Hybrid Data Architect: AI-Ready Lakehouse & Cloud

Xcel Energy; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Medical plan

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

PTO

Holidays

VPTO

Job summary

Xcel Energy seeks a Senior Data Architect to drive enterprise data products and Xcel Data Fabric adoption. You will deliver architecture guidance across teams and produce reusable reference architectures, prototypes, and implementation patterns.

The role emphasizes Databricks Lakehouse, Unity Catalog, AWS, and GCP with governance, security, and data-sharing patterns guiding design decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise data architectures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to coach engineers and architects across teams.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve projects to ensure alignment with standards.
• Design data products and AI-ready solutions with XDF, Databricks, AWS, and GCP.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration to enforce reference architectures and roadmaps.
• Produce architecture deliverables and reference implementations.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Technology or related field

Tools

Databricks Lakehouse

Unity Catalog

AWS

GCP

Job description

Xcel Energy seeks a Senior Data Architect to drive enterprise data products and Xcel Data Fabric adoption. You will deliver architecture guidance across teams and produce reusable reference architectures, prototypes, and implementation patterns.

The role emphasizes Databricks Lakehouse, Unity Catalog, AWS, and GCP with governance, security, and data-sharing patterns guiding design decisions.