Operational Resilience Systems & Data Analyst - Analyst Sr.

American Electric Power; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power in Columbus, OH, seeks an Operational Resilience Systems & Data Analyst to lead data-quality reviews, develop dashboards, and coordinate resilience tool requirements. You will support disaster recovery, training exercises, and incident reporting with outcome-based metrics and leadership-ready reporting.

The role involves collaborating with IT and business teams, translating governance standards into data workflows, and driving continuous improvement in resilience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 2–4 years in data analysis, reporting, systems support, resilience, business continuity, disaster recovery, emergency management, risk, compliance, or related disciplines.
• Experience with emergency management tools and resilience platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Leads data quality reviews, reporting routines, dashboard development, system-of-record implementation, maturity planning, workflow improvement, and resilience tool requirements across resilience functions.
• Develops analytics for critical services, dependencies, exercise results, validation outcomes, corrective actions, readiness measures, risk trends, and program maturity.
• Monitors data integrity, stale records, duplicates, workflow gaps, and reporting inconsistencies to improve enterprise visibility.
• Translates governance, policy, standards, audit, ISO 22301, and resilience requirements into data fields, dashboards, reports, and tool requests.
• Serves as product liaison for resilience systems by gathering requirements and coordinating with IT and vendors.

Skills

Data analysis

Reporting

Dashboard development

Data visualization

Workflow support

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Business, Risk Management, Emergency Management, Computer Science, Business Continuity, or related field

Tools

ServiceNow

Power BI

Microsoft Power Platform

Tableau

Job description

Job Posting End Date

09-07-2026

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

Job Summary

The Operational Resilience Systems & Data Analyst leads system, data, reporting, dashboard, workflow, product liaison, and records-quality activities that support Disaster Recovery, Exercise & Training, Emergency Coordination & Intelligence, Response & Recovery Planning, and Operational Resilience. This role develops analytics, monitors system-of-record quality, supports automation and workflow improvements, validates data integrity, gathers tool and vendor requirements, prioritizes enhancement inputs, and produces leadership-ready reporting that tells the story of resilience through outcome-based metrics, trend analysis, and decision-ready insights.

Job Description

What You'll Do:

Essential Job Functions & Tasks:

• Leads data quality reviews, reporting routines, dashboard development, system-of-record implementation, maturity planning, workflow improvement, and resilience tool requirements across resilience functions.
• Develops analytics for critical business services, dependencies, critical paths, exercise results, validation outcomes, corrective actions, readiness measures, operational risk trends, and program maturity.
• Monitors data integrity, stale records, duplicate information, workflow gaps, evidence completeness, reporting inconsistencies, and missing information that limits the enterprise forest view.
• Partners with functional teams to translate governance, policy, standards, audit, ISO 22301, applicable utility-industry resilience practice, and operational requirements into data fields, workflows, dashboards, reports, and tool enhancement requests.
• Serves as product liaison for resilience systems by gathering business requirements, coordinating with IT and vendors, supporting tool implementation, and helping prioritize enhancement requests against operational priorities.
• Manages system-of-record maturity activities by assessing current-state capability, coordinating implementation improvements, defining data governance needs, supporting roadmap prioritization, and monitoring adoption, usability, and continuous improvement outcomes.
• Develops leadership-ready reporting packages, storyboards, trend analysis, risk indicators, outcome-based metrics, and performance insights that explain whether resilience capabilities are improving.
• Supports incident, exercise, audit, activation, and executive reporting activities by producing timely data, status information, dashboards, and evidence packages.

Additional Requirements:

• Experience with emergency management, business continuity, disaster recovery, mass notification, crisis management, training, and exercise-related tools and technologies (e.g., CEM, BCM, emergency notification systems, resilience platforms, exercise management systems, and incident management applications).
• Physical Demand Level: S - Sedentary Work

What We're Looking For:

Operational Resilience Systems & Data Analyst (SG7)

Education and Work Experience requirements are listed below:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Business, Risk Management, Emergency Management, Computer Science, Business Continuity, related field, or equivalent combination of education, certifications, and relevant experience.

Work Experience Requirements are listed below:

• Minimum 2–4 years of experience in data analysis, reporting, systems support, resilience, business continuity, disaster recovery, emergency management, risk, compliance, or related disciplines.

Preferred Requirements:

• ServiceNow or similar system experience, dashboard tools, data visualization, workflow support, reporting support, and certifications such as Power BI, Microsoft Power Platform, ServiceNow Foundations or Certified System Administrator, ITIL, ABCP, Tableau, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent.

Operational Resilience Systems & Data Analyst Senior (SG8)

Education and Work Experience requirements are listed below:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Business, Risk Management, Emergency Management, Computer Science, Business Continuity, or related field, or equivalent combination of education, certifications, and relevant experience.