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If you have a passion for sports, driving innovation, and operating in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment, then Amazon Advertising’s Traffic Coordinator of Live Sports is an amazing opportunity for a role that lies at the intersection of your interests. With broadcast agreements around the world including the NFL’s Thursday Night Football in the US and The English Premier League in the UK, Amazon Prime Video is delivering the future of Live Sports for our Prime customers. Live Sports on Amazon allows viewers to watch events on any device, including televisions, and across multiple distribution channels including Prime Video, Twitch and other first-party streaming apps. This capability opens up new opportunities for brands to reach customers with advertising that is more relevant and customized than they get from traditional broadcast television. We are seeking a highly motivated and detail oriented Traffic Coordinator to develop and manage the scheduling of ad placements across our Live Sports media. The Traffic Coordinator will play a key role in ensuring flawless execution through operational excellence while balancing game formats, customer requirements, process limitations, and technical integrations. The role will, at times, focus tactical on execution of a single event and at other times work more strategically on scaling our scheduling processes and product offerings across all other events and locales.Key job responsibilities• Act as the traffic lead for specific sport properties, ensuring schedule alignment• Work with programming on formats for each event• Gather creative information from creative team and/or advertisers for each event schedule• Work directly with sales on inventory management, clearing spots and make-goods• Develop and manage the scheduling of ad placements across Amazon’s Live Sports media • Communicate and coordinate with multiple departments to ensure all elements on a log are accounted for and delivered by deadline. • Deliver accurate event schedules to playout partners and DAI tech teams in a timely manner • Process reconciliation from play-out partners to ensure spots run correctly• Deliver event reports to Nielsen to ensure overnight reports are correct • Troubleshoot ad scheduling issues and conduct post-event follow-up• Assist various departments with report requests • Dive into the DAI (Dynamic Ad Insertion) technical fulfillment process• Lead post season retrospective meeting• Develop scalable solutions to address key operational challenges and customer pain points• Monitor events outside of regular hours to address any real-time issues• Other duties as assignedA day in the lifeAmazon is unique to the sports broadcasting industry. You will be the traffic lead for specific sport properties to ensure all schedules are in sync with various teams. In between many meetings, each day will be filled with gathering pieces from various teams to build the schedule, refine each schedule, deliver to stakeholders, troubleshoot scheduling issues and conduct post event follow up while managing the odds and ends for each event. You will dive deep into the technical details of the DAI fulfillment process to gain a thorough understanding and collaborate with the DAI technical teams to troubleshoot issues and optimize the ad delivery workflow. You will also monitor specific events in the evening and/or weekend to ensure schedules air as expected or troubleshoot issues in real-time. You will support the growth of Amazon properties and need to quickly change your focus from one property to another. The traffic coordinator will be a “swiss army knife” on the Amazon Live Events traffic team. About the teamThe Amazon Live Events Traffic team is a small, tight-knit group of 4 individuals who work very closely together. This close-knit team dynamic is a key part of the role and responsibilities. We are highly collaborative, with open lines of communication at all times. We support and back each other up on daily tasks, milestones, and accomplishments. The team works collectively to help each other navigate the daily challenges and workload.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 2+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience- 2+ years of program or project management experience- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams- 3+ years of traffic experience in television or streaming ...

Do you enjoy helping U.S. Intelligence Community and Defense agencies implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve unique technical problems? Would you like to do this using the latest cloud technologies while becoming a core part of the largest cloud infrastructure on the planet? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Systems Development Engineer II to own and advance mission-critical services in our Amazon Dedicated Clouds (ADC).We are looking for a Systems Development Engineer to work as part of a team that will design, implement, and support resilient, high-performance systems for government customers operating in air-gapped regions. You'll be part of a truly innovative team in a fast-paced environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. This is an opportunity to design, build, and operate systems on a massive scale, and to gain top-notch experience in cloud computing. You'll be surrounded by people who are passionate about cloud computing and believe that world-class service is critical to customer success.The ideal candidate will:- Be great fun to work with. Our company credo is "Work hard. Have fun. Make history". The right candidate will love what they do and instinctively know how to make work fun.- Have strong Linux & Networking Fundamentals. You should have deep experience working with Linux, preferably in a large-scale, distributed environment. You understand networking technology and how servers and networks inter-relate.- Think Big. You will build and deploy solutions across thousands of devices. You will strive to improve and streamline processes to allow for work on a massive scale.- Have experience in systems development, software engineering, or a related field.- Possess strong technical skills in systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement.- Have experience in designing and implementing resilient, scalable, and efficient technology solutions.- Be proficient in at least one programming language and familiar with cloud technologies.- Have excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to break down complex issues into manageable components.- Demonstrate strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical decisions across teams. • Have a passion for operational excellence and continuous improvement.- Hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).This position requires that the candidate selected must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph. The position further requires the candidate to opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.Key job responsibilitiesAs a Systems Engineer you will:- Design and deliver technology solutions to solve difficult business problems, improving resilience, performance, and operational efficiency of our systems.- Work autonomously on components, applications, and technology solutions that enhance a major portion of our products or applications.- Identify and solve ambiguous problems, architectural deficiencies, or areas where our systems hinder the innovation of other teams.- Improve engineering and operational processes within your team and partner teams in the organization.- Participate in design, scoping, and prioritization discussions, making technical trade-offs and calculating costs of proposed solutions.- Lead reviews of architecture, design, operations, and post-incident analysis for your team.- Troubleshoot difficult problems, researching root causes and thoroughly resolving defects.- Mentor junior team members and contribute to the hiring process.- Participate in an on-call rotation to support mission-critical services.A day in the lifeOn a “typical” day, our engineers may dive deep to find the root cause of a customer issue, investigate why a metric is trending in the wrong direction, or discuss radical new approaches to automate operational processes. As a member of our team you will join a dedicated group of engineers who provide troubleshooting and operations support, and innovate to automate operational tasks.About the teamWhy AWSAmazon 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.Utility Computing (UC)AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.Inclusive Team CultureHere at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.Work/Life BalanceWe 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 in the cloud.Mentorship and Career GrowthWe’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.Diverse ExperiencesAmazon 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- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust- Experience with Linux/Unix- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph. ...