Technical Account Manager, ES - WWPS - ANZ

Description:

AWS Global Services includes experts from across AWS who help our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. Customers innovate with AWS Professional Services, upskill with AWS Training and Certification, optimize with AWS Support and Managed Services, and meet objectives with AWS Security Assurance Services. Our expertise and emerging technologies include AWS Partners, AWS Sovereign Cloud, AWS International Product, and the Generative AI Innovation Center. You’ll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.

As a Technical Account Manager (TAM) at Amazon Web Services, you will be a valued member of the Enterprise Support team who leads our customer's to build and run their applications on the AWS platform.

Key job responsibilities
TAMs work backwards from customers to define a support strategy, deliver expert advice on AWS services, assist with project launches and assist with operational issues. They are engaged at the account level, providing recommendations and proactive advice through all phases of the cloud adoption life cycle.

Every day brings new and exciting challenges on the job while you:

Build solutions, provide technical guidance and advocate for customers

Ensure AWS environments remain operationally healthy whilst reducing cost and complexity

Develop trusting relationships with customers, understanding their business needs and technical challenges

Using technical acumen and customer obsession, drive technical discussions regarding incidents, trade-offs, and risk management

Consult with a range of partners from developers through to C-suite executives

Collaborate with AWS Solutions Architects, Business Developers, Professional Services Consultants, and Sales Account Managers

With a bias for action, proactively find opportunities for customers to gain additional value from AWS

Provide detailed reviews of service disruptions, metrics, detailed prelaunch planning

Being part of a wider Enterprise Support team you’ll provide post-sales, consultative expertise

Solve problems across different customers as they migrate workloads to the cloud

Uplift customer capabilities by running workshops and brown bag sessions

As we continue to expand in AUS, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to develop your technical, consulting and leadership skills. You’ll work with talented cloud technologists whilst expanding your knowledge of AWS products. You’ll also have the chance to receive mentorship and gain AWS certifications.

A day in the life
Internally we call this role a Technical Account Manager (TAM). Externally you operate as a Technical Consultant by earning trust with our customers and have a direct impact in helping our customers gain the most value from cloud technology. You’ll craft and execute strategies to drive our customers’ adoption and use of AWS services.

Our Technical Account Managers engage rising startups building their business from scratch, through to large enterprises going through significant transformation. You’ll provide advice on architecture, support strategy, projects, launch planning as well as stabilisation and operational issues. Watch a short video about life as a Technical Account Manager here https://bit.ly/2AivWrM

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
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

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.

Requirements:

- 5+ years of technical engineering experience
- Experience with operational parameters and troubleshooting for three (3) of the following: compute/storage/networking/CDN/databases/DevOps/big data and analytics/security/applications development in a distributed systems environment
- Bachelor's degree- Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings
- Experience in internal enterprise or external customer-facing environment as a technical lead

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.