Energy & Transmission Markets Analyst

Socket.dev; Parker (CO); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Energy is seeking an Energy & Transmission Market Consultant, an experienced electricity market analyst, to help expand an existing consulting practice focused on transmission congestion impacts under SCED.

The role involves modeling, delivering actionable study results, and managing client engagements, with opportunities for business development and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Math, Science, Finance or related with four plus years of relevant experience.
• Experience in energy markets with modeling software such as PROMOD IV, Encompass, UPLAN, or Plexos.
• Experience in the electricity industry conducting economic studies of conventional and renewable generation.
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills, with proven ability to lead and communicate project results both verbally and in writing.
• Strong knowledge and interest in power markets with understanding of basic transmission system operations and nodal (LMP) price formation.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate with both clients and staff.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex electricity market modeling and transmission congestion analysis utilizing the PROMOD market simulation model with security constrained economic dispatch (SCED).
• Analyze study results to develop study deliverables that provide meaningful and actionable solutions for clients.
• Manage client engagements and ongoing client relationships.
• Present study results and findings to client executives.
• Research key energy market operational processes and current issues/trends.
• Conduct business development activities both through internal collaboration and directly with clients and prospects.
• Develop and expand key client relationships.
• Support projects and project team members working both independently and in collaboration with other colleagues and managers.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Power markets knowledge

Transmission systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Math, Science, Finance or related

Tools

PROMOD IV

Encompass

UPLAN

Plexos

Job description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?

Leidos is a Fortune 500® company with $18 billion in sales and nearly 50,000 employees that brings over 70 years of experience in support of both investor-owned and municipal utility growth goals. Leidos Energy helps utilities address complex challenges through comprehensive, performance-based solutions delivered across the full project lifecycle. Our capabilities include engineering, planning, project management, construction management, and commissioning services for electric power substations, transmission and distribution systems, protection and controls design, and electrification programs. Utilities nationwide rely on Leidos for trusted power industry expertise, demonstrated by our work with more than 75 investor-owned utilities and over 100 municipal and cooperative utilities, as well as a growing portfolio of private developer clients.

Your greatest work is ahead!

Leidos Energy is seeking an Energy & Transmission Market Consultant who is an experienced electricity market analyst to help expand an existing consulting practice focused on due diligence related to transmission congestion impacts under Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED).

What you’ll be doing:

• Perform complex electricity market modeling and transmission congestion analysis utilizing the PROMOD market simulation model with security constrained economic dispatch (SCED).
• Analyze study results to develop study deliverables that provide meaningful and actionable solutions for clients.
• Manage client engagements and ongoing client relationships.
• Present study results and findings to client executives.
• Research key energy market operational processes and current issues/trends.
• Conduct business development activities both through internal collaboration and directly with clients and prospects.
• Develop and expand key client relationships.
• Support projects and project team members working both independently and in collaboration with other colleagues and managers.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Math, Science, Finance or related with four plus years of relevant experience.
• Experience in energy markets with modeling software such as PROMOD IV, Encompass, UPLAN, or Plexos.
• Experience in the electricity industry conducting economic studies of conventional and renewable generation.
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills, with proven ability to lead and communicate project results both verbally and in writing.
• Strong knowledge and interest in power markets with understanding of basic transmission system operations and nodal (LMP) price formation.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate with both clients and staff.

Favorable if you have:

• The position is fully remote, but if you live near Denver, CO or Framingham, MA that is a plus.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

September 18, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.