Top Senior Data & Analytics Jobs in Houston, TX

Analyze business challenges and opportunities within Global Payment Network. Develop strategic and tactical recommendations, model products and pricing, evaluate credit risk, conduct market and operational analyses, test hypotheses, assess solution feasibility, and support implementation. Collaborate with Product, Business Development, IT, Sales, Operations, Finance, and management to improve quality, volume, service, and profitability.

Leads data analysis and advanced analytics workstreams for clients, using statistical modeling, machine learning, data visualization, and Adobe Experience Cloud technologies to improve operations and strategic decision-making. Manages project planning, budgeting, execution, and completion while mentoring teams, maintaining data integrity and security, building Tableau and Power BI dashboards, identifying business opportunities, and integrating innovative analytics practices.

Design, implement, and optimize large-scale data processing on Databricks and Spark. Build ETL pipelines, integrate data across AWS services (Redshift, RDS), orchestrate workflows with Airflow, and ensure data warehousing and engineering best practices. Lead and mentor development teams and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to drive data strategy and execution.

Design and implement data infrastructure, custom extractors, ETL pipelines, data models, and visualization prototypes for industrial clients. Collaborate with solution architects, subject matter experts, product teams, and stakeholders to deliver reliable data solutions using Python, Spark, SQL, Kafka, REST APIs, and Docker. The role requires experience in oil and gas or manufacturing, client-facing communication, and onsite travel from a hybrid Houston location.

Designs, develops, and optimizes scalable data pipelines, architectures, and cloud-based data solutions using Azure services and Databricks. Translates business requirements into reliable data systems, supports data security, privacy, quality, and governance, and provides technical expertise during incidents. The role oversees testing, drives continuous improvement and engineering standards, participates in infrastructure planning, and mentors less experienced data engineers.

Leads the design, development, and optimization of scalable batch and streaming data pipelines for drilling, equipment, and operational analytics. Builds data models and features supporting reporting, machine learning, AI, predictive maintenance, and drilling optimization. Ensures data quality, testing, monitoring, observability, and CI/CD reliability while providing technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, data science, and operations teams.

Lead Workday reporting and analytics for HR: design, build, and maintain advanced Workday reports and integration data sources; manage reporting projects end-to-end; partner with HR COEs and HR Technology; mentor report writers; ensure data quality, governance, and audit readiness; and help extend analytics via Prism or Power BI and adopt AI-assisted capabilities.

Build and lead Crown Castle’s Data and AI Governance Engineering capability. Establish governance, data quality, metadata, lineage, access, observability, and AI governance strategies while automating controls and workflows across Databricks and the broader data ecosystem. Remain hands-on with prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, and reusable engineering patterns. Partner with technical, legal, security, risk, audit, architecture, and business teams to improve data trust, accountability, discoverability, and responsible AI adoption.

Leads market intelligence research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, forecasting, regulatory monitoring, visualization, and executive-level report writing. Evaluates market trends, competition, economic indicators, and policy developments to produce actionable client insights. Establishes research methodologies and quality standards while mentoring Market Analyst Writers, reviewing deliverables, and managing research priorities. Requires onsite work in Houston five days per week and collaboration with distributed technology teams.

Designs and implements analytical and systems solutions to support CLO operations. Works with stakeholders to automate processes, analyze data, build database-driven reporting, and deliver solutions using SQL, VBA/VBS, and Python. Manages multiple priorities and drives projects from concept through implementation with minimal oversight.