Analytics Engineer

Analytics Engineer

New York, NY

Type: Contract

Category: Data

Industry: Communications

Reference ID: JN -052026-106918

Date Posted: 05/11/2026

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The mission of the Analytics Engineering team at our client is to enable, facilitate, and develop their ability to make data-driven strategic decisions. We are looking for Analytics Engineers to build and own domain datasets that will power insights, executive reporting, and strategic initiatives. This individual contributor role will focus on developing AE's nascent partnerships with stakeholders across the org, aligning and collaborating closely with the Strategy and Business Intelligence team to ensure business objectives are measured and insights developed. You will spend most of your time collaborating with stakeholders to translate business needs into analytical datasets, owning the end-to-end data lifecycle and enabling self-serve analytics across the organization. If you enjoy going deep into data, getting creative to uncover insights and solve problems, and seeing the real-world downstream impact of your data in strategic decisions, this role is a great opportunity to dive in and shape the future of data here.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $55.00 to $65.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Liaise and partner with Data/Business Analysts, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and other business stakeholders to translate business requirements into actionable analytics datasets.

• Design and implement the scaled data architecture that enables analysis and data-driven decision making across one or more data domains.

• Design, implement, and maintain scaled data pipelines to ensure high-quality, reliable, and sustainable data delivery processes.

• Design and implement data quality checks and anomaly detection for dataset certification and KPI computation accuracy.

• Establish and refine the data catalogue/semantic layer to ensure proper usage by non-technical stakeholders and AI systems alike.

• Collaborate with Strategy and Business Intelligence partners on dashboard/reporting designs and implementations that directly support key strategic decisions.

• Monitor and optimise workflows for performance and cost efficiency.

• Apply data governance, security, privacy, and hygiene best practices across the entire data lake to ensure purpose-appropriate usage and PII compliance.

Experience Requirements:

• [Junior] 2+ or [Mid-level] 5+ or [Senior] 8+ years of experience in roles where the primary responsibility involves data modelling, building data artifacts/pipelines, and scaling self-serve analytical capabilities.

• [Junior] 2+ or [Mid-level] 5+ or [Senior] 8+ years of experience with SQL, ETL/ELT, data modelling, and at least one programming language (Python required).

• Strong experience in the AWS ecosystem (Athena, S3, Glue, Lake Formation, Lambda).

• Strong understanding of data lakehouse principles and modern data architecture.

• Strong communication skills to build stakeholder relationships and drive alignment across cross-functional partners.

• Advanced degree in a STEM field preferred.

• Experience designing and implementing reports and/or dashboards using technologies such as Microsoft PowerBI, Looker, Tableau, or similar.

• Experience with and/or contributions to Apache projects including Airflow, Arrow, Hudi, Iceberg, Parquet, Spark.

Education Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information/Data Science, Operations Research, Econometrics, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience required. Advanced degree in a STEM field preferred.

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Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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