Associate Database Developer Intern

Position Summary:

Our Associate Database Developers participate in (typically) a 3-month long internship program within Merkle’s Technical Services Group, where we design and implement multi-terabyte operational marketing databases that integrate our client’s data with demographic data for prospects and consumers. Our databases typically house a hundred million individuals and billions of transactions. Working alongside a senior member of our Development team serving as your mentor, you will be immersed in the development and maintenance of Microsoft SQL Server database solutions to meet client business objectives, and have an opportunity to work with a cross-disciplinary team across various divisions of Database Services.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Building and maintaining SQL scripts in Microsoft SQL Server
  • Building and maintaining DTS packages
  • Building and maintaining production SQL jobs
  • Building and maintaining complex SQL queries for data analysis and data extract
  • Building and maintaining ETL scripts
  • Building and maintaining data mart extraction processes
  • Performing quality assurance and testing at the unit level
  • Assisting in writing user and technical documentation
  • Other duties as assigned

Position Qualifications:

  • Ability to work 20-40 hours on site
  • Working towards or currently possess a bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university in Computer Science or related IT field
  • 1 + years experience with Microsoft SQL Server and Transact-SQL programming, DTS, and ETL tools (highly desirable)
  • Knowledge of software engineering and applying database methodologies, techniques, and tools
  • Experience designing and implementing large databases and data warehouses a plus

Company Information:

Merkle is the largest privately-held customer relationship marketing agency in the U.S. For more than 20 years, Fortune 1,000 companies and leading non-profit organizations have partnered with Merkle to build and maximize the value of their customer portfolios and return on their marketing investments. With a variety of quantitative, information-based solutions, Merkle works with clients to plan, design, execute and measure fully integrated customer relationship marketing (CRM) solutions. Merkle provides the framework for organizations to aggressively apply quantitative database marketing strategies to their CRM programs across mass, direct and digital media. For over a decade, our Think Brand. Act Direct.™ approach has produced superior results for many world-class global brands. The core of our solution is our highly-flexible and scalable marketing technology platform coupled with our award-winning analytics and creative, driven by a highly-disciplined consultative approach. It is the integration of these competencies that creates superior results for our clients. In today’s competitive environment, it’s not enough to provide great products and services. What matters is how these capabilities create and support marketing strategies that influence consumer behavior over time. This is Merkle’s mission.
Contact Information:

Brien Currier
Sr. Tech Lead
Merkle Inc.
508-573-2268
bcurrier@merkleinc.com
www.merkleinc.com