Data & AI Solutions Analyst
Birmingham, AL (The Energy Center)
Onsite 4 days per week/ 1 day remote
Organization Description
Southern Company Nuclear Technology Solutions (NTS) supports Southern Nuclear by designing, developing, integrating, and operating secure, reliable, and compliant technology solutions that enable safe and efficient nuclear operations. NTS delivers enterprise applications, data platforms, and analytics capabilities that support nuclear generation, corporate functions, and regulatory commitments.
Job Summary
The Application Analyst is responsible for implementing, enhancing, and supporting modern data, analytics, and artificial intelligence solutions within Southern Nuclear's technology portfolio. This role will play a key part in the organization's transition from legacy on-premises reporting platforms to cloud-based data and analytics solutions centered around the SNC Lakehouse.
The position will initially assume ownership of the team's NORAD SQL Server reporting environment, including databases, scheduled jobs, stored procedures, data integrations, SSRS reports, and Power BI solutions that support critical business functions and provide data to the SNC Lakehouse. A primary responsibility of the role is to understand existing business and reporting logic and lead its modernization by migrating data processing, metrics, reporting, and analytics capabilities from SQL Server-based solutions to cloud-native platforms.
Working closely with business stakeholders, AI engineers, data engineers, and solution architects, the analyst will be responsible for understanding, maintaining, and modernizing existing reporting and analytics solutions. A key responsibility of the role is to help migrate business logic, reporting processes, metrics, and data transformations from the team's on-premises NORAD SQL Server environment to the SNC Lakehouse, leveraging approved cloud technologies, architectural standards, and best practices. The analyst will contribute to the development of modern data, analytics, automation, and AI solutions using Microsoft Azure, Databricks, Python, Power BI, and intelligent agents. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or Bicep is highly desirable.
This role will be filled at Exempt Level 4, 5, or 6 depending on qualifications and experience.
This is currently a hybrid role requiring on-site work at the Energy Center Monday through Thursday, with remote work on Fridays. Additional on-site presence may be required based on business needs.
All incumbents must comply with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements, including background investigations, federal drug and alcohol testing, and other regulatory prerequisites.
Job Requirements
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred.
A non-technical bachelor's degree with 6+ years of relevant IT experience will be considered.
Individuals currently enrolled in a relevant bachelor's degree program may be considered.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Experience implementing, integrating, and supporting enterprise and vendor application solutions.
Strong understanding of cloud platforms, with emphasis on Microsoft Azure.
Experience developing and supporting SQL Server databases, stored procedures, jobs, views, and reporting solutions.
Experience working with data platforms and pipelines, including: Azure Data Factory or equivalent pipeline technologies
Azure storage services (Data Lake, Blob Storage)
SQL-based data stores (Azure SQL, SQL Server, Oracle)
Hands-on experience supporting or integrating with lakehouse architectures.
Experience supporting Databricks environments for data processing, analytics, and application integration.
Experience with reporting and analytics solutions utilizing Power BI, SSRS, or similar technologies.
Familiarity with Windows client and server environments, RHEL/Linux client and server environments, and web-based application…