Senior Data Management Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive

Medical Plan

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Pension

401(k) plan

PTO

Holidays

Parental Leave

Job summary

Xcel Energy is seeking a Senior Data Governance Engineer in Denver to design, build, and own the technical capabilities for enterprise data governance across data quality, metadata, classification, and master data. You will translate policy into enforceable controls and mentor engineers while partnering with cybersecurity and stakeholders.

The role emphasizes leading governance workstreams, standardizing engineering patterns, and delivering end-to-end data management solutions in a collaborative

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 5+ years in data management, data engineering, or data governance engineering.
• Advanced SQL and Python proficiency.
• Experience delivering enterprise data management capabilities end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data quality frameworks across data domains.
• Design metadata and lineage capture automation across source systems.
• Develop classification and access control patterns with security collaboration.
• Lead technical workstreams and mentor junior engineers.
• Partner with data owners and cyber security to translate governance policy into controls.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Job description

Position Summary

This position designs, builds, and owns the technical capabilities that operationalize enterprise data governance, spanning data quality, metadata and catalog, classification and data protection, and master and reference data. Working independently across multiple data domains, this role translates governance policy and regulatory requirements into enforceable technical controls, establishes the engineering patterns other team members follow, and serves as a technical resource to less experienced colleagues.

Essential Responsibilities

• Data Quality Engineering: Design and implement data quality frameworks, rule sets, and scoring methodologies across multiple data domains, including measurement approaches for accuracy, completeness, timeliness, validity, consistency, and uniqueness. Define the remediation workflow and escalation model.
• Metadata and Catalog Engineering: Design and implement metadata and lineage capture automation spanning source systems, transformation layers, and consumption assets. Define harvesting strategy, integration approach, and the binding model between business glossary and physical assets.
• Data Classification and Protection Engineering: Develop classification and access control patterns, including attribute-based access control policies, tagging automation, and dynamic masking within the enterprise data platform. Partner with cyber security on control design and evidence.
• Solution Design and Technical Standards: Develop reusable governance components, libraries, and APIs, and establish the engineering patterns applied by other members of the team. Solve complex data management problems where existing approaches are insufficient, taking a new perspective on established solutions. Evaluate tooling and recommend platform capability, configuration, and integration approaches.
• Technical Leadership and Mentorship: Act as a technical resource and mentor to less experienced engineers. Review work products and provide guidance on standards, design, and troubleshooting. Lead technical workstreams within governance programs, including effort scoping, delivery sequencing, and progress reporting.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with data owners, data stewards, platform engineering, enterprise architecture, and cyber security to translate governance policy into enforceable technical controls. Communicate technical design and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five or more years of experience in data management, data engineering, or data governance engineering.
• Advanced SQL proficiency and demonstrated proficiency in Python.
• Demonstrated experience implementing at least one enterprise data management capability end to end, such as data quality, metadata and catalog, master data, or data access control.
• Demonstrated ability to design technical solutions independently and defend design decisions to technical and business stakeholders, including experience working across multiple data domains or business functions.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience implementing and standing up DQX on Databricks (Data Quality Framework).
• Six to eight years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks and Unity Catalog, including attribute-based access control and tag-based policy.
• Data modeling experience across conceptual, logical, and physical layers.
• Experience implementing controls in a SOX, NERC CIP, or privacy-regulated environment.
• Gas and/or Electric Utility Industry experience preferred.
• Data certification preferred (CDMP) upon hire or to acquire within first year of employment.

Company Information

As a leading combination electricity and natural gas energy company, Xcel Energy offers a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight Western and Midwestern states. At Xcel Energy, we strive to be the preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to apply please contact us at [e-mail].

Non-Bargaining

The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $97,600.00 to $138,600.00 per year

• Annual Incentive Program
• Medical/Pharmacy Plan
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
• Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
• Transportation Reimbursement Account
• Short-term disability (STD)
• Long-term disability (LTD)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit programs
• Employee recognition program
• Pension
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
• Parental Leave

Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.

Deadline to Apply: 09/14/26

All Xcel Energy employees and contractors share responsibility for protecting the company's information and systems by adhering to cybersecurity policies, standards, and best practices, recognizing that cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility.

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