Applications & Data Analytics Specialist - Sr. Lead

Entergy Corporation; New Orleans (LA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking an Applications & Data Analytics Specialist to lead enterprise analytics, reporting, and data engineering efforts in New Orleans. The role focuses on building dashboards and insights to support crisis readiness, storm response, and cost forecasting, with hybrid work options.

The candidate will develop Power BI models, SQL data extractions, and governance for scalable analytics while collaborating with Storm, Finance, and IT teams to deliver actionable decision support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years relevant experience.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years progressively relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain standardized enterprise dashboards, metrics, and scorecards supporting executive decision making for crisis readiness and response, storm preparedness and response, operational performance, and cost forecasting.
• Govern KPI definitions, metric logic, and visual frameworks to ensure consistency and reliability across Crisis Readiness & Response analytics.
• Partner with stakeholders to define new metrics, refresh cycles, and decision support visualization requirements.
• Build and maintain enterprise Power BI semantic models, dataflows, and shared datasets to support scalable, reusable analytics solutions.
• Implement dashboard performance optimization, governance controls, data security, workspace management, and lifecycle standards.

Skills

Power BI

SQL

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Company: Entergy

PS Job Title: Data Analytics Spec, Sr Ld

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

This role can be filled as a Applications & Data Analyst Specialist - Sr. Lead level.

Job Summary / Purpose

The Applications & Data Analytics Specialist provides enterprise level analytical, reporting, application, and data engineering support to enable effective crisis readiness and response from cyber-attack, storm, wildfire, etc. and operational decision making. The role leads the architecture and development of dashboards, metrics, and analytics systems; manages the applications and dataflows that support them; and integrates multi‑platform data sources to deliver reliable, actionable insights .

Focus: Foundational development and support

Characteristics:

• Supports basic dashboard and metric development, Power BI report updates, and platform-based query edits under supervision.
• Assists with data validation, documentation, and application administration.
• Learns Crisis Readiness & Response and Storm Response Operations workflows; contributes to metric troubleshooting and data integrity support.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Build and maintain enterprise Power BI semantic models, dataflows, and shared datasets to support scalable, reusable analytics solutions.
• Develop platform based (e.g. SQL) data extractions, transformations, stored procedures, and analytics models from multiple systems .
• Develop documentation, training, and governance processes to ensure stable, secure application operation.
• Integrate and manage data across internal platforms (APIs, operational systems, databases, storm systems, finance systems).

Typical Qualifications

Specialist:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years relevant experience.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years progressively revelant experience.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain standardized enterprise and departmental dashboards, metrics, and scorecards supporting executive decision making for crisis readiness and response, storm preparedness and response, operational performance, and cost forecasting.
• Govern KPI definitions, metric logic, and visual frameworks to ensure consistency and reliability across Crisis Readiness & Response analytics.
• Partner with stakeholders to define new metrics, refresh cycles, and decision support visualization requirements.
• Build and maintain enterprise Power BI semantic models, dataflows, and shared datasets to support scalable, reusable analytics solutions.
• Implement dashboard performance optimization, governance controls, data security, workspace management, and lifecycle standards.
• Oversee Power BI environment health, including dataset refreshes, gateway troubleshooting, and workspace access.
• Develop platform based (e.g. SQL) data extractions, transformations, stored procedures, and analytics models from multiple systems.
• Implement validation routines, performance tuning, and data quality frameworks to ensure metric accuracy and dashboard reliability.
• Maintain documentation for metric logic, data lineage, and transformation rules.

Application Oversight & Management

• Serve as technical steward for analytics, reporting, and metric producing applications, including access controls, configuration, performance monitoring, and change management.
• Coordinate with IT and vendors to resolve issues, implement enhancements, and maintain application readiness during storm activations.
• Develop documentation, training, and governance processes to ensure stable, secure application operation.

Systems Integration & Data Management

• Integrate and manage data across internal platforms (APIs, operational systems, databases, storm systems, finance systems).
• Partner with SMEs to eliminate data inconsistencies, troubleshoot cross-system‑ issues, and improve metric accuracy.
• Ensure data reliability for real-time and near real‑time dashboards used during Crisis Readiness and Response events.

Storm & Weather Related‑Cost Forecasting

• Utilize cross model data to produce cost forecasts, scenario analyses, and readiness assessments for storm and severe weather operations.
• Support resource planning and financial impact assessments using historical, operational, and financial datasets.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Work directly with Storm Response Operations, Finance, Operations Centers, and IT to define requirements and deliver decision ready insights.
• Provide real-time dashboard and analytics support during activations, drills, and after‑action reviews.
• Translate operational needs into governed, scalable metric and dashboard solutions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets.

EEO Statement:The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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Additional Responsibilities:As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.