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As the world’s largest cloud provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is redefining the cloud computing industry with more than 200 featured products and services. AWS Support Engineering teams span across the globe and implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems. As a Cloud Support Engineer, you will be at the forefront of this transformational technology and acting as the ‘Cloud Ambassador’ across all the cloud products. You will be arming our customers with required tools & tactics to get the most out of their Product and Support investment and contributing to a follow-the-sun roster to assist a global list of companies and developers that are taking advantage of a growing set of services and features to run their mission-critical applications for 24/7/365.Every day will bring new and exciting challenges on the job while you:
• Work on critical, highly complex customer problems that may span multiple AWS services
• Apply advanced troubleshooting techniques to provide unique solutions to our customers' individual needs.
• Leverage your extensive customer support experience to provide feedback to internal teams on how to improve
services.
• Drive tactical & strategical projects that improve support-related processes and our customers’ technical
support experience.
• Write tutorials, how-to videos, and other technical articles for the developer community.
• As we operate on a follow-the-sun model, with sites located globally, working hours and days are based on• On a typical day, you will be primarily responsible for solving customer’s issues through a variety of customer
contact channels which include web, live chat, and telephone.
• You will be provided both self-paced and instructor-led training that help you develop the skills required to be
successful in your role
• As your career advances, you may also have opportunity to coach/mentor new hires, develop & present training,
and participate in hiring.
• You will be promoted multiple options to advance your career across the organization to help you meet your
ultimate career goalsKey job responsibilities
• First and foremost this is a customer support role – in The Cloud.
• Apart from working on a broad spectrum of technical issues, an AWS Support Engineer may also coach/mentor new hires, develop & present training, partner with development teams on complex issues or contact deflection initiatives, participate in new hiring, write tools/script to help the team, or work with leadership on process improvement and strategic initiatives.
• Career development: We promote advancement opportunities across the organization to help you meet your career goals.
• Training: We have training programs to help you develop the skills required to be successful in your role. We hire smart people who are keen to build a career with AWS, so we are more interested in the areas that you do know instead of those you haven't been exposed to yet.
• AWS Support Engineering has 24/7/365 operation model and work schedule will be required to include nights, weekends and holidays.A day in the life
• On a typical day, a Support Engineer will be primarily responsible for solving customer's cases through a variety of customer contact channels which include telephone, email, and web/live chat. You will apply advanced troubleshooting techniques to provide tailored solutions for our customers and drive customer interactions by thoughtfully working with customers to dive deep into the root cause of an issue.About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.Work/Life Balance
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent, or 3+ years of technical support experience
- 3+ years of network and operating system support experience
- Experience with system administration, and troubleshooting any operating system (Linux and/or Windows) and networking (HTTP/s, TCP/IP, DNS, OSI model, routing, switching, firewalls, LAN/WAN, traceroute, iperf, dig, CURL or related).
- Experience with secure-cloud configuration, (CloudTrail, AWS Config), cloud-security technologies (VPC, Security Groups, WAF etc.), and cloud-permission systems (IAM). Ability to communicate effectively in English (written and spoken) within technical and business settings.
- Fluency in both written and verbal Japanese
- MS or PhD in related field
- One or more security-related certifications (CISSP, CEH, CISA, CISM, SECURITY+, OSCP, or related).
- Experience in Cloud/Distributed computing technology including large scale server fleet management and/or Hadoop environment management
- Demonstrated expertise in systems administration (Linux/Window), network administration, database administration
- Experience in programming and/or managing full application stacks from the OS up to custom applications
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