{"id":160698,"url":"https://alion.io/job/granicus-principal-analytics-engineer","title":"Principal Analytics Engineer","company":{"id":1264,"name":"Granicus","domain":"granicus.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/granicus","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"iCIMS","truth_index":null},"role":"Analytics","role_family":"Analytics","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":149300,"max":172000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":172000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"SQL","optional":false},{"name":"Tableau","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-29T03:50:53Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-20","last_verified_at":"2026-10-18T05:05:55Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":50,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":50},"description":"The Company\nServing the People Who Serve the People\nGranicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and its constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers with meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.\nOver the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers power an unmatched Subscriber Network that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve-driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.\nWant to know more? See more of what we do here.\nJob Summary\nThe Granicus Experience Group (GXG) is Granicus’ in-house digital agency, a cross-functional team of strategists, analysts, communicators and Granicus technology experts focused on customer experience and digital communications. We leverage best-in-class human-centered practices and a design-thinking approach to help our federal, state and local government customers better connect with the people they serve. We discover better insights, build better experiences, and achieve better outcomes.\nGXG is a fast-growing agency at a high-growth tech company, seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to serve as a leading technical expert for analytics engineering and analytics-ready data architecture supporting GXI Enterprise (GXI-E), our advanced analytics platform.\nThis role independently solves highly complex and ambiguous data challenges and sets standards and best practices that influence analytics delivery across GXG. The Sr. Analytics Engineer designs, governs, and evolves scalable analytics-ready data solutions that support advanced analytics platform delivery.\nThrough deep expertise and independent decision-making, this role is ideal for someone who thrives at working with complex data integrations and backend processes, enabling scalable reporting, measurement, and insights that support strategic decision-making and digital experience outcomes for our clients.\nYou will transform complex, externally sourced data into standardized, reliable models that enable scalable reporting, dashboards, and measurement. By establishing repeatable integration patterns and backend processes, this role improves data readiness, delivery efficiency, and the quality of insights that inform client decision-making and digital experience outcomes.\nStrong candidates are subject-matter experts with a systems-thinking mindset who are comfortable influencing cross-functional stakeholders, mentoring through example, and shaping long-term analytics approaches.\nTop candidates have a passion for understanding customer behavior, are experts in interpreting data from email, web, social media platforms, and client systems, are comfortable with storytelling with data, and confident presenting to internal and external stakeholders.\nCandidates must have a desire to be part of a data-driven, customer-focused, fast-paced team that loves the mission of improving the citizen experience and providing world-class service to government customers.\nWho We Are:\nData-driven thinkers, grounding our insights and recommendations for growth in measurable data and context. \nHuman-centered design practitioners, understanding best practices, regardless of technology or use case, and always putting people at the center of our solutions. \nDigital content creators and strategists, applying best practices to key message development, evaluation of current client content, and identifying optimization opportunities. \nInnovators, leveraging design-thinking and other frameworks to keep our work fresh and help our customers adopt a mindset for change. We drive toward success with a spirit of experimentation and agility. \nHow We Show Up to Work:\nDemonstrate a polished, professional relationship with colleagues and customers. \nAssume positive intent. \nBe collaborative. Create space for and be open to different expertise and experiences. \nBe dependable and reliable for our customers and our colleagues. \nBe organized and manage your own workload. \nBe proactive. Be willing to jump in, not wait to be told. \nBe willing to try something new, not dependent on documented examples. \nBe empathetic. Consider the human experience, needs and motivations of our customers and our colleagues. \nBe open to feedback. Listen with the same passion with which you want to be heard. \nBe curious. Gather information and knowledge. Consider new ideas and approaches. Consider what you might not know. \nWhat Your Impact Will Look Like\nEssential Function:\nLeads analytics engineering and analytics-ready data architecture across GXG for Government clients \nLead the development, implementation, and governance of analytics engineering standards and best strategic practices influencing enterprise delivery \nDesign and maintain highly reliable, standardized data models, transformation logic, and validation frameworks for customer analytics delivery \nOwn the analytics-engineering layer for our advanced analytics platforms, transforming product-delivered data into analytics-ready delivery \nAct as GXG’s senior advisor for complex customer data integrations and technical decision-making \nDefine reusable integration patterns, templates, and documentation to support scalable delivery, reducing ambiguity and startup time \nDefine and evolve GXG processes for data quality, QA, backfills, and release coordination. \nMonitor and resolve data quality and consistency issues to ensure data structures support dashboards, metrics and client outcomes \nTriage data issues within GXG and coordinate clearly scoped escalations to Product teams when required \nProvide strategic input on analytical methodologies, measurement frameworks, and best practices. \nImprove organizational team efficiency by identifying systemic data challenges and driving durable, scalable solutions \nYou Will Love This Job If You Have\nKnowledge/Skills/Abilities:\nAdvanced SQL and strong analytics-ready data modeling skills \nSubject-matter expertise with the ability to define and influence best practices at an organizational level \nDemonstrated ability to define, communicate, and enforce analytics engineering methodologies at an enterprise scale, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and industry benchmarks \nStrong understanding of cloud data ecosystems and upstream data pipelines \nExceptional data quality discipline, including validation, reconciliation, and auditability \nSystems thinking mindset with comfort operating in ambiguous, high-complexity integration scenarios. \nClear technical communication and cross-functional collaboration skills. \nProven experience developing dashboards and reporting solutions; Amazon QuickSight and Tableau is a plus. \nStrong background in quantitative research and statistical analysis; qualitative research a plus. \nDeep understanding of web analytics and behavioral data, including event-based and engagement datasets from tools such as Google Analytics (GA4), Adobe Analytics, Siteimprove, or similar. \nExperience integrating multi-channel digital data sources, including email marketing platforms, social, surveys, and other emerging customer feedback and engagement channels. \nComfortable leading external client-facing workstreams \nExperience and/or enthusiasm for working with government clients with passion for public service, citizen engagement, and communication \nExperience/Credentials\n8+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data analytics, or business intelligence, supporting analytics delivery in complex, cross-functional environments; experience with web analytics, digital marketing data, or government technology preferred, working with external clients \nProven track record of establishing and governing analytics engineering standards with enterprise-level impact, influencing organizational data strategy and outcomes \nOther Job Info\nThese statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job.\nThis role is typically performed on a computer using Zoom or Teams. Individual will be on camera throughout the day engaging with other employees. The role is typically performed indoors within a home office environment. This role is typically performed while sitting or standing at a desk. The individual will occasionally lift light objects\nPrior to the shutdown for the Covid-19 pandemic, GXG staff were expected to be available for on-site customer meetings with our federal, state and local customers. This included travel in some instances. As our customers' expectations and responses to the pandemic continue to evolve, GXG team members may once again be expected to be available for in-person customer meetings.\nSecurity Requirement\nResponsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program. \nDue to security requirements, this position is currently open only to those located in the Continental US. \nCandidates must be able to operate in the Central time zone to support client needs. \nEEO Statement:\nWe are an EEO Employer. It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of Granicus not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, caregiver status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws.\nPay Range\nUSD $149,300.00 - USD $172,000.00 /Yr.About Us\nDon’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!\nSecurity and Privacy Requirements\nResponsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.\nResponsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.\nThe Team\nWe are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.\nThe Culture\nAt Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to bea part of our journey.\nA few culture highlights include - Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices\nCoffee with Mark sessions - Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important andsometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work-life balance and current affairs.\nMicrosoft Tea...","description_format":"text","description_chars":14185,"description_truncated":true,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible time off","Home office","Parental leave","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Document Management","CMS & Digital Experience Platforms","Digital Government"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-08-29T03:50:53Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 2","filings_12m":2,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":102500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":17,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.489,"p_room":0.35,"age_days":49,"expected_fill_days":12,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":172000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/granicus-principal-analytics-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/granicus-principal-analytics-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-18T05:11:40Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":7826,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-19T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1264},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1264"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgranicus-principal-analytics-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgranicus-principal-analytics-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgranicus-principal-analytics-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/granicus-principal-analytics-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgranicus-principal-analytics-engineer"}]}