Analytics Engineer

Overview

Student Success Analytics Engineers play a central role in advancing the university’s analytics capabilities in support of student achievement, learning outcomes, and institutional effectiveness. This position works closely with the Institutional Data Engineering team and the Deputy Chief Data & Analytics Officer to develop and maintain the analytical data models that power predictive analytics, student success reporting, and institutional decision-making.

Student Success Analytics Engineers are responsible for transforming raw institutional data into curated, analytics-ready datasets through the development of a medallion data architecture (bronze, silver, gold layers). These datasets will enable advanced analytics, AI-powered applications, dashboards, and metrics related to student success, student services impact, academic program outcomes, and institutional value.

 

This position serves as the technical bridge between data infrastructure and analytics users, ensuring that institutional data is modeled, documented, and structured to support high-quality insights for university leaders, faculty, advisors, and student success teams.USU is currently hiring for two positions to support the following areas of the university:

Student Success Division: In this role the analytics engineer works closely with functional student success teams and leaders to translate operational and student engagement data into scalable analytical models that support student support program assessment, student retention and completion strategies, and continuous improvement efforts. The position will help integrate data from multiple university systems to provide actionable insights, dashboards, and reporting that improve the university’s ability to identify student needs, evaluate interventions, and support student success outcomes across the institution.

Center for Civic Excellence: In this role the analytics engineer will design, develop, and maintain data models, assessment analytics, and reporting systems that support the measurement and continuous improvement of student learning within the Center for Civic Excellence. This role will work closely with faculty, academic leaders, and center staff to develop scalable approaches for collecting, analyzing, and communicating evidence of student learning outcomes. The position will help translate assessment and instructional data into actionable insights that inform curriculum development, support data-informed teaching and learning practices, and strengthen the Center’s ability to demonstrate educational quality, student growth, and institutional effectiveness.

This position is eligible for hybrid work within the state of Utah

Responsibilities

Analytics Data Modeling

• Design and maintain analytics-ready data models that support student achievement, learning outcomes assessment, and student success initiatives.
• Develop curated data layers within the university’s medallion data architecture to support reporting, dashboards, and predictive analytics (silver and gold layers).
• Transform complex institutional data sources into structured analytical datasets suitable for downstream analytics tools. Ensure data transformations are scalable, well-documented, and maintainable.
• Optimize data transformations to support high-performance dashboards and analytics applications.
• Implement dimensional models and semantic layers to support consistent institutional metrics.

Data Governance and Documentation

• Document analytical datasets, transformations, and metric definitions.
• Contribute to institutional data governance processes by helping define and standardize key student success metrics.
• Ensure analytics data models align with institutional definitions and reporting standards.
• Support data quality monitoring and validation processes.

Collaboration and Institutional Impact

• Partner with stakeholders to understand analytics needs.
• Translate institutional questions about student learning and success into scalable analytics solutions.
• Contribute to the development of a modern analytics environment supporting data-informed decision-making across the university.
• Support strategic analytics initiatives led by the Office of Data & Analytics.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, computer science, information systems, statistics, or a related field plus one year of related experience.
• Experience working with relational databases and SQL.
• Experience developing data transformations or data pipelines.
• Familiarity with data modeling concepts (e.g., dimensional modeling, star schemas).
• Experience working with analytics or reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in related field
• Experience in higher education
• Experience with modern data transformation frameworks (e.g., dbt or similar tools).
• Experience working in cloud-based data platforms or data lake environments.
• Familiarity with medallion architecture or layered data modeling approaches.
• Experience supporting predictive analytics or machine learning pipelines.
• Experience working with higher education data (student information systems, learning management systems, advising platforms).
• Knowledge of student success analytics, institutional research, or learning analytics.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong SQL and data transformation skills.
• Understanding of data modeling for analytics.
• Ability to translate analytical questions into scalable data solutions.
• Strong documentation and data governance practices.
• Ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
• Interest in applying analytics to improve student success and institutional outcomes.
• Effective communication skills and comfort working with different teams within the organization.
• Ability to accept and give constructive feedback.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work with a broad range of diverse people, ability, culture, and ethnic background, to maintain good working relationships across the university.

 

Required Documents

Along with the online application, please attach:

Resume to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV” 

Cover letter to be typed/pasted at the end of your application 

 

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Advertised Salary

Minimum $70,000, commensurate with experience plus excellent benefits

ADA

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes. The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions.

College/Department Highlights

The Office of Data and Analytics delivers data-informed decision-support to enhance the USU experience.​ Lead by the new Chief Data and Analytics Officer, USU is investing in data and analytics as a leap-ahead initiative. This position is part of the new data and analytics strategy to drive innovation and create value for students and the communities we serve.

University Highlights

Founded in 1888, Utah State University is Utah’s premier land-grant, public service university. As an R1 research institution, Utah State is dedicated to advancing knowledge and serving the public good through innovative research and scholarly activities that are grounded in reciprocal engagement with local, regional, and global communities. USU prepares students to be active, civically engaged leaders who are prepared to address critical societal challenges. Dedicated to providing a high-quality and affordable education, USU remains a leader in research, discovery, and public impact.

 

USU enrolls over 29,800 students, both online and in person at locations throughout the state. Utah State’s 30 locations include a main campus in Logan, Utah, residential campuses in Price and Blanding, and six additional statewide campuses, along with education centers serving every county. USU educates students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. For over 100 years, USU Extension has served and engaged Utahns, serving every county in the state.

 

Competing at the NCAA Division I level, USU is a proud member of the Mountain West Conference and will join the Pac-12 Conference beginning in the 2026-2027 season. The Aggies’ long-standing tradition of athletic and academic excellence is exemplified by recent Mountain West regular-season and tournament championships in women’s volleyball, three consecutive Mountain West tournament titles in women’s soccer conference championships, and a first-ever conference championship for gymnastics, reflecting USU's commitment to perseverance and achievement.

 

Utah State is dedicated to fostering a community where all individuals feel respected, valued, and supported and where diversity of thought and culture are cultivated. We seek to recruit, hire, and retain people from all walks of life who will champion excellence in education, research, discovery, outreach, and service. We believe that promoting a strong sense of community and belonging empowers and engages all members of USU to thrive and be successful. Forbes recognized our commitment to employees when they named Utah State the best employer in Utah in 2023. Learn more about USU. 

 

The university provides a Dual Career Assistance Program to support careers for partners who are also seeking employment. Additionally, USU is committed to providing access and a reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, contact the university’s ADA Coordinator in the Office of Human Resources at (435) 797-0122 or hr@usu.edu. 

 

*updated 12/2025

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*updated 10/2025