Overview

Position can be based in: Boston, New York, DC, Philadelphia, and Atlanta and various virtual locations on the East Coast.

To meet the growing demand for Amazon Web Services around the globe, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.

We are looking for a dynamic, organized self-starter to join our AWS Academy team.

In this role, you will work closely with the regional Program Manager and will be responsible for providing technical support for our Academy program in the Eastern and Central regions of the United States, with the end goal of incorporating AWS Academy Program into Universities and technical Colleges. You will have excellent technical and communication skills and proven experience in the IT and/or Academic sectors. To be successful in this position, you must be highly motivated, creative and a self-starter who is able to think big, execute flawlessly and stay focused on the details.

Responsibilities

  • Establish strong relationships with AWS Academy instructors as their primary point of contact to mentor them in delivering our curriculum
  • Work with accredited AWS Academy instructors and education bodies to map AWS Academy authorized curriculum to accredited courses.
  • Advocate the value of careers in AWS and the value of AWS certifications
  • Implement, monitor and manage successful program rollout in conjunction with regional and local teams
  • Deliver webinars for AWS Academy instructors to provide course and technology updates
  • Ensure AWS Academy accredited instructor candidates have access to the relevant AWS Academy accredited instructor training and support
  • Review AWS Academy student feedback and following up on items that need additional action
  • Capture and sharing best-practice knowledge across the AWS Academy accredited instructor community
  • Review AWS Academy authorized curriculum to help ensure accuracy of learning content
  • Develop questions for online knowledge assessments
  • Ensure AWS Academy courses are delivered in line with program guidelines and maintaining high quality execution in all levels and areas of program
  • Monitor the AWS Academy accredited instructor private forum and ensure questions are responded to within agreed to SLAs

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 3-5 years of experience in programming, systems architecture or systems administration.
  • Self-sufficient, self-starter with proven success taking ownership of training projects.
  • A strong “stage presence” and ability to manage a classroom of adult learners.
  • Experience in developing and presenting technical demos
  • Knowledge of AWS Technical Curriculum and experience in delivering the content in the classroom
  • Excellent oral presentation skills, interpersonal communication, and writing skills.
  • Technical degree (i.e. Computer Science) or relevant work experience required.
  • Recent coding experience in one or more of the following languages, Java, .Net, Perl, PHP, Ruby or Python.
  • Ability to travel about 30% but up to 50% the first year.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience conducting classroom, online training and webinars for related technology products and services.
  • Knowledge and/or hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure services highly desired
  • Recent experience architecting, deploying, and operating Internet scale applications
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.

About Amazon

Amazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform.

Founded by Jeff Bezos, the Amazon.com website started in 1995 as a place to buy books because of the unique customer experience the Web could offer book lovers. Bezos believed that only the Internet could offer customers the convenience of browsing a selection of millions of book titles in a single sitting. During the first 30 days of business, Amazon fulfilled orders for customers in 50 states and 45 countries - all shipped from his Seattle-area garage.

Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of the company's DNA. The world's brightest technology minds come to Amazon.com to research and develop technology that improves the lives of shoppers and sellers around the world.

We're a company of pioneers. It's our job to make bold bets, and we get our energy from inventing on behalf of customers. Success is measured against the possible, not the probable. For today’s pioneers, that’s exactly why there’s no place on Earth they’d rather build than Amazon.

We are a company of builders who bring varying backgrounds, ideas, and points of view to inventing on behalf of our customers. Our diverse perspectives come from many sources including gender, race, age, national origin, sexual orientation, culture, education, as well as professional and life experience. We are working to develop leaders and shape future talent pools to help us meet the needs of our customers around the world.