Environment Readiness Lead – SAP & Test Environments

Xcel Energy; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Pension

401(k)

Job summary

Xcel Energy in Denver is hiring an Environment Lead responsible for readiness across SAP S/4HANA CIS environments (development, quality, staging, training and production) and edge systems. You will coordinate builds, data refreshes, security hand-offs, and go/no-go checks, and orchestrate CI/CD and transport movements.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or equivalent, and 7+ years of techno-functional experience, with strong analytical and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of techno-functional experience in enterprise systems or transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of core business processes and system-enabled workflows.
• Experience with functional design, configuration guidance, testing, and system troubleshooting.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder alignment skills.
• Ability to manage multiple functional tasks and collaborate cross functionally.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated environment calendar across the SAP S/4HANA CIS landscape (development, quality systems, staging, training and production) and edge system non-production environments.
• Coordinate environment readiness for each test cycle, including builds, connectivity, certificates, security hand-off and go/no-go checks.
• Orchestrate CI/CD and transport movement, keeping code and configuration aligned across environments.
• Plan and run data refreshes, client copies and database copies, and coordinate data population for conversion, bill compare, testing and training.
• Run environment booking, conflict resolution and change control so shared environments stay stable and predictable.
• Coordinate with SAP (RISE), Itron, Avaya and other vendors on environment setup, refresh windows and outages.
• Work closely with test and delivery leads.

Skills

Techno-functional experience

Core business processes

Testing & troubleshooting

Stakeholder alignment

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

DevOps tooling

CI/CD pipelines (SAP/Salesforce)

Job description

Xcel Energy in Denver is hiring an Environment Lead responsible for readiness across SAP S/4HANA CIS environments (development, quality, staging, training and production) and edge systems. You will coordinate builds, data refreshes, security hand-offs, and go/no-go checks, and orchestrate CI/CD and transport movements.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or equivalent, and 7+ years of techno-functional experience, with strong analytical and stakeholder