Technical Analyst

Description:

The Technical Analyst – Balancing Authority provides analytical leadership for SPP’s Balancing Authority functions across real-time, intra-day, next-day, and forward-looking horizons. The role is responsible for advanced analysis, studies, and operational data evaluation to support reliability obligations, performance metrics, and accuracy in interchange processes. Analysts evaluate how market outcomes, dispatch decisions, interchange schedules, and system conditions translate into actual system performance, identifying discrepancies and ensuring defensible results. This includes performing operational and market studies, supporting checkout accuracy, and developing analytical methods and tools to enhance visibility into system performance.

The position serves as a subject matter expert for metrics such as CPS1, BAAL, ACE, and interchange validation, while maintaining strong knowledge of applicable SPP Tariff provisions, NAESB standards, and operating practices. The analyst contributes to SPP, NERC, and WECC committees, working groups, and task forces, and partners across Operations, Markets, Compliance, and Reliability functions. Depending on level, the role provides mentorship, technical leadership, and independent decision support in both real-time and after-the-fact analysis.

Core Responsibilities
 

• Lead or provide analytical support for Balancing Authority operations across real-time, intra-day, next-day, and forward-looking horizons
• Monitor, analyze, and support performance related to NERC Balancing Authority metrics including CPS1 and BAAL, identifying performance drivers and recommending corrective actions
• Evaluate how market outcomes, dispatch decisions, and interchange schedules translate into actual system performance
• Perform operational and market studies to assess generation capacity, interchange capability, and system flexibility
• Develop, validate, and analyze operational data including meter data and interchange values
• Request, collect, prepare, and validate operational data and investigate discrepancies between interchange checkout values and meter data
• Recommend actions necessary to maintain resource availability, control ACE, and support compliance with reliability standards
• Develop and enhance analytical tools, models, SQL queries, and internal processes
• Conduct post-event and performance analysis to benchmark results and implement improvements
• Maintain knowledge of the SPP Tariff, market rules, NAESB standards, and operating procedures
• Ensure compliance with SPP policies and procedures and applicable NERC and FERC standards
• Contribute to or lead SPP, NERC, and WECC committees, subcommittees, working groups, and task forces
• Provide technical expertise, mentorship, and training to operators and analysts depending on level
• Lead or support special projects and cross-functional initiatives
   

Qualifications
 

• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, economics, engineering, or other related field
   

Level-Specific Qualifications

Senior Technical Analyst – BA
 

• 6 years of job-related experience