filed under EB-2 or EB-3, requiring PERM labor certification before the I-140 petition. Employers must complete DOL recruitment and prevailing wage steps. Per-country backlogs affect nationals from high-demand countries, so starting the sponsorship process early matters.
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The Sr. Lead Solution Engineer is responsible for developing a strategic and cohesive approach to developing and maintaining the various applications and processes utilized by external and internal customers of PJM & Outage Analysis Technologies. This position will be responsible for providing architectural and development skills and experience in the areas of estimation and efficiency, automating and encoding business practices, designing development requirements based off subject matter expert interviews, application performance tuning and support, framework evaluation, vendor & PJM ITS solution evaluation, enhancing user experience, prototyping, and innovation.
This position will be accountable for developing and maintaining business relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and will also leverage and support Operations and other PJM initiatives. The Sr. Lead Solution Architect will anticipate problems and synthesize appropriate strategic solutions, and provide the leadership necessary to effectively implement these initiatives.
This position will include individual developmental efforts, but will primarily focus on team-based endeavors. The Sr. Lead Business Solution Architect will mentor and develop team members, with a focus on technical solutions, helping to develop future PJM technical leads and area SMEs.
Essential Functions:
- Utilize industry knowledge and technical acumen to lead and participate in the architectural design, development and implementation of business solutions, systems and infrastructure around 24x7x365 operational platforms.
- Perform review and approval of business requirements to ensure the resulting technical requirements and business solutions meet or exceed business needs.
- Perform review and approval of technical requirements to ensure all technical requirements have been identified to adequately meet approved business requirements.
- Provide performance tuning and ongoing support for a virtualized infrastructure, including servers and storage, in a large-scale, multi-site production environment.
- Lead ITS-based and non-ITS solutions around addressing business needs, enhancing business processes, and developing business strategies at a project, departmental, divisional, cross-divisional and/or corporate level.
- From a business perspective, incorporate logical security principles into each area of design, including network security, service security and user management.
- Serve as a technical consultant to other arms of the business and ITS.
- Contribute in tool testing methodology, approach, design, coordination, and test plan development.
- Research, evaluate, and recommend new technologies to meet business/technical requirements and recommend novel applications of existing technologies to improve quality and/or reduce costs.
- Maintain existing relationships with key strategic vendors, and develop new business relationships with vendor personnel, to build consensus and leverage the PJM business vision and strategy.
- Identify and analyze risks, establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating mitigation activities. Ensure the timely identification, prioritization and resolution or escalation of issues. Communicate issues that put delivery of the project at risk, significantly increase cost, or threaten the success of other projects to the appropriate authority as soon as they are known.
- Represent the business and engage in the development of ITS technical roadmaps and technology life cycle management (TLCM) mappings on behalf of business.
- Develop and assist in the development of business plans and associated budgets.
- Apply innovative, creative solutions to challenging technological problems; designing and engineering solutions as needed.
- For primary applications, support integrations/api, code reviews, code releases, data migration evaluation/implementation, provide support and emergency change assessments, resolution, and mitigation strategies.
- Software development towards business solutions, leveraging ITS practices, as needed.
- Mentoring others in application/system understanding and support; mentoring others in the design, development, and delivery of technical solutions that meet approved business objectives.
Characteristics & Qualifications
Required
- BS, Computer Science
- At least 8-10 years of experience leading technological business solution development projects with a focus on user-focused design.
- Ability to produce high-quality work products with attention to detail
- Ability to visualize and solve complex problems
- Experience managing projects
- Ability to collaborate, influence, and partner with business units
- Ability to develop strong relationships with multiple departments and divisions
- Ability to lead an organization in troubleshooting and problem solving
- Ability to select, organize, lead, participate in and facilitate a team to produce results
- Experience leading projects and overseeing the work of other analysts
- Experience in C#.NET development (including WPF, WCF, XAML and other frameworks) and usage of patterns including MVP and MVVM
- Experience in network protocols, including detailed packet analysis, and intermediate understanding of firewalls, routers, IDS, and IPS
Preferred
- MS, Computer Science
- Experience with PJM operations, markets, and planning functions
Flexible Work Arrangement: Hybrid
The Sr. Lead Solution Engineer is responsible for developing a strategic and cohesive approach to developing and maintaining the various applications and processes utilized by external and internal customers of PJM & Outage Analysis Technologies. This position will be responsible for providing architectural and development skills and experience in the areas of estimation and efficiency, automating and encoding business practices, designing development requirements based off subject matter expert interviews, application performance tuning and support, framework evaluation, vendor & PJM ITS solution evaluation, enhancing user experience, prototyping, and innovation.
This position will be accountable for developing and maintaining business relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and will also leverage and support Operations and other PJM initiatives. The Sr. Lead Solution Architect will anticipate problems and synthesize appropriate strategic solutions, and provide the leadership necessary to effectively implement these initiatives.
This position will include individual developmental efforts, but will primarily focus on team-based endeavors. The Sr. Lead Business Solution Architect will mentor and develop team members, with a focus on technical solutions, helping to develop future PJM technical leads and area SMEs.
Essential Functions:
- Utilize industry knowledge and technical acumen to lead and participate in the architectural design, development and implementation of business solutions, systems and infrastructure around 24x7x365 operational platforms.
- Perform review and approval of business requirements to ensure the resulting technical requirements and business solutions meet or exceed business needs.
- Perform review and approval of technical requirements to ensure all technical requirements have been identified to adequately meet approved business requirements.
- Provide performance tuning and ongoing support for a virtualized infrastructure, including servers and storage, in a large-scale, multi-site production environment.
- Lead ITS-based and non-ITS solutions around addressing business needs, enhancing business processes, and developing business strategies at a project, departmental, divisional, cross-divisional and/or corporate level.
- From a business perspective, incorporate logical security principles into each area of design, including network security, service security and user management.
- Serve as a technical consultant to other arms of the business and ITS.
- Contribute in tool testing methodology, approach, design, coordination, and test plan development.
- Research, evaluate, and recommend new technologies to meet business/technical requirements and recommend novel applications of existing technologies to improve quality and/or reduce costs.
- Maintain existing relationships with key strategic vendors, and develop new business relationships with vendor personnel, to build consensus and leverage the PJM business vision and strategy.
- Identify and analyze risks, establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating mitigation activities. Ensure the timely identification, prioritization and resolution or escalation of issues. Communicate issues that put delivery of the project at risk, significantly increase cost, or threaten the success of other projects to the appropriate authority as soon as they are known.
- Represent the business and engage in the development of ITS technical roadmaps and technology life cycle management (TLCM) mappings on behalf of business.
- Develop and assist in the development of business plans and associated budgets.
- Apply innovative, creative solutions to challenging technological problems; designing and engineering solutions as needed.
- For primary applications, support integrations/api, code reviews, code releases, data migration evaluation/implementation, provide support and emergency change assessments, resolution, and mitigation strategies.
- Software development towards business solutions, leveraging ITS practices, as needed.
- Mentoring others in application/system understanding and support; mentoring others in the design, development, and delivery of technical solutions that meet approved business objectives.
Characteristics & Qualifications
Required
- BS, Computer Science
- At least 8-10 years of experience leading technological business solution development projects with a focus on user-focused design.
- Ability to produce high-quality work products with attention to detail
- Ability to visualize and solve complex problems
- Experience managing projects
- Ability to collaborate, influence, and partner with business units
- Ability to develop strong relationships with multiple departments and divisions
- Ability to lead an organization in troubleshooting and problem solving
- Ability to select, organize, lead, participate in and facilitate a team to produce results
- Experience leading projects and overseeing the work of other analysts
- Experience in C#.NET development (including WPF, WCF, XAML and other frameworks) and usage of patterns including MVP and MVVM
- Experience in network protocols, including detailed packet analysis, and intermediate understanding of firewalls, routers, IDS, and IPS
Preferred
- MS, Computer Science
- Experience with PJM operations, markets, and planning functions
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Lead Solution Engineer
Document your solution engineering credentials early
Gather performance reviews, project scopes, and client outcome data before your employer opens PERM. DOL requires evidence that the role demands your specific qualifications, and recruiters move faster when you can supply that documentation on request.
Use O*NET to verify your job description
Pull the O*NET occupation profile for Solution Engineers before your employer drafts the PERM job description. Mismatches between your actual duties and the posted requirements can trigger audits, so aligning the description to your day-to-day scope protects the filing.
Find sponsors through Migrate Mate before applying
Search Migrate Mate for Lead Solution Engineer roles at employers with verified green card sponsorship history. Targeting companies already familiar with PERM requirements shortens the path from offer to I-140, since they won't need to build the process from scratch.
Distinguish EB-2 and EB-3 fit before negotiating your offer
EB-2 requires an advanced degree or a bachelor's plus five years of progressive experience; EB-3 covers a bachelor's degree with two years of experience. Knowing which category you qualify for lets you negotiate the right filing track during the offer stage, not after.
Ask about priority dates before accepting any offer
If you're a national of India or China, your priority date backlog can run for years regardless of how quickly PERM and the I-140 are approved. Confirm the current cutoff dates with USCIS's Visa Bulletin before you commit to an employer's timeline.
Understand AC21 portability before the I-485 stage
Once your I-485 has been pending 180 days or more, AC21 lets you transfer sponsorship to a new employer in the same or similar occupation without restarting. Solution engineering roles generally meet the occupational similarity test, but confirm this with your attorney before switching.
Green Card Lead Solution Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for a Lead Solution Engineer?
Green card sponsorship leads to lawful permanent residence, not a temporary status. For Lead Solution Engineers, the employer files PERM labor certification with DOL, documenting a prevailing wage determination and a U.S. worker recruitment test, before filing the I-140 petition with USCIS. Unlike the H-1B visa, there is no lottery, but per-country numerical limits mean nationals from high-demand countries can face significant priority-date backlogs.
Which green card category fits a Lead Solution Engineer role?
Most Lead Solution Engineer positions qualify under EB-2 if the role requires an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in solution engineering or a closely related technical field. EB-3 applies when the minimum requirement is a bachelor's degree with at least two years of relevant experience. Your employer's PERM job description must accurately reflect whichever minimum the role genuinely requires.
How can I find employers willing to sponsor a green card for this role?
Search Migrate Mate for Lead Solution Engineer positions at companies with a verified history of employment-based green card sponsorship. Targeting employers who have already completed PERM filings for similar technical roles means they understand the DOL recruitment requirements and prevailing wage obligations, reducing delays caused by employers learning the process for the first time.
What happens to my green card case if I change employers?
If your I-485 has been pending for at least 180 days, AC21 portability lets you move to a new employer in the same or a similar occupation without losing your place in the queue. Your priority date can also carry over to a new employer's I-140 once your original I-140 was approved, but the two rules operate independently. Confirm both conditions with an immigration attorney before making any move.
What does PERM labor certification involve for a Lead Solution Engineer position?
PERM requires your employer to file a prevailing wage determination with DOL's OFLC Wage Search tool, then conduct a formal U.S. worker recruitment test using specific advertising methods over a defined period. For a Lead Solution Engineer, the job description must specify the actual minimum requirements for the role. If DOL selects the application for audit, your employer must supply detailed recruitment documentation, so maintaining complete hiring records throughout the process is essential.