Merkle is a leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company. For over 30 years, Fortune 1,000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with us to build and maximize the value of their customer portfolios. We work with world-class brands to build and execute customer-centric business strategies. With more than 12,000 smart, dedicated people in more than 50 offices around the world, we are still growing at a rate that outpaces the market, with 2019 net revenue of $1.1 billion.

dentsu is a modern marketing solutions company. Our mission is to help clients navigate, progress and thrive in a world of change. Businesses rely on our integrated network of agencies and specialized practices to champion meaningful progress through creative, media, commerce, data and technology. dentsu international comprises 66,000 diverse people in 143 countries, who are dedicated to teaming for growth and good. Merkle is an agency of dentsu.

Merkle is looking for an experienced Cloud AWS Pre-Sales Engineer to be part of its Cloud practice. You will work on industry-leading AWS platform to design, develop, and implement next generation data modernization solutions applying Cloud native and Commercial/Open Source Big Data technologies. You will report to the Growth Officer. Open to fully remote candidates. US location.

• You will lead innovation efforts, developing Intellectual Property and delivering solutions associated with AWS and Merkle tools
• You will assist efforts on listing Merkle solutions on AWS marketplace
• You will lead the development of minimum viable products for Merkle & AWS joint innovation solutions
• You will advise clients on AWS optimized architectures for enterprise data management, craft strategy and roadmaps for on-prem to Cloud migration projects
• You will be hands-on in developing prototypes and conducting Proof of Concepts
• You will conduct architectural reviews and develop cloud economic models
• You will assist pre-sales team in client pitches
• You will participate in technical interactions with client's executives and senior management
• You will analyze new commercial/open-source services/technologies offered by AWS, and other Big Data technology vendors
• You will advise on AWS set up, security and role-based access implementation, and network optimizations
• You will advise on DevOps strategy and methodology
• You will work with AWS Solution Architects and Engineers on:
• You will develop reference architectures and design pattern library for typical AWS based solution implementations
• You will create Merkle's new services capabilities, packaged solution offerings

• BA in Business, Analytics or Technology
• Minimum of 10 years overall experience in systems integration field with strong hands-on experience in data integration, data warehousing, and analytical projects
• Certified AWS Professional Solutions Architect or similar AWS Professional level certification
• 5+ years of technical management and thought leadership role with a Global/Regional System Integrator delivering success in complex data analytics projects on AWS
• 5+ year's design and implementation of highly distributed applications on AWS
• 2+ years' experience in "migrating" on premise workloads (especially EDW, Data Lake, Analytic sandboxes) to AWS
• Demonstrated experience designing and building Big Data solutions on AWS stack applying Redshift, EMR, Glue, Lambda, Athena, Sagemaker.
• 5+ years experience using Python as programming and scripting language
• Experience in DevOps to build CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in AGILE development, SCRUM and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
• Technical architectural and development experience on Massively Parallel Processing technologies, such as Redshift, Snowflake, Hadoop, Spark, Teradata, Netezza, Hadoop
• Technical architectural and development experience on one or more Data Integration technologies, such as Glue, Ab Initio, Talend, Pentaho, Informatica, Data Stage, Map Reduce
• Familiarity with technical architectural experience on Data Visualization technologies, such as Tableau, Qlik, etc.
• Technical architectural experience on data modeling, designing data structures for business reporting
• Experience with Advanced Analytics, such as predictive, prescriptive.
• Working knowledge of cloud components: Software design and development, Systems Operations / Management, Database architecture, Virtualization, IP Networking, Storage, IT Security
• Technical skills and passion-especially for public Cloud, modern Application design practices and principles.
• Oversight experience on major transformation projects and successful transitions to operations support teams

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $163,000 - $263,350. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation. The company's incentive compensation plan is subject to change. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

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About dentsu 
Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com. 

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

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