Data Scientist

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

• Develop, manage and deploy analytical solutions / tools that enable business units to unlock additional value from company-held data.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

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Primary Location : Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : 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 : 120235

Travel Percentage : Up to 25%

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Additional Responsibilities :  As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and / or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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WORKING CONDITIONS :

As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and / or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note : Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.