Job Description

This is an ideal opportunity for college juniors and seniors or anyone looking to gain exposure in an innovative, fast-paced technology company. This is a full-time, virtual, paid internship from June 7 to August 6. Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Merkle partners with industry-leading cloud technologies – like Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform – to help clients build end-to-end consumer journeys they can use to market at scale while keeping a keen focus on the customer experience. The Cloud & Big Data Engineering Intern works with these Cloud platforms to design, develop, and implement next generation analytical solutions that provide clients with comprehensive access to their data and a more complete view of their customers and prospects. Under the supervision of a Cloud Architect, the Intern will work on client-facing projects and gain real-life experience in Cloud native and Commercial/Open Source Big Data technologies.

• Contribute in building data pipelines, loading datasets, generating insights leveraging Cloud based Big Data technologies
• Participate in Unit Testing, Integration Testing of applications
• Be hands-on in developing prototypes and conducting Proof of Concepts
• Work under the supervision of Cloud Architect
• Evaluate and analyze new commercial/open-source services/technologies offered by public Cloud providers, and Big Data technology vendors
• Develop repeatable/reusable componentry for typical Cloud based Marketing solutions implementations
• Participate in creating project documentation such as handbooks
• Opportunity to get AWS or Google Cloud certified

Qualifications

• Rising Junior or Senior pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Management Information Systems / Computer Science OR related experience
• Solid programming skills (Java/Python/any other)
• Knowledge of RDBMS experience using SQL
• Conceptual and working knowledge of Big Data technologies and relational databases preferred
• Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort to both large and small audiences
• Passionate about learning new technologies and applying them in your daily job
• Understanding of data warehouse/data engineering concepts
• Problem-solving mentality
• Exceptional verbal and written communication
• Ability to connect technology with measurable business value

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position.

Additional Information

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 recruiting@dentsu.com 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.