At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven't stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We're always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.
Duties/responsibilities:
- Coordinate the people and processes that create, manage, describe, and use PGE's data to maximize value for the company and customers
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Work with business units to understand, implement and administer PGE's data governance policies
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Lead the development of data management framework in alignment with business needs, existing tools, corporate data management policies
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Create written documentation of functional requirements, operational procedures, and "as-built" solutions
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Analyze automated reports to identify source of data quality issues; work with appropriate stakeholders to resolve said issues
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Interface with other department COEs, IT, vendors, and team- and department-level management
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Act as Technical Data Steward to support curation of data lineage & business catalogs across the enterprise.
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Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle, and other IT change management best practices in order to collaborate with technical data custodians
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Ability to question the current state of existing data quality and data models, should have an investigative mindset
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Other duties as required [As with most jobs, this is probably the most important trait]
Characteristics:
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Superior organization and written communication skills
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Willingness to learn new numerous software systems and business practices
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Proficient in organizational change management or project management, especially interfacing with and winning support from operational stakeholders
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Proficient in process management practices to facilitate documentation of process inputs & outputs to support known use cases
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Familiarity with energy markets, ISO/RTOs, power transmission scheduling (eTags or OASIS)
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Familiarity with financial processes (settlement, financial reporting) and financial system best practices
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Familiarity with Scrum or another Agile development process a plus, but not required
Software: Experience with at least three of the following
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An OASIS system (preference for OATI)
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An energy trading risk management (ETRM) system (OpenLink/ION's Endur a plus, but not required)
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Time-series or SCADA database (preference for OSIsoft's PI System)
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Commercially available ETL systems, strategies, and best practices
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ISO/RTO bidding and analysis tools (PowerCost Inc. a plus)
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SQL (Oracle, Microsoft, and Snowflake)
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Tableau, Power BI or other visualization software (nice to have)
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Visio or equivalent schematic or documentation software (nice to have)
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121 SW Salmon St
Portland
Oregon United States
www.portlandgeneral.com
