Senior Analytics Engineer - On-Site (Texas

Position Title

Senior Analytics Engineer

Exempt (17C)

Director of Data Analytics and Strategy

Tyler or Dallas Fort Worth, Texas

Only Candidates currently residing in the Texas area will be considered. No relocation assistance or fully remote options available.

Open to a hybrid work schedule - 3 days in the office/2 days working from home.

The Senior Analytics Engineer is a senior technical role within Southside Bank’s data team, focused on building and maintaining the Snowflake data platform that supports analytics, reporting, and AI capabilities across the organization. This person will lead day-to-day work across data ingestion, dbt modeling, and data quality, and will be the team’s primary resource on Snowflake AI and Cortex features. Platform decisions are made collaboratively as a team, with this role carrying individual accountability for specific work streams and initiatives.

• Designs, builds, and maintains scalable ELT pipelines using Fivetran or similar ingestion tools to bring new data sources into the Snowflake environment.
• Develops and owns dbt projects, including data models, tests, documentation, and semantic layer definitions.
• Contributes to the architecture and maintenance of the Snowflake environment, with individual accountability for areas including database and schema design, role-based access control (RBAC), virtual warehouse management, cost governance, and performance optimization.
• Serves as the team’s lead on Snowflake AI and Cortex features, driving the implementation of LLM-powered analytics, document intelligence, and AI-driven workflows in partnership with business stakeholders and teammates.
• Partners with business units, compliance, finance, and operations teams to understand data requirements and translate them into documented data models.
• Defines and enforces data quality standards through dbt tests, monitoring pipelines, and data observability practices.
• Builds and maintains data lineage documentation to ensure transparency and traceability across the data platform.
• Evaluates and onboards new data sources, collaborating with source system owners to ensure reliable, timely, and accurate data delivery.
• Supports the development of dashboards, self-service analytics tools, and reporting layers used by business stakeholders across the Bank.
• Monitors Snowflake platform releases, dbt updates, and developments in financial services AI/ML to evaluate applicability to the Bank’s environment.
• Maintains confidentiality of all sensitive Bank information.
• Maintains a positive and caring atmosphere for customers and employees consistent with Southside Bank’s mission, CORE Values, and Blue Book culture guide.
• Provides enthusiastic, professional, and courteous service to Southside Bank customers and employees.
• Participates in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Understands and agrees to abide by the policies and procedures established at Southside Bank.
• Responsible for complying with audit policies and procedures as they pertain to this position.
• Performs duties in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and related anti-money laundering laws, and in accordance with the Bank’s Information Security Program.
• Must comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

• Provides leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill.
• Complies with all safety policies, practices, and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources.
• Performs additional duties, as assigned or directed.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent work experience considered.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or a closely related data role; 8+ years preferred.
• 3+ years of hands-on, production-level Snowflake experience required;
  Snow Pro Core or Advanced certification is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining dbt projects in a production environment,…