Senior Database Administrator & Analytics Leader

Xcel Energy; Minnesota; On-site; USD 63,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcel Energy in Minneapolis, MN seeks a Senior Database Administrator to support OT databases across Distribution, Transmission, and Nuclear sectors. You will partner with IT and data teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions and enable data-driven decisions.

The role emphasizes governance, advanced analytics, and robust backup/recovery, with a focus on cross‑organizational collaboration and enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 8 years of equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in database administration or related field.
• Experience delivering BI and reporting solutions.
• Proven cross‑organizational collaboration and data governance expertise.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and optimize databases across test, dev, and prod to support operations.
• Analyze, test, and implement physical database designs per enterprise standards.
• Administer Oracle and SQL Server environments incl. backup/recovery, performance tuning, and BC planning.
• Document environments and maintain current patches for stability and security.
• Ensure data recovery readiness and data integrity across managed environments.
• Conduct audits and provide capacity planning recommendations.
• Drive adoption of standard tools and improve data integrity across teams.
• Provide SME guidance on data aspects of IT solutions.
• Ensure solutions incorporate sound data governance practices.
• Partner with teams to extract, interpret, and perform advanced analytics.
• Identify BI solutions to meet business requirements.
• Design and deliver reporting solutions for actionable insights.
• Integrate data insights to support cross-domain decisions.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

Oracle DBA

SSIS

Replication

T-SQL/PLSQL

PowerShell

AlwaysOn/Failover

Data governance

BI and analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Windows clustering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Tech/Science/Business

Tools

SSIS

Oracle ASM

RAC

Data Guard

Log shipping

Job description

Xcel Energy in Minneapolis, MN seeks a Senior Database Administrator to support OT databases across Distribution, Transmission, and Nuclear sectors. You will partner with IT and data teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions and enable data-driven decisions.

The role emphasizes governance, advanced analytics, and robust backup/recovery, with a focus on cross‑organizational collaboration and enterprise standards.