At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. It’s why we work with some of the world’s leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other. Imagine your future with us.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
Audible is looking for a dynamic and motivated Support Engineer to join a growing team. If you are customer-focused with creative problem-solving skills and have experience supporting technology teams this role may be for you. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to develop your career while supporting Audible’s services, platforms, and unique Activate Caring culture. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage your communication, technical, and problem-solving skills to impact millions of customers around the world.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Audible’s Technical Operations organization powers the infrastructure, systems, tools and services to keep Audible running fast, secure, and resilient. As part of Audible’s Technology organization, this group comprises of Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Corporate Systems, IT Support, and Audio Visual support teams. Collectively, the Technical Operations team is responsible for enabling operational excellence for employees while delivering secure, scalable, and foundational services for our customers through infrastructure and information technology.
Audible’s IT Support team is the first place for Audible employees to go with technical questions and problems with Audible’s desktops, laptops, mobile devices, network services and software. The IT Support Team works with Amazon and Audible service managers and other staff to maintain internal solutions and respond to employees’ technical issues. Additionally, we manage all the on-premise infrastructure including servers, storage solutions, telephony and printers.
As a Support Engineer, you will...
- Be a technical lead on the team and act as a subject matter expert for one or more services
- Be viewed as a support leader throughout the larger organization and are regularly engaged to work on cross-team planning
- Lead large, cross-functional team projects and resolve the most complex support issues
- Understand the business impact of support decisions
- Drive the team to improve operational efficiency for all services through the identification and development of SLAs, metrics, monitors, procedures, tools, and documentation
- Think proactively and work to prevent support issues before they are realized
- Participate in design reviews to identify and mitigate support risks
- Work closely with development and QA teams to improve the change management life-cycle
- Have a deep understanding of production architecture and familiarity with operating system best practices
- Identify and drive small production architecture changes
- Regularly work with management to assign tasks and small projects to other Support Engineers
- Design and develop complex high performing scripts and applications
- Work with other Amazon leaders to share ideas and improve support across the company
- Take a role in the strategic direction of the team
- Play a significant role in hiring, mentoring, and training employees
- Demonstrate excellent judgment when making decisions
ABOUT AUDIBLE
Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.
