Senior Platform Engineer
xcel energyMinneapolis (MN)
Senior Platform Engineer
Posted today
xcel energyMinneapolis (MN)
SENIORITY
Manager
About the role
Overview:
In this role you will lead the design, deployment, and governance of Xcel Energy’s cloud-based Databricks Lakehouse Platform across AWS and GCP. You’ll partner with data engineering, security, and ops teams to ensure a scalable, secure, and cost-efficient data platform that enables enterprise analytics, reporting, and AI/ML initiatives. You’ll influence architecture decisions, foster cross-functional collaboration, and drive platform improvements at scale. This is a hands-on leadership role with a strong focus on reliability, governance, and continuous modernization. Compensation / Benefits Annual Incentive Program Medical/Pharmacy Plan Dental Vision Life Insurance PTO
Responsibilities:
Lead and support solution lifecycle technical activities Ensure designs meet Enterprise Architecture, Security, Audit, Operations and Compliance requirements Provide input to cost and schedule estimation Maintain system design integrity and operational health Conduct peer reviews and approve technical designs Mentor less experienced team members Partner cross-organizationally to optimize solutions and reduce costs Provide escalated support for incidents and vendor/internal issues Monitor performance and drive improvements in availability, reliability, and capacity Collaborate to deliver enterprise Databricks solutions across data engineering, data science, BI, and security teams
Key requirements:
Ten years of related functional experience Bachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of equivalent experience Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Experience managing lifecycle of technical solutions Deep subject matter expertise in system domain products, platforms, processes, and architecture Broad knowledge of technology architecture, infrastructure, security, and software principles Experience with internal/external vendor partnerships Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills Experience with delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum) and ITIL Experience with IT service management functions (Change, Incident Management) leadership mentorship cross-functional collaboration Databricks Lakehouse Platform administration (AWS and/or GCP) Unity Catalog and data governance controls Databricks Lakeflow, ZeroBus ingestion capabilities
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