Data Analyst
IT, Data Science
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Posted on Jul 28, 2026
Energy Aspects currently have an exciting opportunity available for a Data Analyst to join our Data Team based out of our Kolkata office. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced analyst or aspiring technical/data-focused specialist to work closely with our highly regarded natural gas, power and emissions teams, optimizing our data content and capabilities while modeling the future energy transition.
The successful candidate will contribute to the full cycle of our work, from data mining, building and maintaining data models and assisting with detailed analysis. You will spend much of your time working with data, putting your technical and analytical skills to good use.
Combined with your abilities in Python and SQL, you will have professional or academic experience in in statistics, modeling or data analysis and a desire to work in the energy industry, enabling you to quickly take on a range of responsibilities including modelling, data visualisation and the automation of our data collection services.
- Department
- Data Operations
- Employment Type
- Permanent - Full Time
- Location
- Kolkata
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Reporting To
- Turja Barua
Key Responsibilities
- Taking full ownership of projects, from data collection to modelling and deployment
- Understanding analyst requirements and deliver solutions to answer market questions
- Proposing and implementing market models. Managing the relationship with key users of these models.
- Deliver market model and other data results to clients via our portal and API.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- 4+ years of experience in Data Analysis and related fields
- Background in Engineering, Science, Statistics, Mathematics or related fields of studies.
- Value driven and can-do attitude. We are a fast-growing company which creates a lot of opportunities for growth but also requires delivery on a wide range of tasks.
- Ability to own and deliver projects involving stakeholders with a wide range of technical capabilities.
- Ability to guide junior staff members to help them make a meaningful contribution towards projects.
- Understanding of the importance of data governance and metadata.
- Excellent statistical analysis skills.
- Working knowledge of Excel.
- Attention to detail in both handling data and written English.
Python :
- Ability to write production level code with an excellent understanding of best practices, including multi-variate regressions and other forecast models.
- Excellent understanding of code life cycle best practices (dependencies management, code reusability, version control, cloud deployment)
- Working knowledge of data science and statistical modelling libraries (e.g. pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, statsmodels) for building and validating forecast and market models.
SQL:
- Ability to build efficient queries across complex data models
- Ability to understand and update existing data models
- Ability to design new data models
Data Science and Modelling:
- Solid grounding in statistical and machine learning techniques relevant to time-series and market forecasting (e.g. regression, classification, clustering, time-series analysis).
- Ability to perform feature engineering, model selection, and validation (train/test splits, cross-validation, backtesting) to ensure robust and reproducible models.
- Understanding of model evaluation metrics (e.g. RMSE, MAE, R², precision/recall as appropriate) and how to communicate model performance and limitations to non-technical stakeholders.
- Awareness of common pitfalls in applied data science — overfitting, data leakage, look-ahead bias — particularly relevant when modelling energy market data.
Desirable skills
- Use of cloud data platforms (Google Cloud, AWS).
- Energy sector experience is not essential but would be advantageous.
- An interest in commodities, energy or financial markets would be beneficial.
Our Culture & Benefits
Welcome to our unique workplace where a passion for our industry-leading product sits at the heart of who we are.
Life at EA is completely eclectic, fostered through the global nature of the business and a real appreciation of the many cultures of our diverse team. We unite as a single, cohesive team through an array of social clubs that cater to a spectrum of interests, from running and yoga to football and culinary adventures. These groups create a collegial and dynamic atmosphere that extends beyond work, promoting a healthy and balanced lifestyle for our team.
Our strategically located offices are all set in prestigious buildings, offering you the convenience of nearby gyms, retail therapy, diverse dining options, and accessible public transport.
Life at EA is completely eclectic, fostered through the global nature of the business and a real appreciation of the many cultures of our diverse team. We unite as a single, cohesive team through an array of social clubs that cater to a spectrum of interests, from running and yoga to football and culinary adventures. These groups create a collegial and dynamic atmosphere that extends beyond work, promoting a healthy and balanced lifestyle for our team.
Our strategically located offices are all set in prestigious buildings, offering you the convenience of nearby gyms, retail therapy, diverse dining options, and accessible public transport.
About Energy Aspects
Founded in 2012, we are an independent research consultancy that has enjoyed phenomenal growth since our inception, and we have very ambitious plans to continue our upwards growth trajectory. We are passionately committed to providing indispensable and industry-leading short, medium and long-term analysis, and forecasts of the energy markets, that helps our clients trade, invest, finance and plan.
We pride ourselves on the quality of our work and draw on a wide range of experience and expertise to derive our views. We are made up of expertise in upstream production, trading, quant analytics and econometric forecasting, to name a few. We haves always maintained a key focus on the geopolitics of the energy industry and the impacts they can have in shaping global markets. We have in recent years acquired several firms to enhance our position in energy market consultancy, including Medley Global Advisors (2020), OilX (2022), INAS (2023) and MMSA (2024) bringing additional expertise in macro trends, oil market data and paper positioning into the group. We are also growing our offering to clients focused on the energy transition, providing tradeable insights on long-term trends.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and promote diversity within our workforce. As an international business we are determined that suitably qualified persons will never receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, veteran status or any other applicable basis.