Senior AI & Enterprise Integration Architect

Xcel Energy; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Dental

Job summary

Xcel Energy in Denver is seeking a Senior Integration Architect to lead enterprise AI integration and trusted data patterns. The role defines secure, scalable reference architectures and guides APIs, events, orchestration, and data access to connect AI solutions with enterprise systems.

The architect translates project designs into reusable enterprise patterns, validates critical decisions, and governs alignment with the long-term enterprise direction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technology, science, business or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position.
• 10 years of related functional experience.
• Architecture acumen across multiple domains including network, infrastructure, software, hosting models, mobile platforms, and security.
• Exposure to diverse systems, technologies and processing environments in a large corporate setting.
• Project solution architecture experience.
• General knowledge of core aspects of enterprise architecture (Software, Hardware, Network, Integration, Data, hosting models, platform types, etc.).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Extensive knowledge of future technology trends within area of expertise.
• Demonstrated leadership on technical aspects of large scale projects.
• Excellent communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill sets.
• Excellent Relationship Management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working as one team cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Operations: Review and approve projects and work efforts to ensure that they are compliant with architectural standards. Track and manage exceptions to standards. Continuously improve operational processes. Assess, report, and make recommendations to eliminate operational risk related to technology or architecture.
• Technical Expertise: Provide consultation and direction to delivery and operational teams on optimal architecture for respective solutions. Maintain state-of-the-art expertise of enterprise architecture technologies, frameworks, and industry innovations.
• Leadership: Lead work cross-organizationally through coaching and feedback, and through significant interactions and influence with leaders. Govern work efforts to ensure alignment with reference architecture, IT strategy and policy. Collaborate cross-organizationally to influence alignment on and adoption of enterprise architecture standards.
• Planning and Strategy: Participate in creation and renewal of an overarching IT strategy. Develop and enforce reference architecture standards that are aligned with IT strategies and principles. Contribute to architecture road maps and provide input to technology roadmaps. Ensure the domain IT Strategy align with Enterprise Architecture framework and standards.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

APIs integration

Cloud & hybrid

Security governance

Leadership

Stakeholder influence

Communication skills

Mentoring architects

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Xcel Energy in Denver is seeking a Senior Integration Architect to lead enterprise AI integration and trusted data patterns. The role defines secure, scalable reference architectures and guides APIs, events, orchestration, and data access to connect AI solutions with enterprise systems.

The architect translates project designs into reusable enterprise patterns, validates critical decisions, and governs alignment with the long-term enterprise direction.