Senior Data Platform Engineer — Databricks Lakehouse Hybrid

Xcel Energy; Eau Claire (WI); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Pension/401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Xcel Energy in Wisconsin seeks a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design, administer, and secure the Databricks Lakehouse Platform across AWS and GCP. You’ll provide technical leadership, governance, and cost optimization while enabling analytics, reporting, and AI/ML initiatives.

You will collaborate across data engineering, security, and business teams to ensure scalable, reliable platform operations in a hybrid work environment with on-site days three per week.

Qualifications

• Minimum ten years of related experience in technical roles.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Expertise in enterprise data platform design, security, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution lifecycle activities with focus on user experience and performance.
• Partner with security, architecture, ops, and vendor teams to ensure compliant designs.
• Manage cost, reliability, and performance across the Databricks platform.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive cross-organizational initiatives.
• Oversee IAM, Unity Catalog, data governance, and DR capabilities.

Skills

Databricks

AWS

GCP

SQL

Python

Spark

CI/CD

Security

IAM

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Technology/Science/Business or related field

4 years of related experience equivalent

Tools

Databricks Lakehouse

Terraform

Unity Catalog

Databricks Lakeflow/ZeroBus

Terraform

Job description

Xcel Energy in Wisconsin seeks a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design, administer, and secure the Databricks Lakehouse Platform across AWS and GCP. You’ll provide technical leadership, governance, and cost optimization while enabling analytics, reporting, and AI/ML initiatives.

You will collaborate across data engineering, security, and business teams to ensure scalable, reliable platform operations in a hybrid work environment with on-site days three per week.