Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud, which powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in countries around the world. Our continued success requires the development of training programs that will drive rapid, consistent, & game-changing results for our employees, partners, and customers.
Are you interested in sharing your cloud domain expertise, and spreading your passion for these technologies with other technology enthusiasts? Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training and Certification is looking for a Cloud Technologist (Technical Curriculum Developer), with an interest in building engaging technical training content for our subscription customers.
Customers are rapidly adopting AWS as a way to build scalable and cost-effective web and IT solutions for their businesses. To do that effectively, they need training to help build their technical skills and develop proficiency with AWS. AWS Training & Certification is developing technical, digital offerings, simulations, assessments, and hands-on labs that get customers deep into AWS technologies. In this role, you will have the opportunity to learn, teach and play, as you develop training offerings.
Our Cloud Technologists must have excellent narrative/script writing skills, healthy technical domain expertise, and the ability to translate technical content into easy-to-understand digital learning. You will work with program management, video production, training instructors, and subject matter experts from across AWS, to design and develop new course offerings. The ideal candidate will be an organized self-starter with a strong bias for action, sense of ownership, training or technical documentation experience, and above all, a passion for learning.
Key job responsibilities
• You will be on camera! You will present what you create. Our Cloud Technologists write their own scripts and present their own content (of course we have resources to help).
• You will collaborate and work across teams to understand requirements and build with Subject Matter Experts across AWS (including Developers, Trainers, Support Engineers, Professional Services, and Solutions Architects).
• You get to play! Dive into AWS technologies and solutions, covering domains such as Big Data, Web Applications, Security, Networking, High Performance Computing, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Applications, Migration Strategies and other solution areas, to understand the services and develop effective training offerings.
• You get to make things happen! Whether you’re building relationships with service teams to shape content, or facilitating requirements gathering sessions to define innovations on how training is absorbed, you’ll be a key influencer on how AWS educates customers on services and features.
• Develop lab exercises and code samples for our technical training offerings.
• Prepare and participate in quality assurance reviews of technical training courses.
• Use data and customer feedback to shape the development and production of creative technical training courses.
• Travel required for course production, events, and team meetings. (<50%).
About the team
This position is part of the DIVE (Digital Interactive Virtual Education) team, made up of curriculum developers and instructional designers located in the US. The team is highly collaborative and use agile methodologies to work efficiently. We like to innovate and experiment in our work to bring engaging technical courses to our customers.
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship & Career Growth
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Work/Life Balance
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• Bachelor’s degree in either (Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Technology services or similar technical degree)
• 5+ yrs. relevant work experience developing technical training for the technical industry required
• 5+ yrs. domain expertise in one or more of the following: ML/AI, Databases, DevOps, Security, Systems Administration, software development, cloud technology
• Experience with digital course development tools (Articulate, Adobe, Camtasia)
• Experience presenting on camera required
• Current cloud certification
• Knowledge and/or hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure services highly desired
• 5+ years of experience in programming, systems architecture or systems administration
• Professional experience architecting systems built with Amazon Web Services
• A demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
• A demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $124,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $215,100/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
