About the Role
AES Clean Energy (CE) is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to support the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Engineering team in building the data analytics architecture to support the future growth of the CE portfolio and its growing data-related needs. This individual will play a pivotal role in ensuring AES CE’s operational excellence by expanding the availability of data and analytics to various stakeholders in the O&M team. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with an ability to deliver creative, efficient solutions to challenging problems surrounding the growing operational dataset.
Responsibilities
- Designing, building and maintaining data warehouses, data cleansing processes, analytics dashboards, pipelines, and automated reporting solutions
- Support high data quality, reliability, and availability across CEDAR and related automated workflows
- Owning and administrating core data engineering and analytics platforms used by the Data Analytics team
- Collaborating with Analytics Engineering, O&M Engineering, and Digital teams to deliver scalable data solutions
- Working on AI/Machine Learning projects to improve the performance of the AES Clean Energy fleet of solar, wind, and energy storage assets
- Work with AES Data Engineers to establish and maintain data warehouses to support the O&M team’s advanced analytics and reporting needs
- Build scalable, automated reporting solutions to meet the growing compliance demands of the CE Asset Management group
- Establish and monitor data quality frameworks, data governance, validation processes, and system performance metrics
- Ensure scalable, reliable ingestion and processing of operational data from SCADA, DAS, and other external data sources to the GCP data lake
- Participate in and lead AI/Machine Learning initiatives in collaboration with the AES Digital Team and O&M team stakeholders
- Become an expert in AES Clean Energy’s DAS tools and propose ways to improve their data quality, overall function and utilization
- Collaborate with the Analytics Engineering team to ensure data products are built on scalable, reliable infrastructure
- Together with the CE Operations Technology and Data Engineering teams, work to deliver successful data pipelines from SCADA/DAS providers to data warehouses
- Work cross functionally to create scalable data infrastructure and workflows
- Provide technical support and maintenance of automated reporting systems utilized by the CE Asset Management group
- As a subject matter expert, advise other team members across the organization on best practices for data-related projects
- Participate in AES CE’s growth planning process by contributing to process improvement task forces and other strategic planning activities
- Improve and develop processes for utilizing data to ensure the operation of safe, quality and high-performance projects
- Willingness to continue to learn and grow your skills, constantly evaluating how AES CE operations can be improved
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent technical field and 5+ years of experience in an analytics-focused and/or engineering role
- Advanced proficiency with R, Python, or SAS, as well as SQL
- Advanced proficiency developing reports and dashboards in Power BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense or another BI software
- Strong familiarity with DAS and SCADA systems and their data architectures
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Big Query, or other cloud computing platforms
- Experience designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT) and utilizing related tools (e.g., DBT, Prefect, Airflow)
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Experience designing data models, analytics datasets, data products, or application layers
- Experience building or owning production data pipelines, data platforms, or analytics systems
- Ability to work effectively with Microsoft software programs, including-but-not-limited-to Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High degree of commitment to a quality safety culture and an incident-free work environment
- Personal values consistent with those of the AES Corporation
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or equivalent
- Experience with the technical aspects of Solar PV, Wind, and Energy Storage Systems
- Experience with AI/ML-enabled analytics, including LLMs, RAG, and anomaly detection
- Spanish language skills
Skills
- R
- Python
- SAS
- SQL
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Qlik Sense
- DAS
- SCADA
- Google Cloud Platform
- Big Query
- DBT
- Prefect
- Airflow
- Excel
- Outlook
- Word
- PowerPoint
- AI/ML
- LLMs
- RAG
- anomaly detection
Location
- remote
Work Type
- full-time
- hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent technical field
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $113,000 - $141,525/year
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- life insurance
- 401(k) eligibility
- paid time off (including vacation, sick leave time, and parental leave)
About the Company
- The AES Corporation is the largest US-based global power company with a team of 8,300 employees across 12 countries.
- AES has been ranked #1 by BloombergNEF in renewable energy sales to corporations in the US and Americas for five consecutive years, providing electricity for millions of people worldwide.
- AES is proud to foster a strong workplace culture, earning prominent positions in Great Place to Work™ rankings across the markets where we operate.
- AES was also named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the 13th consecutive year in 2026, highlighting our dedication to integrity, transparency, and responsible business practices.
- AES's spirit of innovation continues to earn industry recognition.
- AES is the only seven-time winner of the Edison Electric Institute’s Edison Awards in the twenty-first century, a distinction honoring global leadership in advancing the electric power industry.
- AES raises the quality of life around the world by changing the way energy works.
- AES is a global, agile, cohesive organization with an employee engagement level akin to a startup company.
- AES businesses throughout the world are often recognized as great places to work.
- Our people share a passion to help meet the world’s current and increasing energy needs, while providing communities and countries the opportunity for economic growth due to the availability of reliable, affordable electric power.
- AES's mission is to improve lives by accelerating a safer and greener energy future.
Equal Opportunity
- AES is an Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed to building strength and delivering long-term sustainability through diversity and inclusion. Respecting all backgrounds, differences and perspectives enables us to improve the lives of our people, customers, suppliers, contractors, and the communities in which we live and work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and/or expression, race, national origin, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
- E-Verify Notice: AES will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.
