engineering
Posted 4 days agoSenior GIS IT Engineer
at Xcel Energy
Denver, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Responsibilities Solution Delivery: Lead and support solution lifecycle technical activities. Ensure solutions are designed for great user
- Lead design, ensuring Enterprise Architecture, Security, Operations and Compliance aspects are continuously integrated into solutions.
- Oversee vendor activities.
- Coach and mentor less experience team members.
- Track and drive awareness to operational and technical debt risks.
- Utilize analytics to improve availability, reliability, efficiency and capacity.
- Oversee vendor activities. Minimum
Requirements
- Position Summary Xcel Energy is seeking a Senior GIS IT Engineer to serve as a senior technical authority for our enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) platform, built on the Esri ArcGIS technology stack.
- This role designs, deploys, administers, and optimizes GIS solutions that support electric and gas operations — including asset management, network modeling, outage response, engineering, and field operations.
- The Senior GIS IT Engineer leads platform modernization initiatives (such as migration to the Esri Utility Network), ensures the reliability, performance, and security of the GIS environment, and mentors junior engineers and analysts.
- The ideal candidate combines deep Esri expertise with strong software engineering discipline and a solid understanding of utility business processes. Essential
- Requirements Ten years of related functional experience. Bachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of
- Broad and deep knowledge of technology architecture, infrastructure, network, security and software principles and models.
- Experience working in partnership with internal and external vendors.
- Extensive knowledge of future technology trends within area of expertise.
- 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. Preferred
- Deep expertise across the Esri stack: ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro, and ArcGIS Online.
- Strong enterprise geodatabase administration on SQL Server or Oracle — versioning, replication, and performance tuning.
- Proficiency with Python (arcpy / ArcGIS API for Python) and SQL for automation and data management. Hands-on
- experience with the Esri Utility Network or geometric network modeling. Solid GIS fundamentals: data models, coordinate systems, spatial analysis, and data-quality management.
- Experience in the electric and/or gas utility industry. Esri technical certifications (e.g., ArcGIS Enterprise Administration, Utility Network).
- Experience with FME (Safe Software) for data interoperability and ETL. Cloud
- experience (Microsoft Azure or AWS) hosting and scaling ArcGIS Enterprise.
- Familiarity with OMS/ADMS and enterprise integration patterns (REST APIs, messaging/eventing).
- Web development skills: JavaScript, the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript, and HTML/CSS.
- ITIL, DevOps, or CI/CD experience; source control with Git.
Experience
- Requirements 7+ years of GIS experience, including 5+ years administering Esri ArcGIS Enterprise in a production environment.
Benefits
- 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
Contact
- Individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to apply please contact us at recruiting@xcelenergy.com .
- 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.
Additional details
- 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? A position at Xcel Energy could be just what you’re looking for.
- Responsible for overall integrity of system design and operation.
- Relationship Management: Conduct peer reviews and approve system changes and technical solution design.
- Partner cross-organizationally to drive minimal costs on optimal solutions.
- Provide in-depth technical information to stakeholders as needed.
- Strategy & Planning: Innovate through usage of industry emerging capabilities and evolving customer needs.
- Provide input to strategic roadmap and technical dependencies.
- Provide escalated support to incident and problem management.
- 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 inovation and business results.