Data Analyst/Engineer

Company Industry: Utilities

Title: Data Analyst/Engineer

Location: Oakland, CA (hybrid 1-2x/week)

Duration: 12 month contract, poss extension

Must Haves:

• BA/BS Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering or other related field or equivalent work experience
• Six (6) years of related work experience
• Advanced excel skills
• Experience with python, pyspark, PowerBI, PowerApps, & SQL
• Experienced with Sharepoint

Desired

• Experience in regulated electric or gas utility asset management and/or operations
• Experience with Palantir Foundry
• Data management and data quality tool experience
• Detail-oriented with ability to focus on managing multiple reports and processes
• Even-tempered, manages conflicts in a positive manner, and comfortable interacting with individuals at all levels
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills with proven ability to establish and cultivate relationships with vendors and business SMEs.
• Project management / implementation of data management policies and standards.
• Experience with relevant project management tools and methodologies (Agile, Design thinking, Kanban, etc.).
• Demonstrated executive engagement and presentation skills.

Day to Day:

Insight Global's Manage Service Division, is partnering with a local utility company to support with an Asset Registry Data Quality Program. The goal of this program is to quantify what is in our client's universe of Electric data that they could be managing and then identifying what they are actually managing currently. As the Data Engineer, you will partner with lead Program Manager to implement the Data Quality improvement programs to systematically inventory our client’s critical electric asset data, capture metadata, measure data quality, and drive the execution of high-priority data improvements.

Responsibilities will include but aren’t limited to:

• Build strong relationships with business data stewards, asset data system specialists, IT Foundry ontology team, IT data quality team and IT architecture team to facilitate program implementation.
• For critical datasets, lead the documentation of metadata in Collibra, integration of data into Foundry, development of data quality rules and guide development of dashboards to monitor data quality
• Measure and report KPIs to evaluate ADQ program progress and status for clients and senior leadership
• Perform triage and remediation on data quality rule errors to ensure rules are functional.

Continuously monitor data quality rule performance to ensure that rules are functional and triage/remediate data quality rule errors when they arise.

• Partner with Business Data Stewards to update, modify or add data quality rules.

Ensure data quality action plans are implemented where data fails to meet established data governance standards.

• Advise Program Manager on strategy and roadmap to reflect continuous improvement and expansion into data types beyond Asset Registry and Asset Condition data (e.g., event data)

Technical Skills - MS Excel, Python, Foundry, Collibra, PowerBI, PowerApps, SharePoint Online, SQL etc.

Pay rate: $60-65/hr