Application Engineer - Varicent

Job description

DESCRIPTION

AWS Business Technology & Solutions (BTS) team is looking for an experience Application Engineer to play a key role in expanding the capabilities of our mission-critical Incentive Compensation Management application. In addition to requiring a high level of technical expertise, this role is about understanding the needs of the business, the data behind it, and how to transform this information into technical solutions that allow the business to make swift, informed decisions. Ideal candidates will have expertise in all phases of the application development life cycle in building models that scale over time while balancing accuracy, flexibility, and speed.
The successful candidate will be passionate about their work, self-motivated, detail oriented and have excellent problem solving abilities. They will deal with highly ambiguous problems, take responsibility for finding solutions, and will drive towards simple solutions to complex problems.

Responsibilities:
- Work with various functions and end users to identify, document, and communicate standard business processes.
- Deliver reliable, scalable, and efficient applications managing all phases of the development life cycle, including requirements gathering, modeling & design, development, testing, deployment, integration, and documentation.
- Work with cross-functional teams to develop solutions that accelerate cycle times, alleviate cumbersome manual processes, and ensure results are accurate.
- Identify process improvement opportunities to drive innovation.
- Earn Trust of Others. Engage with many internal AWS teams, building relationships and helping identify existing components and technologies that can be leveraged to deliver on our goals.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Electrical Engineer or related discipline.
· Quick learner with a positive attitude and professional demeanor, and strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
· Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, and an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams.
· Ability to work independently and self-motivate in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.
· An excellent business partner who maintains a positive attitude in the midst of competing deliverables.
· Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2 and S3.
· Direct experience using enterprise Business Intelligence (BI) reporting tools, such as Cognos, OBIEE, MicroStrategy, Tableau, etc.
· Advanced knowledge of SQL, Oracle, OLAP, and data warehousing concepts.
· Experience working with large-scale, complex datasets
· JAVA/Python/Perl scripting language experience.
· Experience developing visualizations and dashboards.
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
· 5+ years previous experience implementing end-to-end sales performance management solutions, including system configuration, model building, data security, and reporting.
· Experience implementing enterprise-level applications for Incentive Compensation Management (IBM Varicent, Xactly,Optymyze, etc.)