Amazon.com Free shipping on millions of items. Get the best of Shopping and Entertainment with Prime. Enjoy low prices and great deals on the largest selection of everyday essentials and other products, including fashion, home, beauty, electronics, Alexa... View company page 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 Security role supports our services that focus on enabling security specialists using AWS Services including Identity Access Management (IAM), GuardDuty, Shield, Key Management Service (KMS), CloudTrail, CloudHSM, etc. Within AWS, security is job zero, and we believe that solid security practices are the foundation for using the Cloud. We are looking for candidates who are passionate about working with products targeted for security professionals as well as being the local expert within the team. Candidates will be advocating cloud security best practices and provide technical solutions while working with our customers.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.As we operate on follow-the-sun model, you may be required to work a staggered week; either Sun-Thu or Tue-Sat (no on-call outside the shift hours)BASIC QUALIFICATIONS1+ years of software development, or 1+ years of technical support experienceExperience troubleshooting and debugging technical systemsExperience in Identity and Access Management concepts and technologies to secure production and corporate access, such as: AAA frameworks, SSO, and security best practices related to identity.Experience configuring and troubleshooting federated identity solutions, including knowledge of concepts such as SAML, OIDC, RBAC, ABAC.Familiarity with security monitoring and reporting technologies, including secure-cloud configuration tools (i.e. CloudTrail, AWS Config, etc.) and monitoring/reporting tools (GuardDuty, Security Hub, etc.).Understanding of cryptography concepts (encryption types, modes of encryption, algorithms), underlying architecture that enables secure communication between users and servers (Digital certificates, Public Key Infrastructure).PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSExperience in networking administration and troubleshootingOne or more cloud architecture-related certifications, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)Knowledge of security and compliance standards (such as Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) or Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmarks), Hardware Security Modules (HSM), safeguarding sensitive data and implementing security best practices.Understanding and/or experience with cloud computing and cloud security conceptsOne or more security-related certifications, such as AWS Certified Security - Specialty, CISSP, CEH, CISA, CISM, Security+, OSCP, etc.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Cape Town, ZAFBasic Qualifications- 1+ years of software development, or 1+ years of technical support experience- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systemsPreferred Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalentAmazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae. 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