Digital Infrastructure Analyst

Tenaska•Irving, TX

About The Position

Tenaska is seeking an experienced, collaborative, and self-motivated individual to join its Digital Infrastructure team. The Digital Infrastructure Analyst/Associate will help identify, evaluate, develop, and commercialize energy and infrastructure solutions for data centers, artificial intelligence, and other large-load customers. Opportunities may involve powered land, electric interconnections, natural gas and power infrastructure, dedicated and behind-the-meter generation, battery energy storage, long-duration energy storage, and other technologies that can accelerate customers’ access to power. The role supports opportunities from initial screening through due diligence, commercial structuring, and project development. The analyst will turn complex market, technical, commercial, development, regulatory, financial, and legal information into actionable opportunities and clear recommendations for customers, senior management, and project teams. The position involves taking ownership of assignments, coordinating across functions, identifying issues and potential solutions, and helping advance projects through research, stakeholder coordination, process improvement, and execution. The analyst will help improve how the Digital Infrastructure team identifies and evaluates opportunities. The role calls for intellectual curiosity and a willingness to learn and apply tools such as geographic information systems, artificial intelligence, databases, application programming interfaces, Python, and workflow automation. Success requires sound judgment, attention to detail, urgency, and the ability to work effectively amid changing priorities, incomplete information, challenging environments, and steep learning curves. Domestic travel may be required for customer meetings, project evaluations, site visits, due diligence activities, and industry events.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Business, Economics, Data Science, Geographic Information Systems, or a related field.
At least two years of relevant experience in energy, infrastructure, project development, engineering, finance, consulting, investment banking, market analysis, data analytics, or a related field.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and business decision-making skills.
Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear and persuasive presentations, reports, and recommendations.
Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Ability to analyze complex information, identify material issues, and communicate practical conclusions and recommended actions.
Ability to develop credible initial assessments and recommendations quickly, including with incomplete information.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, work under periodic short deadlines, and operate effectively with limited guidance.
Strong interest in energy and digital infrastructure, including data centers, generation, transmission, energy storage, and large-load development.
Willingness and ability to learn and use emerging technology tools, including artificial intelligence applications and automation workflows, to improve research, analysis, communication, and decision-making.
Aptitude and willingness to learn and use GIS platforms, databases, APIs, analytical software, and workflow automation.
High initiative, ownership, responsiveness, attention to detail, and follow-through.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States permanently without current or future employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Three to five years of relevant professional experience.
Experience supporting project development, business development, transaction execution, or infrastructure project evaluation.
Experience in energy project development, power markets, electric utilities, generation, transmission, interconnection, natural gas infrastructure, data centers, real estate development, or other infrastructure sectors.
Experience preparing project-development plans, opportunity assessments, economic models, commercial analyses, management presentations, investment materials, or customer proposals.
Familiarity with powered land development, site screening, electric-service evaluation, utility processes, generation alternatives, or interconnection opportunities.
Familiarity with project finance, valuation, commercial agreements, transaction due diligence, and project-development processes.
Experience working with internal and external professionals, including developers, engineers, legal counsel, financial professionals, consultants, utilities, customers, and other commercial counterparties.
Competency in GIS, including QGIS or similar platforms; Python or other programming and automation tools; SQL, databases, or large datasets; APIs and automated data retrieval; or power-market, electric-system, or infrastructure-data platforms.
Ability to develop new analytical tools and repeatable workflows rather than relying exclusively on existing templates and processes.
Ability to independently research unfamiliar topics, develop working knowledge quickly, and apply it to active business opportunities.
Ability to navigate complex environments, incomplete information, changing priorities, and evolving commercial strategies.
Ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive company, customer, and transaction information.

Responsibilities

Support origination, screening, evaluation, development, and commercialization of Digital Infrastructure opportunities, including powered land, electric interconnections, generation supply, energy storage, and related infrastructure.
Perform technical, commercial, financial, market, and development analyses to identify key risks, constraints, value drivers, potential solutions, and recommended next steps.
Develop initial assessments of site suitability, power availability, interconnection pathways, generation alternatives, infrastructure requirements, development schedules, costs, and other project viability factors.
Coordinate due diligence across development, engineering, legal, finance, environmental, commercial, and other internal and external stakeholders.
Prepare and maintain development plans, project schedules, budgets, due diligence trackers, agreement summaries, and other project materials.
Develop commercial evaluations, opportunity assessments, financial models, economic analyses, pitch decks, deal sheets, management approval materials, and customer-facing content.
Gather and synthesize technical, commercial, regulatory, market, customer, and industry information into actionable recommendations.
Monitor developments in data centers, artificial intelligence, power markets, utilities, generation, transmission, natural gas infrastructure, energy storage, equipment availability, and competing projects; assess their implications for Tenaska’s strategy and opportunities.
Support the preparation, evaluation, administration, and tracking of commercial agreements, including nondisclosure agreements, term sheets, letters of intent, development agreements, and other transaction documents.
Use GIS, artificial intelligence, databases, APIs, Python, and other analytical or automation tools to improve opportunity screening, due diligence, workflow efficiency, and decision-making.
Collaborate with customers, utilities, developers, engineers, consultants, equipment suppliers, landowners, legal counsel, and other stakeholders to advance projects and commercial opportunities.
Communicate project status, analytical findings, material risks, unresolved issues, recommended actions, and next steps through reports, presentations, and direct engagement.