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Lead Solution Engineer jobs at H-1B visa sponsoring employers sit firmly in specialty occupation territory, requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field. Employers file a Labor Condition Application with DOL and an I-129 petition with USCIS, covering you for up to three years with extensions available.
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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 H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Lead Solution Engineer
Map your degree to the role
USCIS evaluates whether your degree field directly relates to solution engineering duties. Pull your O*NET profile for this role and document how your computer science, engineering, or information systems degree aligns with the LCA job description your employer will certify.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your worksite location and experience level. Run the OFLC Wage Search using the correct SOC code before you finalize your offer so you can confirm the offer clears the wage floor.
Find sponsors through Migrate Mate
Target employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history for solution engineering roles. Migrate Mate surfaces this DOL data by role and location, letting you focus your applications on companies already set up to sponsor rather than testing unknown employers.
Confirm each worksite gets its own LCA
If your role involves client sites, regional offices, or hybrid arrangements in multiple cities, your employer must file a separate certified LCA for each worksite location. Raise this early in the offer stage so USCIS compliance doesn't stall your start date.
Build a specialty occupation evidence file
Collect job postings from comparable Lead Solution Engineer roles that require a specific bachelor's degree, your performance reviews framing the technical complexity of your work, and any professional certifications. This evidence strengthens the I-129 petition if USCIS issues a Request for Evidence.
Time your cap registration around the grace period
If you're transitioning from OPT or another status, the H-1B cap selection rules have changed recently, so confirm the current registration window with USCIS. You have a 60-day grace period after your previous status ends, but cap timing must align with your start date.
H-1B Visa Lead Solution Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Lead Solution Engineer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. Lead Solution Engineer positions typically require a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a closely related technical field, which satisfies the specialty occupation standard USCIS applies. Your employer documents this in the I-129 petition, citing the degree requirement as a normal condition of employment for the role, not an optional preference.
What does the employer actually file to sponsor an H-1B for this role?
The employer files a Labor Condition Application with DOL first, certifying the offered wage meets or exceeds the prevailing wage for the role and worksite location. Once that's certified, the employer files Form I-129 with USCIS. Both filings must accurately describe your Lead Solution Engineer duties, your worksite addresses, and your compensation.
Can I work at client sites or multiple offices on a single H-1B?
Each worksite location where you perform work needs its own certified LCA filed with DOL. Lead Solution Engineers often work at client premises or across multiple offices, so your employer must anticipate worksite changes and file amended LCAs before you begin work at any new location not covered in the original petition.
How long does H-1B status last for a Lead Solution Engineer?
USCIS grants H-1B status for up to three years initially, with an extension available for up to three additional years, reaching a six-year maximum. Beyond six years, continued H-1B extensions are possible only if you have a qualifying green card application already in progress under specific USCIS rules.
Where can I find employers actively sponsoring H-1B visas for this role?
Migrate Mate shows employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history for solution engineering roles, searchable by location. This DOL disclosure data tells you which companies have already gone through the sponsorship process for comparable positions, so you can prioritize outreach to employers with an established H-1B track record rather than starting from scratch.