Technical Specialist, AWS Trust and Safety

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Technical Specialist, AWS Trust and Safety

Sector: Health and Safety, Technology
Role: Specialist
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

DESCRIPTION

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

AWS Trust & Safety (T&S) is a global team that helps protect against abusive use of AWS services while simultaneously working to build trust with AWS's customers, partners, and other stakeholders. T&S engages with a variety of stakeholders to understand cloud infrastructure-related trust and safety issues, develop fit-for-purpose frameworks to assess and minimize risks for AWS's customers, and develop guidelines and processes for responding to trust and safety issues. Our team members display a solid understanding of AWS's cloud infrastructure, strong technical knowledge, and the ability to exercise sound judgment on complex and time-sensitive matters.

The team is key in maintaining the reputation of AWS's IP space. The team vets potential abuse issues and contacts AWS customers in order to put a stop to these harmful acts. Abuse Investigation & Prevention acts as the first line of defense for AWS by analyzing trends and reporting findings to AWS service teams as needed. The team devotes their time and attention to helping identify impactful customer scenarios such as these. They classify incoming reports of abuse while exercising sound judgment in the decisions they make. Team members display strong technical skills while providing complex AWS account support to our customers and other AWS teams. The team works to create trust and maintain customer loyalty by going above and beyond the customer's expectations to ensure Amazon Web Services remains the most customer-centric company on Earth

Key job responsibilities
Include but are not limited to:

1. Work to become a subject matter expert regarding all types of abuse outlined in the AWS Acceptable Use Policy (https://aws.amazon.com/aup/)
2. Own escalated AWS customer issues
3. Quickly assess customer issues in order to provide accurate support
4. Act as a high-judgement decision maker for escalated situations where there may be no established SOP
5. Work with AWS service teams, account managers, and customers to ensure a consistent and high-quality level of support
6. Assume responsibility for developing detailed knowledge about AWS specific services and then using that knowledge to identify training gaps
7. Investigate the details of abuse reports and develop processes and responses to help resolve the issue
8. Be able to work independently, while knowing how/when to handle or escalate critical customer issues
9. Act as the Voice of the Customer by reporting and acting on observed areas for improvement while actively seeking solutions to customer needs, communicating trends to leadership, and suggesting innovative solutions on behalf of the customer experience
10. Assist with customer communications and support during AWS critical events
11. Manage queues effectively by working and moving cases/tickets to relevant departments and providing required follow-up
12. Maintain acceptable performance metrics such as quality, productivity, first contact resolution, and attendance
13. Provide consultative analysis to understand how customers are using our services and make recommendations based on the customer needs and provide feedback to business and development teams
14. Drive projects that improve support-related functions and processes
15. Due to the 24x7 operations of the business, must be able to work a flexible work schedule that may include nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, etc.
16. Provides leadership and security teams with feedback on policies, procedures and tools that need improvement or creation

About the team
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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 2+ years experience in a Trust and Safety or similar environment working with issues related to online abuse AND a High School Diploma is a minimum requirement
2. Good technical knowledge and understanding of Internet security concepts and vulnerabilities (firewalls, common security issues etc.) AND technical support ability and aptitude regarding computing environment and end-user applications, Abuse/Security practices (Spam, Phishing etc.)
3. Knowledge of email servers/services and best practices & SQL and/or another relational database experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Associate/Bachelor degree in a Computer Science related field or related experience
2. Fluency with Web Technologies, Internet, operating systems, email servers
3. Understanding of Cloud Computing and AWS services

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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