Work Place Flexibility:
Hybrid
Legal Entity:
Entergy Services, LLC
Position may be located in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, or Mississippi.
Job Summary/Purpose
The data scientist will support the growing analytical needs of the company as data collection efforts expand and use cases are identified. The primary duties of the position will include enhancing and optimizing current analytical techniques through business unit collaboration, development and deployment of higher order analytical techniques (and software) necessary to extract additional value from company:held data (data at rest as well as streaming) and assist with broadening the analytical knowledge base of the company.
Analysis performed by the position will be shared within Entergy to support the various initiatives underway that have an analytical need which will ultimately impact Entergy's generation assets, load resources, customer view, and product and services offered to the customer.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
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Develop, manage and deploy analytical solutions/tools that enable business units to unlock additional value from company:held data.
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Be a champion for Entergy's Analytics efforts both inside and outside of the organization, promoting collaboration and communication through business unit driven use cases whilst building the Entergy brand in the analytics space.
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Represent Entergy on various industry forums such as UAI, EPRI, EEI, etc., and assist with developing and maintaining the internal POV on internal as well as external analytical capabilities from a build or buy perspective.
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Be a thought:leader at Entergy for analytic issues and assist with developing and guiding citizen data scientists throughout various Entergy business units.
Minimum Requirements
Education required of the position:
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B.S./B.A. Degree in economics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, finance, engineering or other analytical field.
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Preferred: Masters/ Ph.D. in economics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, finance, engineering or other analytical field.
Experience required of the position:
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Data Scientist SR: 5 : 6+ years in a data analytics role utilizing mathematics and/or machine learning techniques to solve real:world problems
Experience preferred of the position:
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Preferred: 3+ years of programming or forecasting experience (machine learning algorithms, clustering techniques regression analysis etc.) using analytical tools such as SAS, SPSS, R, Python, Matlab, Java etc.
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Preferred: 1+ years' programming/forecasting experience working in the electric and/or gas utility sector.
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Ability to coach and train others on how to develop analytical insights.
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Awareness of vendor:provided analytical solutions in the utility sector.
Skills and abilities required of the position:
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Strong background in a data driven environment that demonstrates ability to develop, build and deploy analytical solutions (machine learning algorithms, regression analysis etc) that create actionable insights.
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Strong communicator both at technical and strategic levels.
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Experience discussing complex topics in a simple, easy:to:understand way.
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Demonstrated teamwork skills.
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Strong, demonstrated writing and presentation skills.
Certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position:
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Prefer candidates with programming /coding certificates in traditional analytical software such as SAS, R, Python, SPSS, Matlab,Java etc.
LI:AH1
Primary Location: Louisiana:New OrleansLouisiana : New Orleans Texas : The Woodlands
Job Function: All Other Jobs
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID:
Travel Percentage:Up to 25
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