Commercial - Lead Data Engineer - Vistra
Irving, TX
About the Job
If you have what it takes to become part of the Vistra family and would like to start a promising career with a global leader, take a look at the exciting employment opportunities that are currently available and apply online.
Job Summary
Technical role focused on designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) of data from various sources. This position is responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of data systems and supports trading analysts by providing clean and well-structured data for advanced analytics use cases. The Data Engineer will work closely with trading analysts and IT teams to ensure that data pipelines are robust, scalable, and aligned with business needs.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
Data Infrastructure Development:
•Design, build, and maintain efficient and scalable pipelines to support ingestion, transformation, and storage
•Develop and optimize ETL processes to ensure timely and accurate data availability for analytics and BI
•Implement data quality and validation processes to ensure the integrity and reliability of data
Data Management:
•Manage and monitor data systems to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance.
•Maintain comprehensive documentation of data infrastructure, processes, and systems.
•Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
Collaboration and Support:
•Work closely with trading analysts and IT to understand data requirements and deliver solutions
•Provide support to trading analysts by ensuring they have access to clean, well-structured data
Innovation and Improvement:
•Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in data engineering and implement best practices to enhance data infrastructure.
•Continuously evaluate and improve existing data pipelines and systems to increase efficiency and scalability.
•Identify opportunities for automation and implement solutions to reduce manual data handling tasks.
Education , Experience & Skill Requirements
•Extensive training in computer science, engineering, data science, or a related field
•5+ years of relevant work experience in data engineering, data management, or a related role
•Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, and experience with data processing frameworks like Apache Spark or Hadoop
•Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure, and familiarity with data warehousing solutions like Snowflake or Redshift
•Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a focus on data quality and reliability.
•Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders
•A keen interest in the energy trading sector and a commitment to staying updated with industry trends and developments
Key Metrics
•Successful design, development, and maintenance of robust data pipelines and systems
•High availability, reliability, and performance of data infrastructure, as evidenced by key performance indicators (KPIs)
•Effective support and collaboration with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders.
•Continuous improvement in data processing efficiency and scalability
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Job Family
Trading
Company
Luminant Energy Company LLC
Locations
Irving, Texas
Texas
_We are a company of people committed to: Exceeding Customer Expectations, Great People, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication. If this describes you, then apply today!_
_If you currently work for Vistra or its subsidiaries, please apply via the internal career site._
It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at assistance@vistraenergy.com to make a request.
Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.
Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.
Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers.
As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/ .
Vistra’s hardworking team is committed to its purpose, “lighting up lives, powering a better way forward” and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3967404-1&h=3533293724&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com) .
Come join us and be part of something special! Click here to learn more about Vistra.
_It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws._
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at assistance@vistraenergy.com to make a request.
Job Summary
Technical role focused on designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) of data from various sources. This position is responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of data systems and supports trading analysts by providing clean and well-structured data for advanced analytics use cases. The Data Engineer will work closely with trading analysts and IT teams to ensure that data pipelines are robust, scalable, and aligned with business needs.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
Data Infrastructure Development:
•Design, build, and maintain efficient and scalable pipelines to support ingestion, transformation, and storage
•Develop and optimize ETL processes to ensure timely and accurate data availability for analytics and BI
•Implement data quality and validation processes to ensure the integrity and reliability of data
Data Management:
•Manage and monitor data systems to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance.
•Maintain comprehensive documentation of data infrastructure, processes, and systems.
•Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
Collaboration and Support:
•Work closely with trading analysts and IT to understand data requirements and deliver solutions
•Provide support to trading analysts by ensuring they have access to clean, well-structured data
Innovation and Improvement:
•Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in data engineering and implement best practices to enhance data infrastructure.
•Continuously evaluate and improve existing data pipelines and systems to increase efficiency and scalability.
•Identify opportunities for automation and implement solutions to reduce manual data handling tasks.
Education , Experience & Skill Requirements
•Extensive training in computer science, engineering, data science, or a related field
•5+ years of relevant work experience in data engineering, data management, or a related role
•Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, and experience with data processing frameworks like Apache Spark or Hadoop
•Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure, and familiarity with data warehousing solutions like Snowflake or Redshift
•Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a focus on data quality and reliability.
•Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders
•A keen interest in the energy trading sector and a commitment to staying updated with industry trends and developments
Key Metrics
•Successful design, development, and maintenance of robust data pipelines and systems
•High availability, reliability, and performance of data infrastructure, as evidenced by key performance indicators (KPIs)
•Effective support and collaboration with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders.
•Continuous improvement in data processing efficiency and scalability
#LI-ND1
Job Family
Trading
Company
Luminant Energy Company LLC
Locations
Irving, Texas
Texas
_We are a company of people committed to: Exceeding Customer Expectations, Great People, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication. If this describes you, then apply today!_
_If you currently work for Vistra or its subsidiaries, please apply via the internal career site._
It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at assistance@vistraenergy.com to make a request.
Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.
Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.
Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers.
As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/ .
Vistra’s hardworking team is committed to its purpose, “lighting up lives, powering a better way forward” and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3967404-1&h=3533293724&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com) .
Come join us and be part of something special! Click here to learn more about Vistra.
_It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws._
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at assistance@vistraenergy.com to make a request.
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