Data Governance Architect & Quality Engineer

Xcel Energy; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 98,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

401(k) plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Holidays

Parental Leave

Employee recognition program

Job summary

Xcel Energy is seeking a data governance engineer to design, build, and own enterprise data governance capabilities across data quality, metadata, and data protection. You will translate governance policies into technical controls, lead engineering patterns, and guide colleagues across multiple data domains.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cyber security, data owners, and platform teams to deliver scalable governance solutions and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Five or more years of experience in data management, data engineering, or data governance engineering.
• Advanced SQL proficiency and demonstrated proficiency in Python.
• Experience implementing at least one enterprise data management capability end to end.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data quality frameworks across multiple data domains.
• Design and implement metadata and lineage capture automation.
• Develop classification and access control patterns in the data platform.
• Develop reusable governance components, libraries, and APIs.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and lead technical workstreams.
• Collaborate with data owners, platform engineering, and cyber security to translate policy into controls.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Job description

Xcel Energy is seeking a data governance engineer to design, build, and own enterprise data governance capabilities across data quality, metadata, and data protection. You will translate governance policies into technical controls, lead engineering patterns, and guide colleagues across multiple data domains.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cyber security, data owners, and platform teams to deliver scalable governance solutions and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.