Hybrid OT IT Architect for Real-Time SCADA

Xcel Energy Services Inc; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Dental

Job summary

Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) seeks a Principal IT Architect for Operational Technology to lead strategic architecture across mission-critical platforms. You will collaborate with architecture, operations, cybersecurity, and vendor teams to modernize, secure, and sustain critical OT environments and data flows.

Responsibilities include defining roadmaps, governance, and integration patterns while balancing reliability, security, and business continuity for enterprise-wide OT ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 4 years of experience equivalent.
• Ten years of related functional experience.
• Strong architecture acumen across multiple domains including network, infrastructure, software, hosting, data, security.
• Experience owning and driving strategic roadmap planning and simplification of technology ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Provide Domain architectural leadership for mission-critical platforms.
• Develop technology strategies that support reliable operations and modernization.
• Create and maintain platform roadmaps guiding capability evolution.
• Lead architecture discussions across multiple platforms and stakeholder groups.
• Govern architecture governance and ensure alignment with cybersecurity requirements.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF/architecture frameworks

Cross-functional collaboration

Security-by-design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Technology/Science/Business

10+ years of related functional experience

Tools

SCADA/EMS/DERMS platforms

Industry OT platforms (OSI, Aveva, PI)

Job description

Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) seeks a Principal IT Architect for Operational Technology to lead strategic architecture across mission-critical platforms. You will collaborate with architecture, operations, cybersecurity, and vendor teams to modernize, secure, and sustain critical OT environments and data flows.

Responsibilities include defining roadmaps, governance, and integration patterns while balancing reliability, security, and business continuity for enterprise-wide OT ecosystems.