Market Operations Analyst

keycaptureenergyllc; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Key Capture Energy is seeking a Market Operations Analyst to optimize battery energy storage system dispatch across the fleet. You will support day-to-day power market operations, monitor market conditions, and develop models to improve bidding strategies.

The role emphasizes programming (Python/SQL), data analysis, and dashboarding to translate market data into actionable insights. Remote work with some travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, economics, CS, chemistry, physics, finance, business, or related field.
• Exposure to programming (SQL, Python, R, MATLAB, or similar).
• Interest in clean energy and power markets.

Responsibilities

• Understand daily energy market operations across jurisdictions.
• Monitor real-time market conditions and strategy performance.
• Support asset management including bid submission and code debugging.
• Improve price forecasts and ingest into bidding models for PNL.
• Design and deploy automated bidding/trading strategies using Python and SQL.
• Work with large datasets in MS SQL Server; assist analytics infrastructure.
• Create PowerBI dashboards to inform market decisions.
• Produce analytical reports and models to support energy trading.
• Participate in additional duties as needed.

Skills

Quantitative reasoning

Problem solving

Self-starter

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/math/cs/economics

Tools

SQL

Python

R

MATLAB

Power BI

Job description

Job Title: Market Operations Analyst

Department: Market Operations

Reports to: Senior Manager of Market Analysis

Effective Date: August 2026

Location: Remote

Travel: Up to 15%

POSITION PURPOSE

This is a full-time, exempt position reporting to the Senior Manager of Market Analysis. The Market Operations Analyst quantitative reasoning, problem solving, operations research methods, and programming skills to assist the market operations team in optimization battery energy storage system dispatch (charging and discharging) across the Key Capture Energy fleet. Responsibilities may include strategizing day-to-day power market operations, supporting real-time operations by monitoring market conditions and strategy performance to help ensure the best available strategy is continuously deployed, troubleshooting market operations in real-time, building/editing mathematical models that represent battery energy storage system and/or hybrid solar + storage system operation, and building reports summarizing performance of trading strategies. The ideal candidate is a creative problem solver who can develop the technical skills to independently run projects from the brainstorm phase through to a final work-product.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build a fundamental understand of daily energy market operations in various jurisdictions.
• Monitor real-time market conditions, asset availability, and strategy performance to identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Support the management of company assets day-to-day, including via bid submission and code debugging.
• Understand factors impacting electricity prices and collaborate with the team to improve price forecasts and ingest into bidding models. Develop and assess new models as necessary to improve PNL.
• Design, support, and contribute to the build-out of automated power market bidding/trading strategies using Python and SQL.
• Analyze and manipulate datasets in MS SQL Server. Collaborate with the development team to support the build out of necessary infrastructure for analytics work.
• Build PowerBI dashboards that transform data into information that informs market decisions.
• Build analytical reports and models to support energy trading.
• All other duties as required.

WORK EXPERIENCE & REQUIREMENTS

• 0-2 years of energy industry or analytical experience.
• Bachelor's degree in: engineering, math, economics, computer science, chemistry, physics, finance, business, or related field.
• Interest in clean energy and power markets.
• Exposure to programming (SQL, Python, R, MATLAB, or similar).
• Experience working with large data sets a plus.
• Very motivated self-starter.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer