Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leader in Cloud Computing, is seeking interns to join our AWS Professional Services TechU program. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in a fast-growing business and to deliver value to AWS customers of all sizes from startups to global brands. The skills and experiences you gain will be highly sought after throughout the industry and give you the opportunity for the career of a lifetime.

You will gain hands-on experience in cloud computing, develop business acumen, and learn about Amazon’s peculiar culture. You will work on projects, have the opportunity to obtain the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification, and attend professional development events.

AWS Tech U is an accelerated career development program for recent graduates and early career professionals entering technical roles to advance their skills and help customers design flexible and resilient cloud-based solutions. The 12-month onboarding residency program includes a six-month academic curriculum followed by six months of on-the-job-training in the field. While in AWS Tech U, you will learn key technical and professional skills from top AWS subject matter experts that you can use in your career working with AWS’s customers.

The program offers the opportunity to specialize in an area of interest including:

DevOps Specialist - A leader in building advanced computing systems that harness continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines and utilize the strengths of cloud computing to build scalable and economical systems for clients.

Cloud Infrastructure Architect - An expert in cloud-based networking and system rollouts. CIAs specialize in network performance, infrastructure provisioning, and building Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

Application Developer - AppDev resources are specialists in designing applications that run natively in the cloud. They are experts in building programs that run on any number of platforms including virtualized instances, containers, or server less architecture.

Data & Analytics - Data & Analytics role supports our services that leverage data and produce business insights, which may include using Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI). Helping our customers use and integrate Big Data services in what is arguably our industry’s most exciting space. The portfolio of services covers EMR (Hadoop), DynamoDB (NoSQL), MongoDB, and Apache Cassandra

Security Consultant - supports our services that have a focus on enabling security specialists using AWS Services including Identity Access Management (IAM), GuardDuty, Shield, Key Management Service (KMS), CloudTrail, CloudHSM, Inspector 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.

Come chart your own path at AWS.

Key job responsibilities

Build solutions that demonstrate technical breadth and practical knowledge of applicable AWS services

Present technical content to internal and external audiences and collaborate across diverse stakeholder groups to deliver business value for Customers.

Contribute to workload discovery, requirements gathering, and preparation of engagement-related presentations.

Basic Qualifications

Currently enrolled in, or completed within the last 12 months, an associates, bachelors or master’s degree

Experience with one of the following programming languages/technologies: Java, Python, Ruby, Node.js, C, or C+Experience with one or more of the following: networking fundamentals, security, databases (relational and/or NoSQL), operating systems (Unix, Linux, and/or Windows)

Preferred Qualifications

Enrolled in a degree in business or a STEM related fields such as computer science, computer engineering, information technology or related fields

Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile/iterative methodologies

Knowledge of the primary AWS services such as EC2, ELB, RDS, VPC, Route53, and S3

Basic experience setting up cloud environment with AWS

Experience with infrastructure as code, ops automation, and configuration management tools such as Chef, Puppet, or Ansible