[AusNOG] Amazon: And the winner is (not) Sydney

[Stephen Gillies]

On 03/03/11 12:21, Simon Lyall wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2011, Alastair Waddell wrote:
>> AWS new region - any insiders know if the long wait for an Aus region might end soon?
>
> I asked an Amazon guy a couple of months back, sounded like Sydney was
> on the shortlist.

My understanding is AWS are hiring locally and given the Federal 
government and financial services industry preference for locally hosted 
infrastructure surely AWS is coming to a DC near you soon... from their 
careers page:

Job ID		130245
Job Title	Regional Sales Manager, Sydney
Job URL		https://us-amazon.icims.com/jobs/130245/job
Posted Date	02/08/2011 9:26 AM

Position Details	

Regional Sales Manager, Sydney
(Located in Sydney, Australia)


[...]

As a Regional Sales Manager you will have the exciting opportunity to 
help drive the growth and shape the future of an emerging technology. 
Your responsibilities will include driving revenue, adoption, and market 
penetration in enterprise accounts.   The ideal candidate will posses 
both a sales and technical background that enables them to drive an 
engagement at the CXO level as well as with software developers and IT 
architects. He/she should also be a self starter who is prepared to 
develop and execute against a territory coverage plan and consistently 
deliver on quarterly revenue targets.




Max
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