Architect and design GridUnity Data using the industry best practices data architecture and design principles
About GridUnity
At GridUnity, we are helping transform the world’s energy supply chain by accelerating the integration of distributed energy resources such as solar, wind, and energy storage. We provide pioneering SaaS analytics solutions to utilities and independent system operators for use by their engineers and renewable energy developers.
Our advanced platform combines predictive analytics, machine learning, configurable business processes, and cloud computing to deliver a suite of SaaS-based products and services with the flexibility to evolve with the world’s changing energy model. The GridUnity platform has been rolled out across 16 U.S. states by entities providing energy to about 20% of Americans, and we’re growing fast.
Why GridUnity
We are a mission-driven organization that prioritizes our team, our customers, our communities, and our planet. As our company continues to grow rapidly, we pay special attention to supporting the growth and development of our team members. While work is a large part of our lives, we also support personal commitments as we consider these to be major factors contributing to an individual’s success. GridUnity supports both virtual and physical workplaces, with an office in Boston and employees spread across 16 states and multiple countries. Despite the fact that we’re not always in the same physical space, we operate as a tightly-knit team and work on exciting, impactful challenges.
What makes GridUnity’s company culture great is that employees feel valued in all aspects of their lives, including their professional and personal aspirations.
We are seeking a Sr Data Engineer / Sr Data Architect who will establish the Data Engineering foundations and will lead the charge on the continuous improvement, monitoring and design of the storage solutions and data architecture at GridUnity. This individual must be highly organized with the ability to stay on top of multiple projects, teams and deliverables across a range of storage and architecture implementations and sizes, ranging from 10GB to 10+TB databases and other stores. The applicant must have willingness and ability to adapt to changing internal and external priorities, while working in a NIST compliant environment.
You will be responsible for enhancing monitoring for existing databases, creating capacity and resource plans, for recommending new options and technologies, and for enhancing and tuning existing databases. You will also be responsible for developing and tuning complex queries, and providing coaching to the broader development team on best practices and industry-standard approaches to data and database access. Additionally, you will be responsible for data architecture and design.