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- Freshness
- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 31, 2026
- Classification
- Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Utilities
- Pay provenance
- Employer-provided pay
Job Description
Connected, Committed, Trustworthy, Safe
Key Responsibilities
- Xcel Energy has an exciting opportunity for an IT Solution Lead to join our team in downtown Minneapolis, MN. This position primarily supports the database environments for Energy Services which includes Distribution, Transmission and Nuclear business areas. The IT Solution Lead partners with application support teams on projects of all sizes and durations. The Solution Lead is responsible for leading work within or across end-to-end solution lifecycle. They hold accountability for meeting business needs, supporting business strategy, and ensuring IT solutions have sound operation. They provide in-depth knowledge of the business needs, business processes, and corresponding solutions. They provide technical guidance in partnership with cross-organizational team members to ensure solutions align with architecture and IT strategy. They are a key contact to business, customer and stakeholder groups for their respective domain, helping ensure business needs and corresponding value and risk are well represented. Essential Responsibilities
- SQLServer Database Administration for which includes Database Backup and Recovery Performance Tuning and Business Continuity.
- Oracle Database Administration for which includes Database Backup and Recovery, Performance Tuning and Business Continuity.
- Relationship Management: Partner with business areas, customers and other stakeholders to understand business needs and opportunities. Represent business partners/stakeholders in input to strategic planning and investment prioritization. Establish and maintain collaborative partnership with internal partners. Provide coaching and direction to less experienced team members.
- Solution Delivery: Participate in Demand Management preparation, lead and support delivery lifecycle activities, and ensure solutions are designed for great user experience and operational performance. Facilitate delivery meetings and ceremonies. Lead analysis and design. Provide needed plans, demo's, artifacts, and procedural documentation.
- Operations Management: Ensure solutions are designed for stable operation. Review solution performance, and continually assess health of systems and processes, driving action to avoid service disruption and minimize impacts. Drive alignment with stakeholders on maintenance activities and schedules.
- Subject Matter Expertise: Stay abreast of industry and technology trends to continuously improve solution delivery practices and customer satisfaction.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position.
- Seven years of related functional experience.
- Experience with project or product delivery practices, including SDLC, Agile, and Waterfall.
- Demonstrated ability to recommend innovative solutions to meet business needs.
- Ability to drive continuous improvement through lean and agile practices.
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of end-to-end process and system capabilities, as well as industry standards and emerging technologies and methods.
- Strong understanding of technical, functional, and operational details of respective solutions.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build functional and technical subject matter expertise, as well as process and tools expertise, and drive consistency in processes.
- In-depth knowledge or the ability to quickly attain expertise on core IT components within the respective domain.
- Excellent communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill sets, and able to translate between technical and non-technical concepts.
- Excellent relationship management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results.
- Experienced Database administrator (DBA) supporting Energy Management System (EMS SCADA), Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS SCADA), Gas ACADA, OT (Operational and Technology) and Nuclear systems.
- Prior experience working at Xcel Energy.
- Strong technical knowledge of SQLServer database administration for SQLServer 2017,2019,2022,2025.
- Strong technical knowledge of Oracle database administration for 12c,19c,26ai.
- Experienced with SQLServer Integration Services i.e. SSIS package development and implementation, reporting services.
- Experienced with Database replication technologies i.e. mirroring, log shipping, replication
- Experienced with Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), RAC and Data Guard technology.
- Experienced with Oracle and SQLServer Major Version upgrade
- Experienced with T-SQL, PL/SQL, Shell Scripting, PowerShell Scripting
- Experienced with Windows/SQLServer Clustering and AlwaysOn Failover Cluster.
- Knowledge of managing PostgreSQL and MySQL Databases.
- Our culture is grounded in shared values and employee commitments that guide how we work, support one another, and grow together.
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