IT Solution Architect

About the role

The IT Architect at Xcel Energy will lead and govern architecture design patterns, data tools, and principles that align with the company’s IT Strategy. They will collaborate cross-organizationally to support the delivery of capabilities and maintain the overall health and risks of the Technical domain.

Responsibilities

• Lead work through coaching and feedback, and significant interactions and influence with leaders.
• Govern work efforts to ensure alignment with reference architecture, IT strategy, and policy.
• Collaborate cross-organizationally to influence alignment on and adoption of enterprise architecture standards.
• Provide consultation and direction to delivery and operational teams on optimal architecture for respective solutions.
• Maintain state-of-the-art expertise of enterprise architecture technologies, frameworks, and industry innovations.
• Review and approve projects and work efforts to ensure compliance with architectural standards.
• Track and manage exceptions to standards, continuously improving operational processes.
• Assess, report, and make recommendations to eliminate operational risk related to technology or architecture.

Requirements

• Seven years of related functional experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business, or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position.
• Exposure to diverse systems, technologies, and processing environments in a large corporate setting.
• Project solution architecture experience.
• Knowledge of core aspects of architecture (Software, Hardware, Network, Integration, Data, hosting models, platform types, etc.).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Extensive knowledge of future technology trends within area of expertise.
• Excellent communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill sets.
• Excellent relationship management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working as one team cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results.

Preferred Requirements

• Six to seven years of solution and enterprise architecture experience.
• Six to seven years of experience in solutioning and implementing large-scale systems.
• Three to six years delivering enterprise technical solutions to meet business objectives.
• Three to six years developing technical solutions with stacks such as MEAN, LAMP, or Microsoft .NET.
• Three to six years SQL Server experience with Relational Database Management Systems (RDMS) such as Oracle or MS SQL.
• Three to six years architecting end-to-end technical enterprise solutions.
• Demonstrated experience delivering technology solutions through the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience with Architectural frameworks such as TOGAF or FEAF.
• Experience with Workflow management practices and tools.
• Experience with Server & Network Configurations.
• Experience in the Energy or Utility Business.
• Experience in migrations from Smallworld to ESRI.

Benefits

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. The company strives to be the preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need. Employees have access to various benefits including:

• Annual Incentive Program
• Medical/Pharmacy Plan
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 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