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We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar - delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy. \nXcel Energy is a place where you’ll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you’ll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best.\nXcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday-Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.Position Summary\nXcel Energy has an exciting opportunity for a Sr IT Solution Analyst (DBA) position 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 Sr IT Solution Analyst partners with application support teams on projects of all sizes and durations.\nThe Sr. Solution Analyst is responsible for working directly with customers to identify, prioritize, deliver and operate innovative IT solutions. They will analyze and define IT solutions or process changes to meet customer needs and minimize cost. They are involved and lead aspects of application lifecycle management, including roadmap planning, delivery, and support to releases. They own creation and maintenance of necessary application related documentation and communication. In partnership with the business, they drive to ensure the IT solution meets continuously changing business needs. They will research and identify industry practices, products and processes that are trending and/or that best meet customer needs.\nEssential Responsibilities\n\nSQLServer Database Administration for which includes Database Backup and Recovery Performance Tuning and Business Continuity.\nOracle Database Administration for which includes Database Backup and Recovery, Performance Tuning and Business Continuity.\nSolution Delivery: Contribute to and lead analysis aspects of roadmap delivery. Support and lead requirements management, QA and deployment activities. Identify and drive resolution to capability gaps or operational risks. Partner cross-organizationally and with vendor partners to analyze cost/benefit of various options. Ensure solution delivery practices are structured, sound, and compliant.\nRelationship Management: Work in strong partnership with team, partners and stakeholders across the organization. Establish a deep acumen and work with customers to propose, prioritize and deploy continuous improvement. Cultivate and sustain a deep acumen of business functions, processes and needs. Liaise with business partners on IT industry capabilities. Work collaboratively across organizations and stakeholder groups to ensure solutions are compliant and secure.\nOperations: Participate in system health assessments through analysis of application operation, identification of operational risks, and recommendation on lifecycle planning events such as upgrades and decommissions. Support validation and measurement of business value for deployed solutions. Foresee changing business needs, and assess needs for solution changes.\nSubject Matter Expertise: Sustain deep acumen in analytical methods and tools, industry trends and organizational goals to ensure optimal technology solutions are sought.\nMinimum Requirements\nBachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position. \nFive years of related functional experience.\nExperience with Project or Product delivery practices, including SDLC, Agile, and Waterfall.\nDemonstrated ability to recommend innovative solutions to meet business needs.\nAbility to drive continuous improvement through lean and agile practices. \nDemonstrated in depth knowledge of end-to-end process and system capabilities, as well as industry standards and emerging technologies and methods.\nAbility to understand technical, functional, and operational details of respective solutions. \nStrong problem solving, analytical and detail orientation.\nDemonstrated ability to build functional and technical subject matter expertise, process and tools expertise, and drive consistency in processes. \nIn-depth knowledge or the ability to quickly attain expertise on core IT components within the respective domain. \nStrong communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill sets.\nStrong Relationship Management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working as one team cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results.\nPreferred Requirements\n\nExperienced Database administrator (DBA) supporting Energy Management System (EMS SCADA), Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS SCADA), Gas ACADA, OT (Operational and Technology)and Nuclear systems. \nPrior experience working at Xcel Energy. \nStrong technical knowledge of SQLServer database administration for SQLServer 2017,2019,2022,2025.\nStrong technical knowledge of Oracle database administration for 12c,19c,26ai.\nExperienced with SQLServer Integration Services i.e. SSIS package development and implementation, reporting services.\nExperienced with Database replication technologies i.e. mirroring, log shipping, replication\nExperienced with Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), RAC and Data Guard technology.\nExperienced with Oracle and SQLServer Major Version upgrade\nExperienced with T-SQL, PL/SQL, Shell Scripting, PowerShell Scripting\nExperienced with Windows/SQLServer Clustering and AlwaysOn Failover Cluster.\nKnowledge of managing PostgreSQL and MySQL Databases.\nOur culture is grounded in shared values and employee commitments that guide how we work, support one another, and grow together.\nOur Values\nConnected, Committed, Trustworthy, Safe\nOur Employee Commitments\nWork that makes a difference\nA team you can count of\nOpportunities to grow\nRewards that help you thrive\nXcel Energy provides job applicants reasonable accommodations for disabilities throughout the application process. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete the application process, now or at any time in the future, please complete the Applicant Accommodation Request Form.\nNon-BargainingThe anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $84,900.00 to $120,566.66 per yearThis position is eligible for the following benefits: Annual Incentive Program, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Health Care Flexible Spending 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\nBenefit 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.\nIn 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.\nDeadline to Apply: 11/05/26EEO is the Law (PDF) | Equal Opportunity Statement (PDF) | Employee Rights (PDF)\nAll 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.\nAccessibility Statement\nXcel Energy endeavors to make https://www.xcelenergy.com and https://jobs.xcelenergy.com accessible to any and all users. 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