Senior Data Engineer - Analytics Product Owner - Analytics Center of Excellence

Requisition ID: 18431

 

Join us in building a better future for Arizona!

SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizona's best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona.

 

Why Work at SRP

At SRP, we foster an inclusive work environment and believe everyone should have a fair chance to work, regardless of who they are. That’s why we value teams with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to help SRP deliver on its mission of providing reliable, affordable and sustainable water and power.

 

SRP's success is rooted in our employees' happiness, health, and safety. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and enhance their well-being. In addition to competitive pay and performance incentives, eligible employees can take advantage of the following benefits:

 

• Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)
• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
• Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)
• Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance
• Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)
• Short and long-term disability plans
• Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs
• 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking

 

Summary

The mission of the Analytics Center of Excellence (ACE) is to develop cutting edge analytic solutions that empowers Salt River Project to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions related to the delivery of power and water to its customers across the Phoenix Metro area.

 

As a Product Owner in the ACE, you will play an important role on the analytics development team to ensure that each product we deliver provides the maximum amount of value to users. You will work with stakeholders to understand their goals and help craft the vision for the resulting analytics solution. You will work with developers to create and prioritize a roadmap of tasks required in order to build the product. You will help coordinate releases and evaluate the completion of development tasks. Throughout this entire development lifecycle, you will be frequently communicating and demonstrating status to the customer and will act as their advocate with the development team.

 

If you: enjoy learning about business processes in a variety of areas, like helping solve complex business problems, can communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences, and want to work in a collaborative, high-paced environment alongside dedicated data professionals, this is a great opportunity for you.

What You'll Do

• Work with customers to understand business processes and applications
• Gather and document project requirements
• Work closely with fellow ACE team members (Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and Visualization Developers) throughout the development process, being available to answer questions, clarify requirements, and make decisions on the Business User's behalf
• Identify project risks and impediments, and proactively work with other members of the team on mitigation
• Review completed development work and assist in testing
• Meet regularly with customers to review and demonstrate delivered functionality, and to capture new or changed requirements
• Help maintain the team's backlog and roadmap
• Prepare documentation
• Ability to quickly learn new systems, adapt, and refocus in a fast paced, agile development environment
• Strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of agile software development principles and process
• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrated success working in a team-based environment
• Creative and innovative thinking

What It Takes To Succeed

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI
• Ability to query data from databases
• Ability to perform detailed data analysis (i.e. determine the structure, content, and quality of the data through examination of source systems and data samples)
• Experience with project management
• Foundational knowledge of data analytics (designing actionable metrics/KPIs and storytelling with data)

 

Additional Information

• Responsible for planning, scheduling, and monitoring for projects.
• Occasional contacts with vendors of software, equipment and services.
• Occasional travel to industry organizational functions and SRP facilities.
• Ability to work effectively using the services of various organizational groups within SRP.
• Depending on assignment, frequent requirement to work with confidential data such as payroll and employee information.

Experience

The ideal candidate will be at the Level 3 (Senior), and a minimum of five years of related experience is required (if no degree, nine years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience totaling nine years).

Education

A bachelor’s degree related to the assignment from an accredited institution is preferred.

 

Hybrid Workplace

SRP currently offers a hybrid workplace, which allows employees whose jobs can be performed remotely, and who have sufficient technical capability, to telework up to three days per week. Although teleworking is available, all employees must live and work in Arizona. We are taking steps to protect the health and well-being of all team members, and by following a number of health and safety protocols, to reduce the risk of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

 

Drug/Alcohol Policy Statement

To promote the safety and well-being of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve, SRP is committed to maintaining a drug/alcohol free work environment. Although marijuana may now be legal in Arizona, except as otherwise specified under Arizona law, SRP considers it to be an illegal drug for the purpose of our drug/alcohol policy because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. Any candidate found to be impaired during the hiring process or who has the presence of an illegal drug or unauthorized substance in their system during the pre-employment drug/alcohol test may be disqualified from further consideration in the hiring process.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Salt River Project (SRP) is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.

 

Work Authorization

All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Currently, SRP does not sponsor H1B visas, OPT, or other employment-related visa's.