Business Analyst I
Amazon
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Job Description
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst I to own strong and complex analytics and to bring in comprehensive deep dives to help drive the growth of the business.
The candidate should have experience working with large scale data, building deep dive reports, dynamic visualizations and dashboards for end-user consumption. Moreover, the candidate should have the ability in using advance excel, knowledge about some scripting language and statistics, to drive complex insights and analyses. Our ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys the challenge of highly complex business scenarios and is passionate about data and analytics. To be successful in this role you will need to have excellent analytical, data warehousing and communication skills.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Interfacing with business customers, gathering requirements and developing complex analytics model and data-sets for deep dive.
- Identifying the data quality issues across the various platforms at Amazon.
- Extracting and combining data from various heterogeneous data sources.
- Design and build data visualization tools to provide scalable solution for self-service metrics reporting.
- Partnering with other analysts and engineers to build analytical solutions to deliver on business goals.
- Propose and implement new business metrics for senior management reviews and work with the business intelligence engineer to design and develop data infrastructure to support these metrics for business growth.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights.
- Experience with SQL or ETL.
- Experience with data visualization using Tableau, Quicksight, or similar tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with data visualization tools (like Tableau) and scripting languages (like R and Python).
- Experience with AWS services including S3, Redshift, EMR and RDS.
- Knowledge of a scripting language (Python, R, etc.).
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Key skills/competency
- Data Analysis
- Business Intelligence
- SQL
- ETL
- Data Visualization
- Tableau
- Quicksight
- Python
- R
- AWS
How to Get Hired at Amazon
- Understand Amazon's Leadership Principles: Research and internalize Amazon's 16 Leadership Principles, as they are central to the interview process and company culture. Prepare specific examples using the STAR method.
- Tailor Your Resume for Analytical Roles: Customize your resume to highlight experience in data analysis, SQL, ETL, data visualization (Tableau, Quicksight), and scripting languages (Python, R). Quantify your achievements.
- Showcase Data-Driven Problem Solving: During interviews, emphasize how you've used data and metrics to gather requirements, identify insights, and solve complex business problems. Be ready to discuss specific projects.
- Demonstrate AWS Proficiency: If you have experience with AWS services like S3, Redshift, EMR, or RDS, be sure to highlight it, as Amazon frequently leverages its own cloud infrastructure.
- Prepare for Technical and Behavioral Rounds: Expect a mix of technical questions related to SQL, data modeling, and tools, alongside behavioral questions designed to assess your fit with Amazon's culture and principles.
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