Company Description:

Merkle is a leading data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. For more than 30 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. The agency's heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive people-based marketing strategies. Its combined strengths in performance media, customer experience, customer relationship management, loyalty, and enterprise marketing technology drive improved marketing results and competitive advantage. With 9,600+ employees, Merkle is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with 50+ additional offices throughout the US, EMEA, and APAC. In 2016, the agency joined the Dentsu Aegis Network. For more information, contact Merkle at 1-877-9-Merkle or visit www.merkleinc.com.

Job Description:

Merkle is looking for an experienced technical analyst to be a part of its Analytics practice. You will be working on industry leading cloud platforms to design, develop, and implement next generation analytic solutions, leveraging cloud native and commercial/Open Source Big Data technologies. The ideal candidate will have worked in a professional services environment, supporting marketing and analytics deliverables - an analyst, with technical depth and expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Quickly understand multiple, complex data sources and develop methodology for joining data that will drive value for analytics
• Architect solutions & provide recommendations that drive automation and data quality for analytic deliverables
• Manage coding in SQL and R/Python environments
• Extract and process large quantities of data from data warehouses and other data marts
• Work with various internal stakeholders to ensure projects are prioritized and completed in a timely manner
• Active contributor to projects involving data migration and implementation of new solutions on cloud platforms
• Contribute to technical discussions across various levels of client stakeholders

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field required; advanced degree preferred
• 2 - 4 years of experience in cloud services and exposure to cloud technologies, such as GCP, AWS and Azure
• Working knowledge of cloud services such as BigQuery, S3 data storage, Google Composer, Google Cloud Storage and Redshift
• Understanding of relational database practices and familiarity with data processing
• Experience in a scripting language, preferably Python
• General understanding of ETL, APIs and data movement into cloud platforms
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills
• Strong problem solving and consulting skills
• Additional experience includes; Airflow, Snowflake, Databricks, digital marketing experience, understanding of media platforms and CRM database solutions

Additional Information:

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.

Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

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