Senior IT Architect

Senior IT Architect Location: 414 Nicollet Mall Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a part of? Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer you opportunities to learn and grow?  Aposition at Xcel Energy could be just what you’re looking for. Position Summary The Senior IT Architect is a key role within the IT organization. They own and govern the use of architecture design patterns, data tools and principles that align to the overarching IT Strategy and optimally serve their respective domain. They consult and collaborate cross-organizationally to support delivery of end-to-end capabilities. They own, report, and consult on the overall health and corresponding risks of the Technical domain. Essential Responsibilities Architectural Operations: Review and approve projects and work efforts to ensure that they are compliant with architectural standards. Track and manage exceptions to standards. Continuously improve operational processes. Assess, report, and make recommendations to eliminate operational risk related to technology or architecture. Architectureal Expertise: Develop high level and detail level technical designs for solutions – to satisfy business requirements. Lead and coordinate all technical aspects of solution implementation, including application, database, security, infrastructure deployment. Adhere to architectural processes and standards and contributes and develops new standards definitions when required. Ensure high quality delivered solutions with limited risk that and can be seamlessly assimilated into operational support models. Pursue solution and operational enhancements and innovation to provide continuous improvement. Ensure regulatory and security compliance for new and existing solutions. Work with vendors for service delivery and evaluating and implementing new technologies. Technical Expertise: 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. Leadership: Lead work cross-organizationally through coaching and feedback, and through 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. Planning and Strategy: Participate in creation and renewal of an overarching IT strategy. Develop and enforce reference architecture standards that are aligned with IT strategies and principles. Contribute to architecture road maps and provide input to technology roadmaps. Ensure the domain IT Strategy align with Enterprise Architecture framework and standards. Essential Skills Continuous Learner: Ability to continually develop and improve one’s skill and knowledge to perform effectively and adapt to change in the workplace. Development occurs through a variety of learning opportunities, seeking feedback, and individual reflection. Personally Effective: Making use of all of the personal resources at your disposal (talents, skills, energy, and time) to achieve goals. Tenacious and Results-driven: Setting high goals for themselves and others. They accomplish their goals by effectively working through challenges and demonstrate commitment to the network's goals. Creative Problem Solver: Focused on improving their practices and results. They are open to new ideas and they maximize available resources. Effective Communicator: Conveys information in a way that is strategic, honest, timely, and respectful with whom they are interacting. Collaborator & Partner: Works effectively with others to achieve shared goals through cooperation, sharing knowledge, joint problem-solving, and celebrating success. Minimum Requirements Bachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position. Ten years of related functional experience. Architecture acumen across multiple domains including network, infrastructure, software, hosting models, mobile platforms, and security. Exposure to diverse systems, technologies and processing environments in a large Corporate setting. Project solution architecture experience. General knowledge of core aspects of enterprise 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. Demonstrated leadership on technical aspects of large scale projects. 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 Ten years of project solution architecture experience. Seven years of experience in Record/Content Management systems ensuring information is governed, retained, and protected in accordance with regulatory, legal, and enterprise compliance requirements including nuclear regulations. Five years of experience in Gimmal Link / Gimmal Link Enterprise: Responsible for designing and governing the end to end integration architecture between SAP, Gimmal Link Enterprise, and downstream content platforms (e.g., SharePoint), ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with enterprise standards. Five years of experience in Documentum WebTop/XCP: Responsible for designing and governing the application, repository, and integration architecture to ensure secure, scalable, and standards aligned content and records management. As a leading combination electricity and natural gas energy company, 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. At Xcel Energy, we strive to be the preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need. If you’re ready to be a part of something big, we invite you to join our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to apply please contact us at recruiting@xcelenergy.com. Non-Bargaining The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $112,200.00 to $159,400.00 per year This position is eligible for the following benefits: Annual Incentive Program, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, Health Care Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), 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 Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part. In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information including but not limited to dates of school attendance and graduation.You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. Deadline to Apply: 05/20/26 EEO is the Law | EEO is the Law Supplement | Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination | Equal Opportunity Policy (PDF) | Employee Rights (PDF) All Xcel Energy employees and contractors share responsibility for protecting the company's information and systems by adhering to cybersecurity policies, standards, and best practices, recognizing that cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility. ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT Xcel Energy endeavors to make https://www.xcelenergy.com/ accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact Xcel Energy Talent Acquisition at recruiting@xcelenergy.com. 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