Cloud Support Engineer (Developer & Mobile Services)

DESCRIPTION

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.

Amazon Web Services is the global market leader and technology forerunner in the Cloud business. As a member of the AWS Support team in Amazon Web Services, you will be at the forefront of this transformational technology, 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. As a Cloud Support Engineer, you will act as the Cloud Ambassador’ across all the cloud products, arming our customers with required tools & tactics to get the most out of their Product and Support investment.

Would you like to use the latest cloud computing technologies? Do you have an interest in helping customers understand application architectures and integration approaches? Are you familiar with best practices for applications, servers and networks? Do you want to be part of a customer facing technology team in India helping to ensure the success of Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a leading technology organization?

If you fit the description, you might be the person we are looking for! We are a team passionate about cloud computing, and believe that world class support is critical to customer success.

Key job responsibilities
The AWS Support Engineering team is seeking engineers that enjoy solving problems, working with customers, and have technical backgrounds from a variety of different fields. Our mission is to provide technical solutions to customers. Also, this role supports AWS mobile technologies (Amplify, Device Farm, Pinpoint, etc). Mobile Services are some of the fastest growing areas of technology and we're excited to help developers innovate and deliver amazing experiences. Our support engineers are responsible for helping customers utilize all services offered within AWS. They also act as the "voice of the customer" to the development teams for recurring issues or feature requests. If you're experienced with mobile or web application development and you are more comfortable "getting your hands dirty," then we're looking for you!

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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC3bWcFFZTo&t=24s

About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS 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.

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 & 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
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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent experience in a technical position; 2+ years of relevant experience in a technical position (Support or System Administration); Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
- Knowledge of some Developer & Mobile language/Services- Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, .NET, JavaScript, iOS/Objective-C/Swift, Rest API, inter-application messaging & queueing, develop mobile apps, version control systems, virtualization.
- Experience with web-based applications and HTTP.; Knowledge of client/server and distributed systems architectures (WebServers).; Troubleshooting skills on Linux, Networking; IPsec, VPN, Load Balancing, Iperf, DNS, DHCP, Routing Protocols, SSH, Network Monitoring.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience developing against and working with REST API based services.
- Prior working experience with AWS services.; Experience with Cloud architecture patterns and distributed computing concepts.; Exposure to Mobile application development (iOS / Android).;Exposure to mobile and web application security best practices.; Experience around Messaging and Queueing services.
- Detailed knowledge of networking protocols: DNS, HTTP, SSL, SMTP, TCP; Exposure to security concepts / methodologies.; Experience with iperf, MTR, traceroute, dig; Experience handling full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications
- Experience with push notifications, APNS and GCM

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