Performance Data Engineer: Solar & Storage Analytics

Urban Grid Solar Projects; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Panthera Grid Partners seeks a Performance Data Engineer to own the data architecture for its solar and energy storage portfolio. You will ingest, standardize, and govern SCADA, meteorological, inverter, and settlement data; implement KPI definitions; and deliver fleet-wide reporting via Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.

You will collaborate with Reliability Engineering, Asset Management, Operations, and IT/OT to ensure data quality, transparency, and timely decision support for performance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a quantitative field.
• 5+ years in data engineering, analytics engineering, BI, or related role; renewables/utility preferred.
• Advanced SQL and Python; production-grade pipelines and analytics workflows.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure data services, lakehouse/warehouse, and Power BI.
• Experience integrating APIs, SCADA and OT data, time-series datasets, and enterprise systems.
• Strong data modeling, testing, source control, documentation, and observability practices.
• Ability to translate requirements into scalable data products and explain technical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own data platform architecture including Fabric Lakehouse/Warehouse and tooling decisions.
• Design asset hierarchies, tag mapping, and time-series storage models for the fleet.
• Integrate SCADA, meteorology, inverter/tracker data, revenue meters, and settlement data via APIs.
• Lead onboarding pipelines to make site addition repeatable and scalable.
• Digitize tools and workflows into governed, scalable data products.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Analytics workflows

Data modeling

Documentation

Observability

Data quality

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/DE/EE/Statistics/Physics/Meteorology or related field

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure data services

Power BI

Lakehouse/Warehouse

APIs integration

Data orchestration tools

SCADA data integration

Job description

Panthera Grid Partners seeks a Performance Data Engineer to own the data architecture for its solar and energy storage portfolio. You will ingest, standardize, and govern SCADA, meteorological, inverter, and settlement data; implement KPI definitions; and deliver fleet-wide reporting via Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.

You will collaborate with Reliability Engineering, Asset Management, Operations, and IT/OT to ensure data quality, transparency, and timely decision support for performance and