Business Analyst

Description

Please note that this posting is for a contract assignment and is not a full-time employment opportunity with Amazon. Candidates selected for roles will be employed as contract workers through Amazon’s approved 3rd party Direct Source provider for the duration of the specified project and will not be an employee of Amazon.

Position Summary

This position offers an exceptional opportunity to drive meaningful business impact through analytical excellence and strategic problem-solving. You will serve as a critical bridge between business needs and technical solutions, translating complex challenges into actionable insights that shape organizational strategy. Working at the intersection of data analysis, system design, and stakeholder management, you will take ownership of high-visibility projects while building scalable solutions that anticipate future business needs.

Success in this role requires strong business acumen paired with advanced SQL expertise. The ideal candidate is highly proficient in querying and transforming large datasets, developing scalable analytical solutions, and leveraging data to influence business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex business processes to identify improvement opportunities and deliver both tactical solutions and strategic recommendations
• Utilize advanced SQL techniques to extract, transform, and analyze large datasets to support business decision-making
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business problems into actionable outputs and design solutions that anticipate organizational changes
• Take full ownership of projects from initial stakeholder requests through final delivery and implementation
• Proactively identify patterns across business domains and propose innovative approaches to recurring challenges
• Monitor key input and output metrics to understand their connection to broader organizational goals
• Determine appropriate solutions for business needs, distinguishing between automation requirements and one-time analytical requests
• Apply diagnostic techniques including root cause analysis, mix/rate calculations, and Pareto analysis to generate actionable insights
• Establish quality checks in automated solutions and flag upstream data issues to appropriate providers
• Optimize analytical best practices and improve overall team efficiency
• Mentor developing team members and share knowledge to elevate team capabilities
• Facilitate productive dialogue across multiple organizational levels to manage priorities and identify risks
• Create mechanisms that promote equity and minimize perpetuation of inequity in products and services
• Participate in recruiting activities to build strong analytical teams

Required Skills

• Advanced SQL proficiency, preferably within Amazon Redshift or similar relational database environments
• Demonstrated expertise with complex joins, window functions, Common Table Expressions (CTEs), aggregations, subqueries, and query optimization
• Strong ability to manipulate, transform, and analyze large datasets independently
• Expertise in data visualization tools and best practices
• Strong spreadsheet skills for data analysis and modeling
• Deep understanding of relational database concepts and client-server architectures
• Diagnostic analysis techniques including root cause analysis and statistical methods
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging to different audiences
• Strategic thinking with the ability to balance short-term deliverables and long-term planning
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capabilities
• Project management skills with the ability to drive initiatives to completion
• Problem-solving abilities with the capacity to work independently and know when to engage team support
• Documentation skills to ensure work quality and knowledge transfer
• Ability to challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvement

Experience

• 4–6 years of experience in business analysis, systems analysis, data analytics, or related analytical roles
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality analytical solutions that drive business decisions
• Hands-on experience writing complex SQL queries in a production environment, including extensive use of joins, window functions, CTEs, and aggregations
• Experience working with large-scale datasets and developing scalable reporting or analytical solutions
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder relationships
• Demonstrated ability to lead and direct the work of others
• Experience translating complex business requirements into technical specifications
• Experience with Amazon Redshift preferred; candidates should possess strong foundational SQL knowledge that enables them to work across SQL-based platforms

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

This posting is for a contract assignment with Tundra Technical Solutions to provide services to Amazon. The pay range that Tundra in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $31.60/hour - $35.81/hour. Tundra’s benefits offering includes optional medical, dental, vision, retirement benefits, and a New Child Benefit.

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.