Senior Data Analyst

Senior Data Analyst
$88,000 - $110,000 | Hybrid

In this role, you will have ownership of enterprise data products that support organizational intelligence and inform strategic decisions across ALLETE.  As a key member of our data team, you will build foundational data assets that support business and operational insights, enable enterprise-wide reporting, and directly influence how leadership makes strategic decisions affecting thousands of customers and our clean energy future.

What You’ll Own

The Senior Data Analyst is a hands-on analytics professional who translates business needs into production-grade data solutions and enterprise reporting products. This role owns and drives the complete lifecycle for analytic deliverables on Microsoft Fabric and PowerBI:

• Architect and govern medallion-style (Bronze → Silver → Gold) Lakehouse designs with primary ownership of the Gold/curated layer.
• Design and build reporting data models, semantic layers, and performance-tuned datasets for Power BI consumption.
• Gather and validate requirements while collaborating with cross-functional teams to define ingestion needs, validate upstream dataflows and lineage, and ensure data quality.
• Publish and maintain curated, enterprise-ready semantic models that power strategic decision-making.

How You’ll Lead

Working with minimal supervision, you’ll drive complex, high-impact initiatives across the organization to:

Deliver Reliable Solutions

• Maintain operational runbooks, monitoring, alerting, and tuning for Power BI Premium and Microsoft Fabric.
• Scope and drive cross-functional projects: creating test plans, coordinating integration testing and production cutovers.
• Communicate technical tradeoffs effectively to non-technical stakeholders.

Set the Standard

• Set data governance, lineage, metadata and access control standards.
• Ensure secure handling of sensitive data while continually improving reliability, performance and cost efficiency.
• Codify CI/CD and source-control practices for analytic artifacts.

Elevate the Team

• Serve as a subject-matter resource and technical mentor.
• Train and mentor junior analysts and business users.
• Document processes and outcomes while implementing improved systems and workflows.

Who We Are

ALLETE, Inc. is an energy company headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota, focused on delivering reliable service today while building a cleaner energy future. Through subsidiaries including Minnesota Power and Superior Water, Light and Power, we provide electric service to customers across the region and invest in modern infrastructure that keeps communities and businesses running. Across our family of companies, we’re advancing sustainable energy solutions by combining operational excellence with long-term commitments to safety, stewardship, and responsible growth.

Outstanding Quality of Life

Located on the scenic shores of Lake Superior, Duluth offers a unique combination of professional opportunity and outdoor adventure. Enjoy year-round access to hiking, skiing, and water sports, along with a lively downtown filled with shops, restaurants, and entertainment. The city’s vibrant community hosts a variety of events and activities for all ages, while the local food, arts, and craft brewery scenes provide something for everyone. Duluth is a welcoming place to live and build your career.

Here’s what you’ll bring to this high-impact role:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Math, Analytics, Data Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or a related field required, and
• Eight (8) or more years of relevant experience gathering and documenting business requirements, designing data models, building reports, and leading projects or equivalent, or
  • A Master’s degree in a relevant field and seven (7) years of relevant experience.

Required Technical Expertise

Lakehouse and medallion architecture. Proven experience with systems such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake o