Analytics Engineer

Analytics Engineer role at Cox Automotive in Atlanta, GA (onsite) with a salary range of USD 101,500 to 169,100 per year. Responsibilities Partner with cross-functional teams to drive data informed decision making for growth and business optimization. Build and maintain foundational assets such as a Data Dictionary and a Query Repository, establishing standards and traceability for monitoring the health of Cox Automotive Consumer & Marketing Solutions products; collaborate with stakeholders to optimize these assets. Collaborate with analysts to define data asset requirements, translating metrics and use cases into asset development based on database schemas or by coordinating with data scrum teams; identify opportunities to optimize assets with a focus on runtime performance. Support the development and maintenance of data models using dbt and SQL transformations deployed to Snowflake, following a lifecycle from stakeholder intake to production deployment. Participate in version controlled development workflows using GitHub, including branching, pull requests, code reviews, and CI/CD processes to ensure reliable data deployments. Maintain data lineages that document metrics in each report, their queries, and data sources; proactively suggest improvements to documentation to ease future updates and troubleshooting. Contribute to semantic layer documentation and metadata to enable AI powered analytics tools to interpret natural language queries against business data. Develop and maintain anomaly detection and alerting capabilities for data assets; continuously improve detection methods and thresholds to ensure data quality. Apply advanced analytics methods and collaborate with analysts or scrum teams to identify root causes of data anomaly alerts. With limited manager oversight, administer access to analytics tools. Support BI tool strategy projects with leadership, focusing on optimizing platforms to align with analytics needs. Maintain and optimize technologies that enable the analytics practice and team operations, including SharePoint, operational insights, and various automation such as insights and workflow automation. Leverage AI and GenAI applications to augment task execution, improve workflow efficiency, and accelerate delivery of analytics deliverables. Learn and apply analytics technologies (web analytics tools, SQL-based databases, data visualization software, AI/GenAI capabilities) and coordinate with vendors to resolve issues. Support Analytics Leads or other leaders on company initiatives; may lead project execution to meet milestones after aligning with leadership. Guide other analysts on advanced techniques and validate their work. Collaborate with managers to define priorities and deliver against business goals, working independently and with cross-functional teams. Operate with limited supervision; proactively optimize existing solutions. Travel up to 5 percent for same-day or overnight business trips. Perform other related duties as assigned. Requirements Authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship; no OPT, CPT, STEM OPT, or visa sponsorship now or in the future. Residence within commutable distance to the Atlanta office. Bachelor's Degree and 6+ years of experience, or 18 years of related experience. Intermediate SQL programming skills and knowledge of SQL based relational databases; experience with ETL processing of big data. 6+ years experience with SQL based relational databases (e.g., Athena, Redshift, Snowflake); Snowflake preferred. 6+ years experience with BI tools (Power BI, Domo, Tableau). Strong Microsoft Excel skills; proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite. Web analytics knowledge (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics) highly preferred. Experience with data transformation tools such as dbt, including model development, testing, and documentation preferred. Familiarity with version control systems (GitHub) and CI/CD workflows for data pipeline deployment. Experience with or willingness to learn Snowflake capabilities, including Cortex AI features for semantic layer and natural language analytics. Previous experience with AI/GenAI applications to augment tasks or workflows, including AI assisted development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot). Ability to learn and apply AI/GenAI capabilities as part of analytics operations, including using large language models for code generation, documentation, data quality analysis, and automation. Previous experience with machine learning or automation, especially anomaly detection, threshold setting, or natural language generation, a plus. Tableau Server certification and AWS Data Analytics certification are pluses. Ability to work directly with vendors to resolve issues and support long term projects and initiatives. Willingness to learn and use analytics technologies (web analytics tools, work management software, AI/GenAI capabilities). Demonstrated ability to build relationships and collaborate across teams; capable of consulting stakeholders for optimal outcomes. Ability to anticipate stakeholders' needs and provide proactive solutions that strengthen partnerships. Ability to develop scalable processes and standards to improve team efficiency. Excellent communication skills; able to present findings clearly to stakeholders and translate analytical insights into a cohesive narrative. Creative problem solver who questions assumptions and tests hypotheses with data; translates requests into actionable tasks with timelines. Strong organizational and prioritization skills in a deadline-driven, evolving environment; flexible and adaptable to agile workflows. Proactive, self-motivated, with curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning in the digital and automotive spaces. Travel up to 5 percent. Technologies dbt SQL Snowflake GitHub Power BI Domo Tableau Excel Google Analytics Adobe Analytics Snowflake Cortex Analyst Cortex AI SharePoint Benefits Flexible vacation with pay Seven paid holidays per year Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually Bereavement leave Time off to vote Jury duty leave Volunteer time off Military leave Parental leave Compensation Base salary range: USD 101,500 to 169,100 per year Salary may vary by location and candidate knowledge, skills, and abilities Potential eligibility for additional compensation such as incentive programs #J-18808-Ljbffr Cox Automotive