Senior IT Engineer

Xcel Energy Services Inc; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 112,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcel Energy Services Inc is seeking a Sr. IT Engineer to lead technical aspects of IT solution delivery, strategic planning, and operational excellence. You will provide guidance with Architecture, security, and cross-organizational input to meet business objectives and improve solutions.

The role emphasizes vendor oversight and continuous improvement across cost, security, and functionality. Ideal candidates will have deep domain expertise, proven leadership on large projects, and the ability

Qualifications

• Ten years of related functional experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position.
• Excellent communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill set.
• Excellent Relationship Management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working as one team cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results.
• Expertise managing the lifecycle of technical solutions.
• Deep Subject Matter Expertise within the respective system domain products, platforms, processes and architecture.
• Broad and deep knowledge of technology architecture, infrastructure, network, security and software principles and models.
• Experience working in partnership with internal and external vendors.
• Excellent 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.
• Experience coaching other developers in system deployment or operational troubleshooting.
• Experience with delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum) and ITIL
• Experience and understanding of core IT Service Management functions, such as Change Management and Incident Management

Responsibilities

• Solution Delivery: Lead and support solution lifecycle technical activities. Ensure solutions are designed for great user experience and operational performance.
• Lead design, ensuring Enterprise Architecture, Security, Operations and Compliance aspects are continuously integrated into solutions.
• Provide input to cost and schedule estimation. Responsible for overall integrity of system design and operation.
• Oversee vendor activities.
• Relationship Management: Conduct peer reviews and approve system changes and technical solution design.
• Coach and mentor less experience team members. Partner cross-organizationally to drive minimal costs on optimal solutions.
• Provide in-depth technical information to stakeholders as needed.
• Strategy & Planning: Innovate through usage of industry emerging capabilities and evolving customer needs.
• Provide input to strategic roadmap and technical dependencies.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Continuously stay current on, and apply, technical industry knowledge pertaining to the respective domain
• Operations: Review solution performance and continually assess health of systems.
• Track and drive awareness to operational and technical debt risks.
• Provide escalated support to incident and problem management.
• Utilize analytics to improve availability, reliability, efficiency and capacity.

Skills

Excellent communication

Relationship management

Leadership on technical aspects

Solution lifecycle management

Delivery methodologies ITIL/Agile

Vendor management

Strategic planning

Education

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

Job description

Position Summary

The Sr. IT Engineer is responsible for leading technical aspects of IT solution delivery, strategic planning, and operational excellence. They are responsible for managing the overall health of the technology ecosystem, and will manage and oversee design of solutions to meet business needs and support the overall IT Strategy. They provide technical guidance in partnership with Architecture and with cross-organizational input and in accordance with business unit objectives. They are a consultant to business managers, architecture, security and operations teams to drive cross-awareness of business needs and opportunities. They bring innovative solutions to the business line by leveraging their technical expertise. They identify and implement continuous improvement over cost, security, operation, and functionality of the solutions in their domain.

Essential Responsibilities

Solution Delivery: Lead and support solution lifecycle technical activities. Ensure solutions are designed for great user experience and operational performance. Lead design, ensuring Enterprise Architecture, Security, Operations and Compliance aspects are continuously integrated into solutions. Provide input to cost and schedule estimation. Responsible for overall integrity of system design and operation. Oversee vendor activities.

Relationship Management: Conduct peer reviews and approve system changes and technical solution design. Coach and mentor less experience team members. Partner cross-organizationally to drive minimal costs on optimal solutions. Provide in-depth technical information to stakeholders as needed.

Strategy & Planning: Innovate through usage of industry emerging capabilities and evolving customer needs. Provide input to strategic roadmap and technical dependencies.

Subject Matter Expertise: Continuously stay current on, and apply, technical industry knowledge pertaining to the respective domain

Operations: Review solution performance and continually assess health of systems. Track and drive awareness to operational and technical debt risks. Provide escalated support to incident and problem management. Utilize analytics to improve availability, reliability, efficiency and capacity. Oversee vendor activities.

Minimum Requirements

Ten years of related functional experience

Bachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position.

Excellent communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill set, and able to translate between technical and non-technical concepts.

Excellent Relationship Management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working as one team cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results.

Expertise managing the lifecycle of technical solutions.

Deep Subject Matter Expertise within the respective system domain products, platforms, processes and architecture.

Broad and deep knowledge of technology architecture, infrastructure, network, security and software principles and models.

Experience working in partnership with internal and external vendors.

Excellent 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.

Experience coaching other developers in system deployment or operational troubleshooting.

Experience with delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum) and operational models (ITIL)

Experience and understanding of core IT Service Management functions, such as Change Management and Incident Management

Our culture and commitments

Our culture is grounded in shared values and employee commitments that guide how we work, support one another, and grow together. Our Values Connected, Committed, Trustworthy, Safe

Our Employee Commitments Work that makes a difference A team you can count of Opportunities to grow Rewards that help you thrive

Accommodations and Equal Opportunity

Non-Bargaining The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $112,200.00 to $159,400.00 per year

Deadline to Apply: 10/11/26

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