DescriptionAs 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. The DMS role supports AWS mobile technologies (Device Farm, Pinpoint) and serverless technologies (Lambda, API Gateway, Step functions). Mobile services and serverless architectures are some of the fastest growing areas of technology and we're excited to help developers innovate and deliver amazing experiences.Key job responsibilitiesYour day as a Cloud Support Engineer will include, but not be limited to, the following activities.
You will be 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 them to dive deep into the root cause of an issue.
You will drive initiatives that improve support-related processes and our customers’ experience. These can include tutorials, how-to videos, technical articles, trainings, among others.
You will leverage your customer support experience to provide feedback to internal AWS teams on how to improve our services, and work on critical, highly complex customer problems that may span multiple AWS services.
You will be continuously learning groundbreaking technologies, and developing new technical skills and other professional competencies.
You will act as interviewer in hiring processes, and coach/mentor new team members.
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 teamAWS Support Engineering is a customer-facing global organization that provides technical support to our customers as well as our internal teams. As a member our team, you will be at the forefront of this transformational technology, operating on a follow-the-sun model. You will be assisting 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.Basic Qualifications
Minimum of 3+ years of related professional experience and bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Computer Science/ Mathematics or any related field or equivalent military 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 in one or more modern programming languages such as Java, C, Python, Javascript, .NET, PHP or Ruby, and knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems.
Experience working with HTTP (HTTP Verbs, basic structure of an HTTP Request) and troubleshooting API calls. Ability to communicate effectively in English (written and spoken) within technical and business settings.
Preferred Qualifications
Understanding of distributed computing environments.
Exposure to serverless technologies such as Lambda, API Gateway, AWS IoT, or mobile and messaging technologies or AI (artificial intelligence) related technologies.
Understanding of cloud computing concepts and/or experience with any cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
Experience scripting or developing in one or more of the following languages: UNIX Shell, Python, R, Ruby, GO, Java, .NET (C#), JavaScript.
Knowledge of security concepts/best practices in securing application architectures from external threats.
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