Staff Data Analyst

Okta; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Staff Data Analyst, leveraging data to drive business decisions and insights. Collaborate with teams across the organization, utilizing innovative technologies to inform strategies and enhance data-driven decision-making. This role requires strong analytical skills and communication abilities, along with significant experience in data analytics and visualization tools. Enjoy competitive compensation and a diverse, inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Health insurance

401(k)

Flexible spending account

Paid leave including PTO

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience as a Data Analyst/Data Engineer/BI Developer.
• Experience with building reports and visualizations.
• Ability to work cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert on GTM analytics and metrics.
• Drive analytics strategy for revenue and customer insights.
• Collaborate with engineering to improve data pipelines.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Excellent communication skills

Data visualization

Data modeling

ETL processes

Education

BS in CS, MIS, or related technical degree

Tools

Tableau

Python

Java

Databricks

Snowflake

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Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

The Data & Insights Team

Okta’s Enterprise Data & Insights team empowers data-driven decision making across the company by delivering trusted analytics, insights, and tools. We partner closely with teams such as Marketing, Sales, Finance, Product, and Customer First to unlock business value through data strategy, scalable solutions, and impactful storytelling.

The Staff Data Analyst Opportunity

We are looking for a Staff Data Analyst who has a passion for driving decisions and insights through data to join the Enterprise Data & Insights team. You will be successful if you are detail-oriented, analytical, like solving big problems, connecting dots, understanding business challenges and determining options to solve using data, and can effectively communicate with team members and business partners. In this role, you will be key in creating the foundation for data-based decision-making across Okta's functional business teams and will work with internal customers to identify ways to effectively leverage data using cutting edge cloud and big data technologies to drive business insights.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Serve as the subject matter expert on GTM (Go to Market) analytics, data models, metrics, and value drivers.
• Drive analytics strategy for revenue drivers, sales acceleration, and proactive Customer insights across Marketing, Sales, and Customer First using transactional and product telemetry data.
• Define requirements for the semantic layer to support advanced analytics and dashboarding.
• Lead analytics initiatives focused on growth, retention, and predictive modeling (e.g., cross-sell, risk signals).
• Partner with stakeholders to gather business requirements, identify trends, and uncover insights.
• Collaborate with engineering to define, test, and improve data pipelines, sources, and transformations.
• Build and QA reports, dashboards, and prototypes while supporting ad hoc analysis and issue resolution.
• Champion best practices in data modeling, storytelling, and process improvement across analytics workflows.
  
  

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• 7+ years experience as a Data Analyst/Data Engineer/BI Developer
• Advanced SQL experience
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, ability to work with all levels of the organization
• Experience with building reports and visualizations to represent data intuitively in Tableau or similar data visualization tools
• Advanced analytics, data science, AI/ML experience and techniques are a plus
• Ability to work cross-functionally and communicate with technical and non-technical teams
• Experience with ETL processes, software development, and lifecycle awareness, using Python, Java, Databricks, and Snowflake
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills
• BS in CS, MIS, related technical degree, or equivalent relevant working experience
  
  

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:

$130,000—$194,000 USD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta
  
  

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

Okta is 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, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy/.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer and Network Security, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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