Senior Data & BI Engineer
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Job Location:
Houston, MS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Calpine Corporation is Americas largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. Its fleet of 77 power plants in operation represents over 27000 megawatts of generation capacity. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses Calpine serves customers in 22 states and Canada. Its clean efficient modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.
The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984 Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental addition its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earths surface to produce clean renewable electricity.
*** This role is not fully remote and requires 3 days onsite in Houston Texas.
Job Summary (includes but is not limited to the following other duties may be assigned)
We are seeking a seasoned and results-drivenSenior Data & BI Engineerto lead the development of scalable cloud-native analytics solutions. This role requires deep technical expertise inBI Solution development in Azure with a strong understanding of modern data architecture and enterprise reporting.
The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with strong hands-on experience in building robust data pipelines and delivering actionable insights to business stakeholders.
Job Responsibilities
- Engage with business users to gather requirements and translate them into comprehensive data and BI solutions.
- Design and implement scalable data pipelines usingPySparkandAzure Data Factory integrating withAzure Data LakeSynapse AnalyticsDataBricks andMicrosoft Fabric.
- Develop and optimize data models and visualizations usingPower BI ensuring performance and usability across business units.
- Lead modernization efforts by migrating legacy BI systems to cloud-based platforms.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with architectural standards and business objectives.
- Oversee system testing user acceptance testing (UAT) and production deployments.
- Maintain and enhance existing BI solutions ensuring reliability and scalability.
- Document data flows transformation logic and architectural decisions.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders regarding upcoming changes and coordinate change management activities.
Job Requirements
- Minimum10 years of experience in data engineering and BI development.
- Proven expertise inPySpark for data transformation and pipeline development.
- Extensive experience withAzure Data Services includingData FactoryData LakeSynapseMicrosoft FabricandDataBricks.
- Strong proficiency inPower BI dashboard development and data modeling.
- Solid understanding of cloud architecture data governance and performance optimization.
- Advanced SQL skills with a focus on query performance and scalability.
- Experience withdimensional modeling (Star and Snowflake schemas).
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional environments.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic and fast-paced setting.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity withSSISSSRS andSSAS(tabular and multi-dimensional models).
- Experience withDAX andMDXquery languages.
- Exposure toPower AppsData Flows
- Knowledge ofmachine learning (ML)andartificial intelligence (AI)concepts and their application in data analytics.
- Have worked with Azure ML Services and understand OpenAI LLM Model.
- Experience implementing role-based and row-level security in BI platforms.
Additional Calpine Information
- Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities Females Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
- Calpine is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position please send an e-mail with your request to . Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on case-by-case basis.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Apache Hive
- S3
- Hadoop
- Redshift
- Spark
- AWS
- Apache Pig
- NoSQL
- Big Data
- Data Warehouse
- Kafka
- Scala
About Company
Calpine Corporation is America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. Our fleet of 76 power plants in operation and 1 under construction represents nearly 26,000 megawatts of generation capacity. Thro ... View more
