DESCRIPTION
As a Cloud Support Engineer, you will learn, at an accelerated pace, how to use and leverage many different cloud technologies to help our customers succeed. You will act as the Cloud Ambassador across AWS products, providing our customers with required tools and tactics to scale their impact in world-wide markets.
This role supports services that focus on Infrastructure Automation/Governance, Configuration Management and Containerization. Infrastructure Automation encompasses services including AWS CloudFormation, Cloud Development Kit (CDK), Configuration Management, and AWS OpsWorks, which manages instances of Chef and Puppet. Automate, improve development, and release processes using CodeSuites, Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Service Catalog, and Control Tower for Governance. Responsible for building, deploying, and troubleshooting containerization technologies, which includes container networking on Docker, Elastic Container Service, Elastic Kubernetes Service.
Key job responsibilities
Your day as a Cloud Support Engineer will include, but not be limited to, the following activities.
Primarily responsible for solving customer's cases through a variety of contact channels (telephone, email, and web/live chat), applying advanced troubleshooting techniques to provide tailored solutions and working with customers to dive deep into the root cause analysis.
Drive initiatives to improve support-related processes and customers' experience. This include tutorials, how-to videos, technical articles, and trainings.
Leverage customer support experience to provide feedback to internal AWS teams on improving our services, and work on critical, highly complex customer problems that may span multiple AWS services.
Continuously learning groundbreaking technologies, developing new technical skill, and other professional competencies.
Participate with interviewing in the hiring processes and coach/mentor new team members.
A day in the life
This role requires the flexibility to work 5 days a week (occasionally on weekends) on a rotational basis. Schedules may align to Sunday - Thursday, Tuesday - Saturday or Monday - Friday.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and 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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of software development, or 3+ years of technical support experience
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you would like to request an accommodation, please notify your Recruiter.