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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Analytics Engineer - **Company:** Wake Forest University - **Location:** Winston-Salem, NC, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Warehousing, Software Debugging, IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), Prism (Software), Power BI, Tableau (Software), Cloud Platform System, Large Language Models, Snowflake, Informatica Cloud, Agentic-AI, Microsoft Fabric, Information Technology, AWS Lake Formation, Low-code, Data Management, Looker Analytics, Data Pipelines, Workday - **Published:** October 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b9e176375898329e ## About the Role A cover letter is required for all positions; optional for facilities, campus services, and hospitality roles unless otherwise specified., * Five or more years of hands-on experience building a data warehouse, data pipeline, or analytics solutions in a professional setting. * Strong SQL. This is the non-negotiable one - the ability to write, debug, and optimize complex queries against large datasets. * Working proficiency in Python, or clear evidence you can get there quickly. * Experience with a cloud data platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern warehouse or lakehouse patterns. * Experience building reports and dashboards in a modern BI tool (Power BI, Tableau, Cognos, Looker, or similar). * The ability to translate between technical and non-technical audiences - and the patience to do it well with people who are not data professionals. A self-starter's instinct: you can pick up an ambiguous problem, ask good questions, and make progress without being handed a task list. Genuine interest in learning technologies you haven't used yet. * A bachelor's degree. We're open on the field of study - we've seen strong analytics people come from music, philosophy, and biology as often as from computer science. Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: * Experience with Workday, particularly Prism or Reports Higher education experience, or experience with student, finance, or HR data domains Microsoft Fabric, AWS Lake Formation, or Athena Integration platform experience (SnapLogic, Informatica, Fivetran, dbt, Airflow) Practical experience applying LLMs or AI agents to engineering or analytics work * Data governance, data quality, or master data management experience Accountabilities: Individual contributor who works as part of a team, applying established standards and developing their skills. Receives guidance and direction from senior team members and management on more complex tasks ## Description * Work directly with stakeholders across campus to understand their questions before defining a solution - requirements gathering is a conversation, not a ticket. * Advise on data architecture, data management, and governance practices for units building their own capability. * Coach and support customers through implementation and adoption. Service is a core part of this job, not an afterthought. Build the solutions * Design and develop data pipelines, models, and analytic products spanning our source systems - Workday (SIS, Finance, HCM) among them. * Write the SQL that does the heavy lifting: complex, performant, and readable enough that the next person can maintain it. Build and tune curated data layers in AWS Lake Formation/Athena and Microsoft Fabric, and deliver reporting through Power BI and other analytic tools. Own solutions through the full lifecycle - discovery, design, build, test, deploy, support, iterate. Modernize the platform * Help move our integration work from SnapLogic toward spec-driven development in Python using AI-assisted tooling. * Contribute to decisions on our future warehouse direction, including evaluation of Redshift and Snowflake. * Help retire legacy reporting (Cognos) responsibly, without disrupting the people who depend on it today. * Take on AI projects as we scope them, and help us separate what genuinely improves our work from what only looks like it does., This position profile identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform job-related duties as may be reasonably assigned by his/her supervisor. In order to provide a safe and productive learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations and drug screens for all final staff candidates being considered for employment.