Analytics Architect

EJ has an immediate opening for a Analytics Architect.

Generous Benefit Package that includes:

Paid Vacation and Holidays, Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave, 401K (with match), Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account, HSA with Employer Match, Disability Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement and Bonus Program.

About EJ: We are the leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of access solutions for water, sewer, drainage, telecommunications, and utility networks. EJ is a family-owned company with global operations. The corporate headquarters is in East Jordan, Michigan, where the company was founded in 1883.

Location: This position is a hybrid position, located at our Corporate Office in East Jordan, Michigan.

SUMMARY

The Analytics Architect is responsible for designing and enabling enterprise analytics solutions that convert trusted data into actionable business insights and operational improvements. This role provides architectural leadership across business intelligence, analytics enablement, and governed self‑service, ensuring analytics solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise data strategy.

Working as part of the Data Strategy team, the Analytics Architect partners with data engineering, data governance, IT, and business stakeholders to define analytics standards, deliver reusable data models, and empower analytics consumption across the organization — while maintaining strong governance and consistency.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Promotes the culture, the mission and vision, and the core values of the company. This includes adherence to and promotion of the company safety beliefs, employee engagement, competencies, code of conduct, and other policies and procedures.
• Analytics Architecture & Solution Design
  • Reusable data models and semantic layers
  • Consistent KPI definitions and metric logic
  • Standardized dashboard and reporting structures
• Translates business needs into scalable, maintainable analytics and reporting solutions.
• Designs enterprise analytics patterns including:
• Provides architectural guidance on performance, scalability, and usability of analytics solutions.
• Reduces reporting redundancy by promoting shared, trusted analytics assets.
• Analytics Enablement & Self‑Service Strategy
• Enables responsible, governed self‑service analytics by business users.
• Defines standards, templates, and patterns that allow users to build insights safely and efficiently.
• Provides enablement through training, documentation, and coaching.
• Serves as a bridge between business requirements and technical implementation, ensuring solutions are intuitive and business‑aligned.
• Governance, Security, and Data Trust
  • Partners with data governance stakeholders to embed governance into analytics solutions by design.
  • Supports consistent application of:
    • Access controls and role‑based security
    • Data classification and sensitivity awareness
    • Certification or endorsement of trusted datasets and metrics
  • Ensures analytics assets adhere to enterprise standards for accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
• Helps define and enforce standards for analytics lifecycle management (development, testing, release, retirement).
• Platform Transition & Modernization Support
  • Supports evolution and modernization of analytics landscape by:
    • Assisting in rationalization of legacy reporting assets.
    • Rebuilding or redesigning high‑value analytics using improved modeling and governance practices.
    • Partnering with data engineers to ensure analytics requirements are reflected in curated data layers
  • Advocates for architectural improvements that reduce technical debt and improve long‑term sustainability.
• Advanced Analytics & AI Readiness
  • Prepares analytics assets to support advanced capabilities such as automation and AI‑assisted insights.
  • Ensures data models and metrics are business‑friendly, documented, and structured for advanced analytical use.
  • Promotes analytics designs that support natural‑language querying, decision support, and future analytical innovation.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business, or a related field. Demonstrated experience designing and delivering enterprise business intelligence or analytics solutions. Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical analytics solutions.

Strong understanding of:

• Data modeling concepts (dimensional, semantic, or analytical models)
• KPI design and metric standardization
• Analytics governance and best practices

Preferred

Experience working in a modern enterprise analytics environment. Exposure to data governance, data cataloging, or enterprise data stewardship practices. Experience supporting or enabling self‑service analytics at scale. Familiarity with analytics‑driven automation or AI‑assisted decision‑support concepts. Experience working across multiple business domains in a global or multi‑regional organization.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Communications - Ability to convey ideas and facts using a language style best suited to the receiver
• Strategic Thinking/Global Vision - Formulates objectives and priorities, and implements plans consistent with long term interest of the organization in a global environment
• Networking/Influencing - Collaborates across departments and corporate entities to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals
• Interpersonal Skills - Inspires and fosters team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust, influences others to be excited and committed to furthering the organization’s objectives

TRAVEL

Limited, but must be able to travel, regionally and internationally.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

EJ is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.