Amazon.com is expanding its presence in South Africa as it looks to continue its regional battle with cloud computing rival Microsoft.<\/p>\n
According to a report by Reuters<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Amazon is set to be the sole tenant in a new, modern eight-story office building that\u2019s due for completion in August<\/span>.<\/p>\n The company is also advertising a number of jobs in Cape Town, which played a key role in the early development of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-computing business, said Reuters.<\/p>\n \u201cAs more South African customers and partners continue to choose AWS as their cloud provider we continue to hire more staff into our offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg,\u201d Geoff Brown, AWS\u2019 Sub-Saharan Africa regional manager, told Reuters in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n A look at its official jobs portal\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>shows 77 full-time positions open, with jobs advertised in categories that include everything from software development to customer service.<\/p>\n Most of the job postings feature a list of basic and preferred qualifications, as well as an in-depth description of the duties you are expected to perform in the role.<\/p>\n Amazon also notes that it is an equal\u00a0opportunities employer, and\u00a0welcomes applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.<\/p>\n “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,” it added.<\/p>\n Below BusinessTech at some of the most recent job postings, and what exactly Amazon is looking for.<\/p>\n Software Development Engineer – Test Specialist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n You will be responsible for defining and designing our testing processes and developing repeatable and automated test systems.<\/p>\n You will work with product managers, software development managers and software development engineers on our teams to identify use cases, define test strategies and implement automated test cases in order to report to stakeholders on the quality and reliability of our products.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Basic qualifications\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n AWS Customer Service – Program Manager<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n As a Program Manager for AWS Support, you will be responsible for leading medium to large scale projects from initiation through delivery within larger business change programs.<\/p>\n Gathers requirements from appropriate business owners, writes clear and detailed functional specifications, prioritizes features, and drives technical scoping as needed. leading and developing complex global programs, projects, tests and research in order to drive organization-wide and customer-centric solutions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Basic qualifications\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Kindle Direct Publishing Support Analyst<\/a><\/strong> (includes positions for Italian, Spanish, French, Chinese, and German speakers)<\/p>\n Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is a service for self-publishing books to the Amazon Kindle store.<\/p>\n The KDP Support Specialist will be the front line interface between Amazon and publishers\/content providers who use the KDP tool to upload content they want to put up for sale on the Kindle store.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Basic qualifications\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Senior Product Manager: Event Management<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The AWS Kumo Product Management team is looking for a smart, customer-focused, and creative leader with a strong background in product innovation to define, develop and deliver the product strategy for our Event Management team and own our Personal Health Dashboard.<\/p>\n The Personal Health Dashboard keeps customers informed of the health of their AWS resources. In AWS we look for strong owners to lead the definition and delivery of their product space. We have a large team of personable and tenured product managers to partner with.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Basic qualifications\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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