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El Paso Electric Company · 1 month ago

DATA ENGINEER (ECONOMIC RESEARCH)

100 N Stanton, El Paso, TX, 79901, US

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry, Mid Level

$69K/yr - $94K/yr

0+ years exp

El Paso Electric Company is looking for a Data Engineer specializing in economic research. This role involves coordinating complex analyses, generating actionable insights through metrics and dashboards, and maintaining operational data from various sources.

ElectronicsEnergyTransportation

Responsibilities

Monitor Commission open meeting activities for both the PUCT and the NMPRC, Review proper compatibility of new software, hardware, and systems, including replacement equipment to ensure continued integrity of department software

Establish, recommend, coordinate, and review technical specifications required for effective system functionality, to include hardware and software

Monitor department systems to ensure uptime and performance availability target levels are met

Proactively anticipate the need for system enhancements and provide guidance in optimizing technical reliability to improve the system database performance

May be called upon to perform data submission activities to internal departments and external entities as required

Evaluate gaps in existing data platforms and aid the implementation of modern data platforms

Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery

Ensure the effective collection, organization and distribution of data, from a variety of data sources

Retrieve, synthesize, and present critical data in a format that is immediately useful to answering specific questions regarding auditing controls

Responsible for project workstreams and participate in multidisciplinary analytics project teams. Interview subject matter experts, plan and conduct individual interviews with experts to gain valid information and data needed for analysis and process improvement

Collaborate with business leaders to identify, track, and share key metrics

Manage the mining of various large data sets for actionable insights and trends through the development of metrics, dashboards, and deep dive analysis

Locate new data sources, analyze statistics, and implement quality procedures. Find new uses for existing data sources

Leverage tools like R, Power BI, Python, and SQL to conduct statistical modeling

Identify gaps and process improvement opportunities and present solutions to standardize, partnering with IT to design and implement solutions

Craft and construct visually engaging, creative, and easy-to-use data delivery solutions including dashboards, scorecards, infographics, and reports that enable users to be more productive and better informed

Assists with special projects as required

Lead in the development of programming code to automate internal and external reporting requirements

Assist in review and audits to ensure accurate data, reports, schedules and presentations

Troubleshoot data quality issues – Identifying root cause, system & documentation, and communication of resolution

Acts as a liaison between Department and Information Technology

Valid driver’s license and be in compliance with the Company’s Driving Program policy

Complies with all applicable Company policies, procedures and code of ethics as well as all applicable governmental laws and regulations to include employment, safety and environmental standards and regulations

Perform other related tasks that are not included but are within the context of the duties defined

Qualification

PowerBISQLRPythonData modelingData warehousingAnalytical skillsProcess improvementTroubleshooting skillsCommunication skillsProject management

Required

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or a related field

0-3 or more years of experience

PowerBI and SQL for accessing and wrangling data experience required

Understanding of relational database management systems (RDBMS), data modeling, and data warehousing

Assist in the development of data warehousing solutions

Using business intelligence tools, create dashboards, visualizations and/or other advanced analytics reports to adequately tell the business narrative and offer recommendations that are practiced, actionable, and have material impact, in addition to being well supported by analytical models and data

Understanding of and ability to use programming languages for analytics modeling, like R and Python

Ability to evaluate new system capabilities to determine a fit within the existing platform

Ability to push conventional thinking to drive change and innovation

Develop, test, validate and refine models to optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, operational effectiveness, marketing success and other business outcomes

Ability to provide guidance on strategic database architecture and deployment, as well as to lead application migration projects, including optimizing technical reliability and improving database performance

Analytical and troubleshooting skills

Ability to start and finish projects with minimal supervision

Ability to effectively manage several tasks at the same time

Strong verbal and written communication skills to share insights and recommendations to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication

Ability to maintain effective working relationships with officers, managers, fellow employees and the general public

Ability to maintain a strong sense of propriety concerning confidential matters

Valid driver's license and be in compliance with the Company's Driving Program policy

Preferred

Experience with process improvement, evaluating client needs and data management sharing practices preferred

Business background with ability to interface with IT technical resources preferred

Proficient in the use of several software applications, including spreadsheets, databases, word processing, scheduling and presentation packages. Experience in EPE standard packages preferred (Currently Microsoft Applications)