Senior IT Engineer — Solutions & Strategy Leader (Hybrid)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical plan

Pension

Job summary

Xcel Energy Inc. in Minneapolis, MN seeks a Sr. IT Engineer to lead IT solution delivery, strategic planning, and operations across the technology ecosystem. You will guide design, vendor collaboration, and cross-functional execution to meet business goals and security standards.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, architecture alignment, and partnership with security and operations teams to optimize availability and efficiency.

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, 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

Responsibilities

• Solution Delivery: Lead and support solution lifecycle technical activities.
• Relationship Management: Coach and mentor less experienced team members and drive cross-organizational collaboration.
• Strategy & Planning: Inform roadmap and technical dependencies with innovative capabilities.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Maintain current knowledge in the domain.
• Operations: Monitor performance, address debt, and oversee vendor activities.

Skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor management

ITIL knowledge

Agile/Scrum

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

IT/Tech experience

Tools

Enterprise software

Networking concepts

Job description

Xcel Energy Inc. in Minneapolis, MN seeks a Sr. IT Engineer to lead IT solution delivery, strategic planning, and operations across the technology ecosystem. You will guide design, vendor collaboration, and cross-functional execution to meet business goals and security standards.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, architecture alignment, and partnership with security and operations teams to optimize availability and efficiency.