Senior Data Operations & Reliability Lead

FinOps Weekly; Taylor (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

ERCOT is seeking a Senior Data Operations Analyst to ensure reliability and performance of enterprise data platforms across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will monitor data pipelines, troubleshoot incidents, support migrations and releases, and optimize platform stability with governance and cost controls.

Senior duties include end-to-end reliability, incident leadership, automation, and security/compliance considerations, working with stakeholders to meet SLAs and drive continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field OR equivalent combination.
• 2+ years of experience in data/platform operations for Level II or 4+ years for Level III; strong hybrid cloud/on-prem experience.
• Experience with hybrid cloud/on-prem data ecosystems and enterprise data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Owns day-to-day operations of assigned data platforms or pipeline domains.
• Investigates and resolves moderately complex incidents with minimal supervision.
• Performs root cause analysis and documents corrective actions.
• Leads incident response and root-cause analysis for Level Sr; drives permanent fixes.
• Architects monitoring and observability frameworks for data pipelines and BI refreshes.

Skills

Azure Databricks

ADLS

Power BI

SQL

Monitoring

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related field

Tools

Azure Databricks

ADLS

Oracle

Informatica

SAS

Cognos

SQL

Power BI

Job description

ERCOT is seeking a Senior Data Operations Analyst to ensure reliability and performance of enterprise data platforms across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will monitor data pipelines, troubleshoot incidents, support migrations and releases, and optimize platform stability with governance and cost controls.

Senior duties include end-to-end reliability, incident leadership, automation, and security/compliance considerations, working with stakeholders to meet SLAs and drive continuous