Job Opportunities at Amazon

As a part of this role, you will:

• Learn how our products work today, and where we want to take them in the future
• Design and implement new features from specification to final test and automation
• Write a lot of high-quality code and mentor other engineers in the same team
• Act as a technical lead, influencing other engineers’ designs and coding deliverables
• Work in an agile development environment, where the backlog gets prioritized frequently
• Have fun in a challenging but rewarding environment

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of professional software development experience
• 3+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent working experience
• Demonstrable expertise in software engineering best practices and full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and influence both product strategy and outcomes in technical decision-making
• Demonstrable experience with security domains such as hardware security, system security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography and cryptographic protocols, application security, network security
• Demonstrable experience building and operating cloud or SaaS services, including working knowledge of AWS products and technologies.
• Effective written and verbal communication

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring to market innovative products and services.
• Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
• Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
• Ability to design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high quality software.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduated less than 6 months ago or about to complete a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields at time of application
• Although no specific programming language is required – you should be familiar with the syntax of languages such as Java, C/C++ or Python
• Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals such as object-oriented design, algorithm design, data structures, problem solving and complexity analysis

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Previous technical internship(s)
• Experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational databases
• Experience in optimization mathematics such as linear programming and nonlinear optimization
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
• Adept at handling ambiguous or undefined problems as well as ability to think abstractly

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As an Amazon intern, you will be interacting with your peers and Amazon Web Services global team of full-time professionals as part of our AWS Cloud Support team. You will benefit from the opportunity to gain experience on our cloud services, hands on training and learning as you go. You’ll have lots of fun and maybe even make history!

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM A LIFE AT AWS?
Each day will bring new and exciting challenges on the job while you: - Learn and use groundbreaking technologies.

• Apply advanced troubleshooting techniques to provide unique solutions to our customers.
• Interact with leading engineers around the world.
• Partner with AWS teams to help reproduce and resolve customer issues.
• Leverage customer support experience to provide feedback with AWS teams on how to improve.
• Drive customer communication during critical events.
• Drive 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.
• Work on critical, highly complex customer problems that may span multiple AWS services.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Available for internship from January/February - June/July
• Needing to complete internship to graduate
• Currently in your final year of studies in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or related fields.
• Experience with at least one functional scripting language (e.g., Perl, Python, Ruby, shell scripting)
• Knowledge of system, network, and OS.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of internet fundamentals and cloud computing concepts.
• Familiarity with Database, Storage, & Big Data concepts.
• Experience with troubleshooting Networks (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, routing, switching, firewalls, LAN/WAN, traceroute, iperf, dig, cURL or related).
• Comfortable working in a Linux/Unix environment.

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Key job responsibilities
The ISM will be responsible for developing and executing best practices in managing inventory, supply chain, and operations to maximize customer experience, sales, margin, instock rates and inventory turns. This individual will have responsibility for ensuring all inventory systems and processes are meeting the needs of the business and implementing controls around these processes. He or she will also own driving improvement in inventory availability and efficiency, purchasing efficiency, and costs reduction.

A successful candidate possesses superb business judgment, instock, supply chain, or operations management experience, strong skills in working collaboratively and cross functionally, and a track record of delivering results. This person will have strong analytical capabilities, including experience handling large and complex data sets as well as understanding inputs into system driven demand forecasts. The position requires an individual who can work both autonomously and collaboratively in a demanding and often ambiguous environment with strong attention to detail and effective prioritization.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain or related fields
• 5+ years supply chain, inventory management, retail and/or project management experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MBA/Master’s Degree preferred
• Track record of delivering results and an ability to operate both strategically and tactically in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
• Proven experience leading cross-functional projects
• Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to influence and inspire action in others, with or without a direct reporting line
• Proactive attitude and willingness to roll up sleeves and dig deep to achieve high level goals
• Experience working with large and complex data sets to drive business decisions

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WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM A LIFE AT AWS?
Each day will bring new and exciting challenges on the job while you: - Learn and use groundbreaking technologies.

• Apply advanced troubleshooting techniques to provide unique solutions to our customers.
• Interact with leading engineers around the world.
• Partner with AWS teams to help reproduce and resolve customer issues.
• Leverage customer support experience to provide feedback with AWS teams on how to improve.
• Drive customer communication during critical events.
• Drive 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.
• Work on critical, highly complex customer problems that may span multiple AWS services.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently enrolled in or received a Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or related fields (or graduated between 12 or six months ago).
• Experience with at least one functional scripting language (e.g., Perl, Python, Ruby, shell scripting)
• Knowledge of system, network, and OS.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of internet fundamentals and cloud computing concepts.
• Familiarity with Database, Storage, & Big Data concepts.
• Experience with troubleshooting Networks (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, routing, switching, firewalls, LAN/WAN, traceroute, iperf, dig, cURL or related).
• Comfortable working in a Linux/Unix environment.

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As a Partner Manager within the AWS Public Sector team, you will have the exciting opportunity to help execute on our strategy to build a partner community to enable Customers adoption of Amazon’s infrastructure web services (Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon Simple DB, Amazon SQS, etc.) across AWS’s most strategic business partners and their customers in South Africa

Your responsibilities will include earning the trust from the key stakeholders, from the CEOs down to the field executives with leading partners practically impacting Public Sector AWS adoption. By establishing, growing business and technical relationships, creating, executing a go to market plan and managing the day-to-day interactions with the Partners, you will help to drive overall end customer adoption with the Public Sector segments. The ideal candidate will possess a business background that enables them to engage at the CXO level and a strong track record in working in a complex matrix organization. He/she should also have a demonstrable ability to think big about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to convey compelling value propositions which help deliver partner results.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience developing, enabling and supporting a partner community
• 5+ years of experience managing sales accounts and territories
• 5+ years of experience with government technology capture, procurement, and contracting processes.
• 5+ years of experience with technology platform sales with an understanding of government IT, data centers, and cloud adoption.
• 5+ years of partner/business development, enterprise sales, and/or program/product management experience with a focus on public sector
• Must meet/exceed Leadership Principles
• Must meet/exceed technical requirements

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Undergraduate degree in business administration or IT disciplines
• Self-starter and self-motivated with an entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to collaborate to solve complex business challenges.
• Experience using Salesforce (reports and CRM).
• Understand the technical considerations and certifications specific to the public sector.
• Excellent writing skills. The ability to author original text including detailed sales forecasts and strategy planning documents.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead executive level meetings understanding the audience and the ability to conduct EBC type activities.
• Established network within the government partner and acquisition space.
• Familiarity with the system integrator marketplace
• Familiarity with Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Legislation and Enterprise and Supplier Development practice.
• Experience developing an indirect sales channel, growing partner competencies, and delivering sell-through revenue.
• Ability to drive strategic technology discussions at multiple levels with partners and customers.

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In this role, you will develop new features and improvements for the EC2 console, working with your team, product managers and UX designers to build web-based products that delight our customers. You will own customer facing features through the entire life-cycle, from design, implementation, testing, deployment and into production. You will work to optimize applications for performance and reliability.

In your first few months in the EC2 Console, you will design and develop new features. You may help to migrate code to our new React based environment, and you’ll join your team’s on-call rotation, helping to support the console and improve our tooling and monitoring systems.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 1+ years of industry experience in a software development environment
• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent working experience
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as JavaScript, Typescript, Java, C#, Python or Scala
• Proficiency in at least one common JavaScript framework such as React or Angular, and knowledge and appreciation of web standards
• Understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures, object-oriented design, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• User interface design experience
• Experience with React and Redux
• Exposure to troubleshooting and supporting production systems
• Experience with UI test automation frameworks